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Chronic Depression and Panic Attacks Healed
I started working with Mardi in September of 2006 and had an immediate healing. Even though I am not a Christian Scientist, I had been introduced to this wonderful way of seeing life and God by a friend who had grown up in Christian Science. At the time I contacted Mardi, I was struggling with serious, chronic depression for which I had gone to psychiatrists. Although medication had been helpful, I was having a problem that my psychiatrist couldn't seem to help me with, so I called Mardi for Christian Science treatment.
Overall I was feeling okay, but every other day, or sometimes every day, I would have such a violent attack of depression that I would literally have to stop what I was doing and lie down. I would just lie there, feeling more awful than words can describe. It felt like my whole biochemistry of body and mind was changing. To make matters worse, I was about to start an internship for my masters program, and I didn't know how I was going to be able to show up for it. The internship started in a week. I was desperate but also hopeful, because I'd had wonderful healings with Christian Science help in the past.
To tell the truth, working with Christian Science prayer is a special experience. There are things Mardi tells me that are very simple, and I've heard them before, but somehow my heart and spirit perk up and awaken. It's like my soul is paying attention. She introduces me to new ideas that intuitively feel true. In this instance, she shared a simple passage from the Bible about God being like a candle inside us that is always lit. As soon as I heard that, it made sense to me, and I felt instantly better.
This wasn't even in person. This was on the phone. That evening I had a spiritual epiphany and experienced sudden relief in an illuminating way. I kept in phone contact with Mardi and asked her to continue praying for me. A couple of days later we met for the first time. We both rejoiced at this healing!
Mardi teaches me about Christian Science in a way that seems relevant to my life. I have consulted with her on several other occasions since then—when I am struggling at work or making a tough decision, and I always appreciate her presence, support, and wise counsel. Incidentally, I was on eight medications before I started working with Christian Science. Now I am on three. I have faith that I will soon be medication free.
~ H.L., Palo Alto, CaliforniaGun Shot Wound Healed
I want to acknowledge some very effective help in what was for me a really desperate time of need. I requested help from Mardi when I learned my son had been shot while riding in a car with two of his friends. They continued to drive all the way back home to get him to the hospital where he was treated and released. The doctors told him the bullet would have to remain lodged where it was because of its location. I did not learn of this incident right away because I was working on a care giving case that required around the clock care.
When I returned home about a week later, I found out what had happened. I immediately called Mardi to request prayer treatment for him, as well as for me, because of the overwhelming fear, which engulfed me. After Mardi talked with me for a while and gave me some powerful ideas from the Bible and from Science and Health, the fear subsided, and I was able to study and pray and think clearly. I began to see the individuals who had done this as God's ideas, who are also loved and in God's divine care and embrace. I held to the deeper reality where God says, “This is my beloved son in whom I am well pleased.” I continued to express thanks for all the good that is constantly going on in God's kingdom.
About a month passed, and one day my son came to me and told me that the bullet had worked its way out of his shoulder, and that there had been no pain in the process. This is proof positive that, “Every function of the real man is governed by the divine Mind.”
~ Y.C., Oakland, CaliforniaFinancial Crisis Solved
I contacted Mardi van Winkle recently out of total despair to help me through a severe business and financial crisis. My background is Jewish, not Christian Science. I knew that Mardi was a Christian Science healer and that she did “healings.” But I did not know exactly what that meant. I just knew that I trusted Mardi and that she was spiritually based and principled.
All but one of our sessions was done over the phone. I would typically tell Mardi what I was feeling at that moment, as a starting point. What I was feeling was acute and almost constant physical and emotional pain. I had a lump in my gut. I had trembling and constriction in my chest, difficulty breathing and sleeping, lack of energy, constant worry, and even thoughts of suicide—to just put an end to all the pain and worry.
Mardi agreed to pray for me on a daily basis. She correctly identified these painful feelings as fear rooted in guilt from past decisions. She exposed me to a new way of thinking—that there is a divinity that provides infinite resources and support and for which all things are possible; that the spiritual realm is constant, whereas worldly matters can be ever-changing; that I am a unique and a critical part of the divine order; that belief in the divine conquers fear and aloneness; that answers will come in due time; that my honest and righteous actions are a necessary path to achieve my place in the divine order.
These new concepts were introduced over time at exactly the right moments. Mardi listens and understands what spiritual ideas will address a specific need. This happened time after time in our sessions: I would relate what I was feeling, and she would find just the right inspirations and tools from an article in the Christian Science Sentinel or from a hymn or from the Bible or Science and Health or from her own experience. These made perfect sense to me and allowed me to understand life in a new and positive way.
At first I would call early in the morning to ask for treatment and occasionally during the day when I was panic-stricken. But now I only check in from time to time because all those feelings of fear, anxiety, and worry are a thing of the past. I now have my own framework and resources for approaching life based on the divine order and my place in it, which I developed by working prayerfully with Mardi.
~ M.B., Oakland, CaliforniaHigh Blood Pressure Healed
Recently, I took a pretty hard fall in a store and was taken to the hospital by paramedics. I immediately knew in my heart that “Man is unfallen, upright, just, pure, whole and free.” I held to these thoughts throughout the entire scenario. After examining, questioning, and x-raying me, the doctors found nothing broken or fractured, however, I was kept there in the hospital for observation for several hours. About the time of my release, my “vitals” were taken. I was asked if I had ever been diagnosed with high blood pressure. My reply was an emphatic “No,” to which they replied, “Well, you have just been diagnosed with high blood pressure.” As these words were being said, I affirmed to myself that I am a perfect spiritual idea made in God's image and likeness.
The next day, however, I started to experience dizziness throughout the entire day. Fear took over, and I knew I needed some prayerful help. That is when I called Mardi for Christian Science treatment. I had a friend visiting me from out of town, and we had scheduled and paid for a cruise on the bay the following day, and I really wanted to experience this trip with him.
Shortly after calling Mardi for help, I began to feel a little better, and by that evening I was able to eat a salad. I slept well that night. When I awakened in the morning, I knew with absolute certainty that I was completely healed. We went on the cruise and had a great time taking pictures of the city and the boats on the water and other sightseeing goodies around the bay. Since then I have had no further troubles from these symptoms.
~ Y.C., Oakland, California