Kristin Whitcomb shares illness journey in bestselling healing anthology

Colorado sound and energy healer Kristin Whitcomb is featured in a new anthology that reached bestseller status in multiple countries after its September 9 release. Her chapter recounts a life-threatening illness, a mold-related diagnosis and the shift in her view of what healing means.

Why it matters: - Kristin Whitcomb’s story puts a personal face on chronic illness, unanswered medical questions and the long road to recovery. - The anthology’s bestseller performance across multiple countries suggests strong reader interest in healing, spiritual growth and personal transformation. - Whitcomb’s experience also reflects a broader conversation about how people define healing when symptoms do not fully disappear.

What happened: - Whitcomb is one of 15 contributing authors in The Moment We Rise: Stories of Healing, Purpose, and the Courage to Choose a New Beginning. - The anthology was released on September 9, 2026. - The book reached bestseller charts in multiple categories, including Biography Reference & Collections and Mental & Spiritual Healing, in the United States, Canada, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom. - Whitcomb’s chapter is titled “Living Between Breath and Frequency: The Light Inside the Illness.” - The chapter recounts a debilitating illness that left Whitcomb weighing 90 pounds and facing the possibility of death. - Doctors could not explain why Whitcomb’s health was deteriorating. - At one point, Whitcomb was handed a phone to say goodbye to loved ones and told to get her affairs in order. - Whitcomb later received a diagnosis of mycotoxin illness and chronic inflammatory response syndrome, or CIRS, a condition associated with exposure to toxic mold.

The details: - Whitcomb says the diagnosis brought answers, but it did not end the health challenges. - She continues to deal with muscle spasms, cognitive difficulties, changes in sensory processing and physical limitations. - Those symptoms require her to keep adjusting daily activities. - The experience pushed Whitcomb to study the nervous system, environmental influences, sound therapy, breathwork, trauma responses, neuroplasticity and energy healing. - Whitcomb now uses crystal singing bowls, tuning forks, breathwork, Qi Coils and other sound- and energy-based practices in her work. - Her approach emphasizes listening to the body, respecting individual limitations and creating supportive environments that help the body find homeostasis. - Whitcomb writes, “I stopped seeing my body as something betraying me and began seeing it as something exhausted from fighting to survive.” - She also writes, “What I offer is not a cure. It's an invitation: to experience the body as wise and deeply aware.”

Between the lines: - Whitcomb’s chapter rejects the idea that healing must mean returning to a former version of yourself. - Her story frames progress as adaptation, not just symptom relief. - The anthology’s theme is that a new beginning can happen even when an illness or hardship is not fully resolved. - That message fits a wider audience looking for language around resilience, uncertainty and living with ongoing conditions.

What's next: - The Moment We Rise is available in eBook and paperback on Amazon. - All proceeds benefit Brighter Healing Foundation, which supports holistic healing education, resources and support. - The anthology was compiled by Vickie Gould, founder of Life Changing Energy, and published by Morning Oak Publishing. - Whitcomb continues her work through her JusB* practice, writing, teaching and sound work. - Whitcomb invites people to approach well-being with curiosity, presence and greater awareness of the body’s needs.

The bottom line: - Whitcomb’s chapter turns a near-death illness into a message about listening to the body, redefining healing and finding a way forward without pretending the struggle is over.