Testimonials

Video Testimonials from some of Charley's students:

Written Testimonials

"When I first came to Charley, my health was in a severe downward spiral despite my many efforts to restore it.  I had been diagnosed with lupus, I was severely fatigued, 20 lbs overweight and I was badly constipated with much pain and gas after eating anything.

Charley came into my life as a result of many prayers to restore my vitality and rebuild my health to 100%.  He quickly became a trusted and respected teacher.  In a matter of only a few months, Charley has taught me how to jumpstart my body's own restorative powers.  This has been a very intense and challenging process.  However, Charley is always there with both encouragement and his vast knowledge to support me. 

I have learned how to listen to my body as it communicates to me what it needs from me in order to heal.  I have embarked on an expanded Healing journey into the 2nd half of my life. I am growing continuously more joyous due to the wisdom I have uncovered and the self-discovery that Charley has helped me achieve. 

I feel deeply appreciative to have him as a friend and mentor in my life. 

I will forever be grateful to him for his gifts to me of wisdom, knowledge, compassion and friendship.  He is a most amazing person who chooses to contribute to others with the full force of his being."

Eileen Kiernan   Mother, professional, Activist

For 3 years I lived with INTENSE Sacro Iliac pain (pain in the butt).  I was pretty much unable to sit down for more than a few minutes at a time. Driving for more than 20 minutes was almost intolerable.  I had to stand up to do everything and even standing was painful, but bearable.
I had tried many types of bodywork, acupuncture, different energy healing modalities, nothing had any effect. This was especially frustrating, since I am a massage therapist myself.
 
Within a month of beginning work with Charley, the pain began to subside and after three months it is now gone completely. I am so happy every day to be able to sit comfortably; such a simple thing, but true appreciation of it comes only after not being able to sit for years. Words really can't describe it. And I have lost a lot of weight, especially in my belly.  My daily energy is way better.  And I’ve improved a lifelong condition of borderline high blood pressure.
 
Sam Shone. CMT     Sedalia CO

"I watched your dvd this am and was so happy to have complex data so clearly explained and with such realism and humor.  I wanted you to know right away that it is really an excellent video.  I would like to buy 3 more copies to send/loan to my friends."

Sue Anderson mother, writer    Boulder CO

Fellow travelers on the path of health,

"I recently finished a full year of working with Charley Cropley to gain control over my sugar addiction.  I never knew how much this addictive eating was affecting me until I took “Food is Your Best Medicine” class with Charley several years ago.  I distinctly remember one afternoon, about one month into eating healthy as a result of the course, and feeling simply happy.  There was no outward reason. I was simply existing is a place that was happy, and I realized that it was the result of not eating sugar and wheat for one month.  I clearly remember thinking “This is who I am when I’m not on sugar”.  It was now clear to me that many of the ways that I often felt, negative, frustrated, angry, hopeless; were the result of how I was eating, not who I was.

I wasn’t able to sustain that way of eating for long.  But I always told myself that I would get back to eating that way.  At the end of last year I realized that my life was on hold and that I was not going to make progress until I made a real commitment to change my eating and end my addiction to sugar and wheat.  I turned again to Charley Cropley because I had been successful working with him before, and I knew that he would understand the difficulty that I faced in trying to change my eating patterns.  He knew this was an addiction and he treated it with the seriousness that an addiction needs to be treated with. 

He required of me that I make a one year commitment and that I put my money where my mouth was.  I met with Charley every two weeks.  I had some times that were easy and others where I really fell off the wagon, so to speak.  But Charley was there, a supportive, steady rock the whole time.  I know that I could not have been able to sustain this without working with him.

I know that this is a lifelong process, and that I have choice at every moment what I eat.  I don’t always eat wisely, but I now have enough perspective to know the difference  between how I feel when I am sugar free, and when I’m not.  The most important thing is that I now have had several months of being off sugar and have felt so good that when I do eat poorly the contrast is huge, and my motivation to continue to eat healthy is reinforced every time.

Some of the changes that I have experienced since getting off of sugar is simply feeling happy for no reason.  I also have discovered a calm and peacefulness within me that others who have known me for a long time clearly recognize as quite different from how I was before.  Through working with Charley I began to explore what new direction I would take my life; what would inspire me to continue to be the person I was off sugar.  I am now not only feeling happy and calm, but I am exploring a new spiritual path; dreams, that I always had an interest in, but am now pursuing with a passion.

I know that I would not be where I am in my life without having changed my eating, and I know that I couldn’t have done this without Charley.  After years of saying “I’ll stop eating sugar, tomorrow”  I finally decided to make a commitment and stop NOW.  It’s made all the difference and I thank you Charley for your support on this path.  I couldn’t have done it without you."

Warmly,
Thea Litsios  Artist, Photographer     Niwot CO

ACUTE BLADDER INFECTION         Denver, CO  

Note from Dr. Cropley:   This is a response I received less than an hour after a phone call from a client experiencing an acute UTI.  I publish it because it offers an example of the power of the practical tools I train my clients to use.   These tools such as rest, sound nutrition, exercise, self-inquiry and yes, enemas all support the healing of the body in general, non-specific ways.  I.e. they benefit ALL conditions.  

Hi again - I am once again astounded by the power of enemas to help me feel
better, shift my focus and clear my mind. Wow! I don't know why I thought
enemas would not relate to a bladder infection. Oh well, such a rookie. In
any case, I feel about 100% better than when we talked.

Niwot, CO

I feel very blessed by our work together. You should be very confident about naturopathic medicine and your skill as a facilitator. Amazing! I don’t think I have ever had such a clear and caring relationship with my body. That clarity and caring has opened me more deeply to the ground of being and to the ever present witness. It seems to have all come together to support my entire being. I’m working to not grasp at how good I feel, but to simply be humbled and grateful – allow for the ebb and flow of being. This morning I was a bit contracted, felt some judgment creeping in, sat to meditate and just let the contraction, the discomfort, the underlying sense of well-being, the joy, the fear – all of that simply wax and wane in the fullness of being. Began to just experience all of that as neutral and didn’t identify with any of it. Comes and goes, comes and goes.
 
By the way, I have stopped taking most of the supplements that Dr. ___ had me taking. As I run out, I just don’t feel any need to continue. 

Carol M.  Denver