Bigger than My Body

Natalie K. Watson

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In 2010, fewer than fifty people in the world had diagnosed ADSLD.

Natalie Watson’s sons were two of them.

Bigger Than My Body is Natalie’s unforgettable story of mothering children with an incurable, life-limiting disease that robbed them of the life she longed for them to enjoy.

From the isolation of raising children with complex health issues to fighting like hell to give them a future, Natalie shares her sons’ legacy.

Her sons didn’t survive. Neither did her marriage. But Natalie’s experience of coming out the other side of grief redefined her life purpose and evoked a profound spiritual awakening.

Bigger Than My Body is more than a brave, honest account of every parent’s worst nightmare. It holds a message for everyone stuck in desperation and drowning in despair: Take heart. You’ll be OK. You too can process grief in your own way and learn to love life again.

Natalie Watson is the founder of Back to Life Studio in regional Victoria, Australia, where she specialises in trauma-informed Pilates, combining movement therapy, neurofeedback, and TRE® (Tension & Trauma Release Exercises). Her approach is shaped by lived experience—Natalie is a mother to two sons born with a rare metabolic condition, and her years as a caregiver have deeply informed her commitment to self-care, nervous system support, and emotional healing. She gently supports others—especially Back to Lifers—those returning to a movement practice after burnout, grief, injury, or other life-changing events. Through compassionate guidance and somatic-based practices, Natalie helps clients reconnect with their bodies, release stored tension, and rediscover meaning and purpose in the aftermath of a broken heart.

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