About Fanny

I know what it’s like to try everything and still not know where to start.

I’m Fanny Barquero. I live in Costa Rica, I work in English and Spanish, and I created the BLIRM Method so that men and women don’t have to walk this path in pieces, the way I did.

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Where it started

My story

Fanny Barquero pouring tea in her kitchen in the morning

In my early thirties, my body started sending signals that were easy to dismiss: painful periods, hormonal ups and downs, skin problems I’d never had. The doctor told me it was normal for my age. So I believed her, and I kept going.

One thing led to another. I wasn’t eating well. I stopped sleeping well. Headaches became part of every single day. At my lowest point, I was in pain 24 hours a day, seven days a week — working through it, struggling to concentrate, moving slowly through my own life.

I did what I was told. Scans, brain tests, specialist after specialist. And the answer was always some version of the same thing: we can’t find anything. One doctor asked me why I was wasting his time. Another told me it was all in my head.

My breaking point came when I could no longer leave the house. I used to travel a lot. Now I was working from home — rare back then — and afraid of what would happen the next time I had to get on a plane.

The turning point

What I learned

Little by little, I started walking a different path. A doctor taught me the basics of looking after my body: my food, my daily habits, the way I was living. Life taught me the rest, through people and experiences: how to eat for my own body, how to rest, how to slow down and reconnect with myself.

It wasn’t one miracle, and it didn’t happen all at once. It took many years: first my physical recovery, then the emotions, then my spiritual life. I learned from the people I met and from working beside people living with cancer and other serious illnesses. I studied, took courses, completed my training and kept learning, for almost 20 years. I also spent six years at a spiritual retreat center in Costa Rica, Nada Brahma Healing Center, where supporting others and deep periods of introspection helped me bring every part of my life together.

This is my own experience. Every body and every history is different, and my story isn’t a promise of what BLIRM will do for you. BLIRM isn’t medical care, doesn’t diagnose anything, and works alongside your doctor.

“There’s a part of our health that no one else can do for us. Doctors are essential. What I learned about the rest took me years — and a lot of people along the way.”

The Method

Why I created BLIRM

When I understood how many people were living what I had lived — not only the discomfort, but the frustration of hearing “nothing is wrong” — I started sharing what I had learned.

It began with small workshops. For several years from 2013 I taught them in San Carlos, then in Rohrmoser from 2016 and in Escazú from 2017: groups of ten or fifteen people who came back every month to share what had worked for them. In 2015 I opened my own clinic in Rohrmoser, Salud Natural. Back then the word “holistic” was so new that many people found it a little esoteric. Through my website, the clinic and the magazine “Salud al Día”, many people found me, and radio and television followed: the program “Salud Ya!” on Radio Centro 96.3, and two TV programs, “Por Tu Salud” and “Giros” on Channel 6, where I was invited several times to talk about health. At ExpoVida 2015, the national health fair, I had a stand and gave a talk on cancer prevention, and I took part in health fairs organized by employee associations at CONARE, ICE, UNA and the free trade zone in Cartago. In 2020, during COVID, I gave a free online workshop on high blood pressure.

Give me a whiteboard and a group of curious people, and I’m happy. That’s still true today.

BLIRM is many years of that path, finally put in order. For a long time I shared pieces of what I knew. Today I can see the whole road, from beginning to end — and I built the method so you can walk it in the right order, with someone beside you. If I had to describe my work in one word, I’d use the Spanish one: acompañamiento. Walking beside you.

The approach

How I work

I listen first. Your story, your days, what you’ve already tried.
I put things in order. One stage at a time, so every change supports the next.
I teach you the why. So you understand what you’re doing and can keep going on your own.
I stay close. Private sessions with me, WhatsApp every Tuesday and Thursday and, as an extra, my live group talks, with your seat always reserved.
I keep it simple. Your plan, guides and audios come to you by email and WhatsApp while your private client space opens.
I adjust. Your plan changes when your life does.

The limits

What I do — and what I don’t

I do

help you build daily routines for food, rest and stress around the days you actually have — and stay beside you while you do the work of keeping them.

I don’t

diagnose, prescribe, ask you to stop or change a medical treatment, or promise health results. Your doctor handles diagnosis and treatment; I work alongside them.

Who I love working with

men and women who are tired of piecing it together alone, and who are ready to do their part. If you’re looking for a magic pill, I’m honestly not your person. If you’re ready to take an active role, I’ll be right there doing mine.

Background

Training and experience

Integrative Nutrition and Holistic Health Expert
Grand Master in Integrative Medicine (in progress)
Walking beside people since 2012
Workshops and talks in Costa Rica: San Carlos, Rohrmoser and Escazú, in my own clinic and as a guest speaker · Radio and TV: “Salud Ya!” (Radio Centro 96.3), “Por Tu Salud” and “Giros” (Channel 6)
Languages: English and Spanish

Fanny Barquero teaching at a whiteboard with a simple four-step path, explaining with an open hand

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If my story sounds a little like yours, let’s talk.

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