The Chronic Comeback: Recent Episodes
Phil Hadfield
Welcome to the Chronic Comeback Podcast channel. This podcast was set up by me, Phil Hadfield, as a way of focusing on the positives and steering away from the negatives of chronic illness. Comebacks are totally possible in any situation and in fact, your life can become better as a result of your setback and this podcast is all about interviewing those who have proven this...
Today on the podcast I’m joined by the renowned singer and songwriter, Marina Diamandis, formerly of Marina and the Diamonds. Marina opens up about her battle with chronic fatigue syndrome and the impact it’s had on her career, relationships and all aspects of her life. We discuss nervous system health, emotional well-being, mold illness, boundaries, some of the lifestyle changes she’s made during her healing, and healing through holistic practices. Marina shares her story so honestly and with so much vulnerability in this episode, and I hope if you’re struggling with CFS or any chronic illness right now, it offers you some hope and a little boost of inspiration on your recovery journey.FOLLOW MARINA
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Remember, the comeback is always greater than the setback 💪💪💪
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In this episode of the Chronic Comeback Podcast, I talk to Tim Peters who shares his experiences growing up with numerous health issues and dealing with chronic illness as an adult. The discussion covers our struggles with various medical conditions, including chronic Lyme disease, and the contrasting ways men and women cope with chronic illnesses. Tim opens up about the emotional and physical challenges he faced, including significant weight loss and the impact on his social relationships. Tim also delves into the various treatments and lifestyle changes that have helped him improve his health, including moving to Arizona for a better climate and adopting brain rewiring techniques. The episode serves as a candid and inspirational conversation on finding resilience and hope amid chronic health challenges.
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In this episode, I’m joined by Lauren Less, who shares with me her chronic comeback story of overcoming Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), Lyme disease, POTS & More. We discuss the importance of mental resilience and seeking out inspiration through the success stories of others, as well as the power of mindset work.
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In this episode of The Chronic Comeback Podcast, I am joined by Josh and Joe, known as The Healing Dudes. Together, they dive into their personal journeys with chronic illness, particularly Lyme disease, and the unique challenges men face in dealing with chronic health conditions. Josh elaborates on his experience from being a senior engineer and athlete to struggling with severe illness, losing his home, and battling through countless medical appointments. Joe shares a similar trajectory, detailing his initial symptoms during college, his exploration into mind-body healing, and subsequent relapse after contracting COVID-19. Both discuss the importance of community, consistency, and the transformative power of embracing both masculine and feminine energies in the healing process. They also highlight their collective effort to bring male representation into the chronic illness community and encourage a balanced approach to health and wellness. Their stories are inspirational, emphasising resilience, the value of movement and exercise, and finding joy amidst adversity.
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We're back! And in this episode, I welcome back Vanessa Azelis, also known as The Grateful Guide, for another conversation about her journey with chronic illness and grief.
Vanessa shares her story of contracting a rare parasite in 2009 and the ensuing struggle with multiple chronic conditions including chronic fatigue syndrome and POTS syndrome. She discusses the pivotal moment of finding hope through brain retraining and her intensive healing journey. Vanessa also opens up about enduring another perfect storm in 2021, when she lost her father and battled long COVID. She emphasises the importance of integrating grief and self-compassion in the healing process. Vanessa shares practical advice on balancing increasing activity while maintaining a regulated nervous system and addressing the physical aspects of chronic illness.
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In this episode, I speak to Nicola Packman. Nicola was just 25 when she was diagnosed with MS/multiple sclerosis, after the onset of a series of symptoms including going fully blind in one eye. After her world came crashing down, she suffered her rock bottom where at times she questioned if she wanted to continue living with her condition. But she decided to challenge the expectation her diagnosis had put on her, take her health and wellbeing into her own hands, and used nutrition and the power of the belief in her own healing to achieve remission from MS. Nicola is now in the best health (both mental and physical) of her life and lives a fully symptom-free life.
- Nicola's childhood and life before her health deteriorated
- The onset of Nicola's symptoms, including fatigue, pins & needles, burning sensations etc, and how it took her going fully blind in one eye to go and see the doctor
- Her experience of getting diagnosed with multiple sclerosis
- The two years following Nicola's diagnosis and how this was the darkest period of her life
- How Nicola had 5 relapses in 18 months
- The turning point for Nicola, and how she shifted her mindset to not only want to not get worse, but to want to actually get better.
- The body's ability to heal itself, and how these realisations were the start of Nicola's healing.
- Nicola's lifestyle now, and how she is living fully symptom-free.
- The role of nutrition in healing, and how food is medicine.
- The importance in finding gratitude in every situation.
- Nicola's advice to others who may be newly diagnosed or going through a dark period with their health now.
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In this episode, I talk about my recent mushroom retreat in Jamaica and the realisations and lessons I took from it. I also give a bit of a life update at the start about where I'm at with my health, the various things I'm working on at the moment and some changes I want to make.
In this episode, I speak to Bianca Michele. Bianca is an Author, Motivational Speaker, Podcast Host, health, mindset, and reiki practitioner. Her mission is to remind others of their inner power and the root causes of any imbalances within their health, mind, body, and soul to find balance and harmony.
In this episode she tells her story of overcoming Lyme disease, CIRS, Mold toxicity, mast cell activation, POTS and more, and the many realisations she has had along the way.
- How Bianca became symptomatic aged 21 with heavy fatigue, brain dog, neck ache, sensitivity etc and her many misgiagnoses
- Bianca's experience of getting tested for lyme disease, and the difficulties surrounding this
- Bianca's experience with hypothermia at a clinic in Malaysia
- How Bianca developed mold illness and had to move out of her home into a tent at her parents house and how this initially helped her
- How Bianca developed mast cell activation syndrome, and other health issues she was confronted by
- Bianca's discovery of The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne and how this started to change her outlook on life
- Bianca's life-changing experience seeing an energy healer and how this led to inner child work, and doing EMDR therapy
- Bianca's time frame from sick through her recovery
- How her relationship with her symptoms changed, and she gradually experienced them less
- How her chronic illness has affected the realationships in her life
- Bianca's advice for others going through chronic illness now
- Bianca's book, 'It Happened For Me' and how you can reach out to her
REFERENCES
▶ The Secret, by Rhonda Byrne
▶ Bianca Michelle 's book 'It Happened For Me' was released just this week, and if you order the book from Amazon in the first week of publishing send a screenshot to biancasholisticway@hotmail.com, you'll receive a FREE BONUS Modality booklet and retraining video!
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In this week's episode, I'm joined by Sarah Harvey, a Bodymind & Metaphysics Coach, who shares her amazing story of making a full recovery, after suffering for almost 10 years with over 200 chronic symptoms. We discuss how humans have an innate ability to heal, the role trauma plays in chronic illness, the blocks people can have to healing, shifts in mindset and how you view your symptoms, and the importance of not waiting until you are healed to live your life (because that's all part of the healing.)
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Episode Intro by Phil
1:10 - Intro to Sarah and her story, from when she left home at 15 to getting so sick she was bed bound, to being full recovered now
6:50 - The symptoms Sarah was experiencing and her search for diagnosis and treatment
11:33 - Sarah's discovery of ayuvedic philosophy, and Louise Hay's work, and how this led her to discover the link between trauma and chronic health
14:11 - Sarah’s upbringing and her home life, and the events that led her to leaving home at 15
16:36 - Phil’s recent Psilocybin retreat and some realisations he had in it
18:22 - The importance of accountability without self-blame and judgement and criticism.
20:33 - Sarah’s experience of being homeless at age 15
23:34 The link between trauma and chronic illness, and breaking down the definition of what ’trauma’ is
25:53 - How Sarah now perceives her symptoms and the shift into having a different relationship with your body and seeing it as your friend
27:25 - How healing is happening, and the process of inviting yourself to heal and looking at any fears around this
32:00 - How healing is an ongoing process and can relate to all parts of your life, and the importance of living your life WHILE you’re healing, not waiting to heal.
39:35 - How taking steps to healing, whether it’s investing money or time etc, is progress in itself, as it’s telling your inner self you’re worth it
46:31 - Sarah’s tip for one thing you can do to start your healing journey (for free)
48:54 - How her chronic illness has affected Sarah’s relationships
51:59 - Sarah’s advice to people struggling with their health at the moment and struggling to know they can heal
References:
Louise Hay: "You Can Heal Your Life"
Louise Hay: "Heal Your Body"
Louise Hay: "The Power Is Within You"
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In this episode, I'm joined by Lindsay Vine, who shares her story of her experience of ME/CFS. We discuss the ups and downs of her health and how she navigated through her healing journey.
Lindsay is an ME/CFS Recovery Program Navigator, helping people with ME/CFS, Long Covid, and other nervous system sensitivity disorders determine their best path to recovery, and supporting them along the way.
Lindsay got ME/CFS at the end of 2015 after completing her Masters Degree in Public Health. She was getting infection after infection and finally her body just crashed. She continued to push herself, working as a health research facilitator and conducting health programs evaluation work until she simply couldn’t do it anymore. It took Lindsay 5 years to find all the right tools and gain the knowledge needed for recovery and now she shares this knowledge through her work and through her podcast Post Viral.
TIMESTAMPS
00.00 - Intro, Lindsay's health story, and the issues she dealt with in her 20s
5:49 - The onset of Lindsay’s chronic symptoms
9:35 - Lindsay’s ME CFS diagnosis
10:55 - Lindsay’s trip to Thailand, and how she came across brain retraining practices 12:20 - Lindsay’s move to Vancouver in the hope of healing in nature
8.04 - Loneliness and isolation, and how this can impact your health
15.50 - Lindsay’s major crash and her rock bottom moments
18:15 - Her experience of the CFS Health program and how this started her path to healing again
19:30 - How Lindsay’s friends helped with her healing and encouraged her to go back to Vancouver
22:45 - How healing can be gradual, and how setbacks can happen but they don’t have to be so scary
27:00 - Pushing your boundaries with healing, and how a little of this is required.
29:15 - Lindsay’s programs guide and how it can help people find the right program for them
31:40 - Polyvagal work and the role this can play in recovery
33:50 - Nervous system and trauma work, and the role this can play in healing
36:00 - How the number and variety of programs and potential methods of recovery can be overwhelming, but how different programs cater to different personality types and needs
46:33 - How Lindsay’s life is different now, as a result of her ME CFS
49:04 - Lindsay’s advice to others suffering with chronic health issues
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In this episode, I'm joined by Rachael Elizabeth, also known as "Ribeye Rach" on Instagram. This podcast episode has been a long-time coming - we’ve been trying to arrange it for almost a year now! And interestingly, back when Rachael first found my podcast and we started speaking, she was in a totally different place with her recovery compared to now, so maybe that was the universe at work!
Rachael was always an avid rock climber and athlete, but in 2016 her health rapidly deteriorated, and she was diagnosed with dysautonomia, ehlers-danlos syndrome, chair malformation, craniocervical instability, tethered cord syndrome, intracranial hypertension, gastroparesis, adrenal insufficiency, chronic Lyme disease and much more.
After various treatments and surgeries and no improvement, Rachael was still in “a living hell”, and she hit her lowest point in 2020 when she was essentially bed-bound, having seizures and in a wheelchair.
Starting a Lyme disease treatment protocol brought her out of her bed bound phase, but it was when she found alternative ways of healing that her healing accelerated, changing her life. Through brain retraining, DNRS and living by a carnivore diet, she is now able to live her life again.
In this conversation, Rachael tells her amazing story and we discuss brain retraining, the power of timing, the distinction between wanting to heal and being ready to heal, the importance of belief in your recovery, and how different treatments work for different people.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:33 - Rachael's childhood and upbringing
1:56 - When Rachael's health started deteriorating, and the many conditions and syndromes she was diagnosed with
12:53 - How Rachael started considering looking at alternative methods of healing and nervous system regulation
15:11 - Rachael’s introduction to the carnivore diet
16:24 Starting prolotherapy treatments and finding DNRS brain retraining, which was a turning point in Rachael’s recovery
17:40 Phil’s experience of the carnivore diet
19:51 The importance of timing in recovery, and how Rachael had come across DNRS 5 years before she started it
21:50 - The timeline of Rachael’s recovery
25:32 - Rachael’s progression, from wheelchair to walking, over the past two years
27.45 - How everything is linked to the nervous system, and how there are so many different ways to regulate the nervous system, and how it looks different for everyone
30:11 - How when you’ve had so much failure before, you co etc expect that each thing you try won’t work
31.00 - Phil and Rachael’s experience of putting so much pressure on each treatment to work and the desperation to find something to help them heal
32:34 - The importance of believing you’ll recover and surrounding yourself with success stories
39:01 - Where Rachael is at now with her healing
42:25 - How it can sometimes be hard to share your recovery when in the midst of it
43:43 - Finding the gratitude in your journey, and how Rachael now appreciates the little things in life
45:34 - Rachael’s advice to others going through the same right now
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In this special episode, I'm joined by Chazmith Newton, host of the Our Power Is Within podcast. Chazmith and I both started our podcasts around the same time and have done over 100 episodes each, and so we decided to come together and share the key insights, lessons and takeaways that we've gained from speaking to the many guests that have been on our shows. There are many synergies to our stories and how our podcasts came about, so it was great to come together and have this conversation.
In this episode, we discuss each of our situations regarding our own health and how our podcasts first came about, and our shared experience surrounding how hearing success stories of people recovering can be both inspirational but also triggering, and how we've had to navigate that in doing our podcasts. We also discuss the many modalities that our guests have had recovered with, including somatic tracking, brain retraining, breathwork, etc. We discuss the importance of having faith in divine timing, cultivating a belief that you will recover, learning to trust your body again, seeking support, and trying to find gratitude within your journey to health.
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In this episode we have Kimberly Harter. Kimberly's health first became a problem in her life when she suffered an anaphylactic shock in 2006, which she later found out was due to Lyme, which she was later diagnosed with. This set off a worsening of many symptoms for Kimberley, leaving her in extreme pain, bed-ridden, with extreme sensitivities and a very limited diet.
What followed were many ups and downs in her recovery journey, and it was through a whole host of techniques surrounding mindset, including brain retraining, breathwork techniques, cold therapy etc that she finally started seeng improvements, leading her to make huge changes in her life, including become a white water raft instructor and starting her own business.
In this episode, Kimberly shares many insights she has had over the course of her recovery journey, and we discuss the importance of finding joy and play in your recovery, how powerful change can be and the importance of not becoming identified with being "sick."
0:00 - Intro
01:05 - Kimberly’s first turning point in her health when she had an anyphalactic shock in 2006
05:39 - Kimberly’s diagnosis of Lyme disease
08:03 - The treatments Kimberly went on
08:44 - How her body reacted to these treatments and how this resulted in an emergency surgery
09:18 - Turning to naturopathic versions of treatment and the many things Kimberly tried
11:01 - Going to a treatment centre in Arizona for 15 weeks
11:37 - How after initially feeling some improvement, Kimberly had a bad crash
14:30 - How Kimberly was told it must be in her head or she must be exaggerating her symptoms
15:41 - How Kimberly came across brain retraining in 2017 and her initial scepticism
16:40 - Kimberly’s experience with stem cell treatment and how it positively impacted her vision
18:15 - Kimberly’s experience with brain retraining
18:41 - How Kimberly also started implanting cold therapy and breath work
20:04 - Kimberly’s change in mindset, and how things started to turn around for her and her health
20:16 - Kimberly’s experience with mold
24:06 - How long it took for things to shift once Kimberly started feeling better
25:26 - How Kimberly became a white water raft guide, and how this big change in her life was key to her recovery
32:13 - How recovery can be slow, and how Kimberley dropped a lot of her practices when she moved away but how this didn’t negatively impact her health, and actually reinforced that she was not a “sick person.”
38:35 - Phil’s experience with Primal trust, and the importance of finding joy in your day
39:57 - The importance of play in neutroplasticity
48:39 - How Kimberly wouldn’t trade the years she lost to illness, because of the positive changes it has brought about in her life
54.44 - Kimberly’s advice to others going through chronic health issues now
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In today's podcast, I talk about how I've been feeling lately health wise, what things are helping me and some of the setbacks I've experienced too. I also cover some of the things I've got coming up over the next month or so.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
5:36 My current relationship with exercise and how it’s serving my recovery
6:42 Setbacks and progressions
6:52 My recent body fat percentage results and the markers it provides on inflammation, toxicity etc
14:05 How I’ve been feeling generally and dealing with living in mold and how that’s affected me
18:44 My recent breath work retreat, and how this combined with changing my environment and getting out of mold had an almost instant affect on how I felt
22:37 My current meal plans
24:07 My struggles with my morning routine and how I need to improve on this
24:54 Trying to get to the next level of progression with my health
27:00 What’s coming up for me the month, where I’ll be and what I’ll be doing
27:30 An upcoming mushroom retreat I’m doing in Jamaica - why I’m doing this and what I’m looking to get from it
29:32 Changing up my routine and environment, and how this is needed along with a balance of stability
30:20 How I feel much better leaving Bali than I did last Summer when I had fears around going back to London and if this could affect my recovery
32:07 Getting my CD 57 markers tested again
34:07 Some thoughts around mindset and the comments I come across on my YouTube channel
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In this episode, I am excited to have Dr. Phil Parker, creator of The Lightning Process. The Lightning Process is a training programme that teaches people about the way the nervous system control the body, and empowers people with tools that involve gentle movement, meditation-like techniques and mental exercises, with the aim of teaching people how to switch on pathways to promote health and switch off the ones that are not serving you.
In this episode, Phil and I discuss how the Lightning process started and developed, and what it is and what it involves, and practical ways you can incorporate the Lightning Process into your daily life. We also discuss the mind-body connection, and the importance of believing that recovery IS possible, and exposing yourself to positive recovery stories so that this becomes your inner conversation. We also cover the obstacles that could stand in people's way to recovery, perfectionism and how your inner critic can contribute to keeping you sick.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 - Intro
1:36 - Phil Parker’s life-changing accident and how this led him to discover the mind body connection
6:11 - Being told that recovery isn’t possible and the consequence of those kind of statements
7:19 - How Phil started working with people Chronic fatigue and ME
8:38 - How that led to the beginning of The Lightning Process and how it helped people with chronic fatigue
9:03 - How this then led to working with people with ME
10.48 - The Lightning Process and what it is and a breakdown of what it involves
15:48 - Neuroplasticity and how you can use this in recovery
16:45 - What are the obstacles that may hold someone back from recovering with something like the Lightning Process?
21:58 - How it’s about finding that ‘stuckness’ and how to move past that
23:35 - Perfectionism and your inner critic, and how the Lightning Process encourages coaching yourself compassionately
26:01 - How you can integrate The Lightning Process into your day
27:41 - The Lightning Process as an in-person process, and how it translates to online/zoom
33:14 - How important is the belief that recovery is possible?
41:31 - How disheartening it can be when you’ve tried a lot of things to get better and haven’t recovered yet, and how it’s important not to lose trust
42:23 - How the Lightning Process is a training programme, and therefore works by teaching people the skills that other people have found useful, and supporting people through that
45:19 - The Lightning Process success rates
49:29 - How applicable the Lightning Process is to a range of different chronic conditions
54:13 - Phil’s advice for someone who is progressing but is doing so slowly and is struggling to keep up the motivation
55:04 - How it’s so important to be seeking out inspirational stories and recovery stories, to bolster the belief that recovery is possible
59:16 - Phil’s advice to those in their darkest hours right now
01:01:48 - Letting go of the idea that recovery has to be complicated
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Remember, the comeback is always greater than the setback 💪💪💪
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In this episode, we have Alexandra Marynczak. Alex's health started deteriorating in her late teens, leaving her bedbound for most of her early 20s. After her own research led to a diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue, she set about looking for positive recovery stories and it was through a mix of brain retraining programs, Faster EFT and diet that she restored her health, and she now helps others recover too as a Mind Body Therapist and Holistic Health Coach.
0:00 - Intro
2:15 - Alex’s childhood and the development of her symptoms in high school
10:28 - Alex’s experience with doctors and the medical system at the time, and how she was misdiagnosed with depression and anxiety
14:07 - How being ill was a blessing in disguise for Alex as it made her reevaluate the ways her life was out of alignment in so many ways
15:26 - When Alex finally got a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome
18:43 - The danger of being told you’ll never recover and that you'll need to live with your condition
20:22 - How Alex went about researching ways to overcome her condition and the alternative treatments she tried, and the many crashes she had
24:42 - How Alex would seek out recovery stories when feeling deflated
26:25 - The limiting belief that there’s something different with you, and that’s why you won’t recover
28:02 - The Gupta program and how it was the first thing that clicked for Alex
29:45 - How the Gupta program works to rewire your nervous system to a sense of safety
30:59 - The importance of getting in touch with what is causing you a sense of stress and how you are living out of alignment with yourself
32:43 - How Alex experimented with DNRS
32:02 - Faster EFT, and how a session with Ilka Oster changed things for Alex
34:44 - The ACE Study and the effect adverse childhood experiences can have on your health
36:08 - How finding Faster EFT and using this to rewire her nervous system was a breakthrough for Alex
37:07 - The link between trauma and chronic health, and how trauma can be something you don’t necessarily remember
37:43 - Alex’s first session of Faster EFT and how this immediately made her look into the patterns that had manifested in her life and make some changes for the better
39:07 - How long it took Alex to feel improvements in her health
40:00 - The physical body being a representation of the unconscious mind
44:40 - How Faster EFT helped Alex reframe her symptoms by looking at what they were trying to tell her
47:43 - How you use tapping, and how Faster EFT is different to traditional EFT
50:37 - The time it took for Alex to recover, and how recovery can be a long process with setbacks along the way
54:30 - Trying to not allow fear to play into your decisions or stop you doing things in life
59:31 - The importance of taking care of the basic pillars of health
01:02:30 - The positive changes that Alex’s illness has brought about in her life
01:07:50 - Alex’s advice to others out there suffering how she was in her early 20s
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This episode is the third and final episode of a mini series where I talk to three people who have been helping me bring about changes in three key areas - movement, sleep and breath.
In this episode I talk with Breathwork facilitator, Satori Clarke. Satori is Head of Research at Breathwork Bali, and Co-Founder of it's BreathLab, and I've been working with her doing one-to-one Breathwork sessions for the last 8 months of so. I've found it a really beneficial practice for me in many ways, including helping me learn to regulate and trust my nervous system, and allowing me to tap into states of rest and relaxation that I struggle to access otherwise.
In this episode, we discuss breath and its power to change the way the nervous system functions, which can in turn alter which parts of our brain and more online. Satori explains how when we bring conscious awareness to our breath, it will begin to re-pattern our body and how it functions, and the more that we practice it, the more our body will access it unconsciously.
Satori talks me through the different diaphragms we have in our body that assist breathing, and we also discuss various different breathing techniques (cadence breathing, conscious connected breathing, Holotropic breathing etc) and the benefits and states each one can bring about. We also discuss the importance of rest and relaxation and how Breathwork can tap into this by regulating the nervous system, by training it to safely activate and de-activate.
0:00 - Intro
1:39 - Why breath is one of the most underrated areas to focus on in health?
4:10 - Rapid breathing and hyperventilation disorder, and how your unconscious breathing patterns could be causing you problems
5:45 - The three diaphragms of breath, and how breathing correctly and consciously can increase blood flow and help organs function better
7:00 - Cadence breathing - what it is and the impact practicing it can have
8:00 - Wim Hof breathing (holotropic Breathwork)
9:26 - Conscious connected Breathwork and how it differs to Holotropic Breathwork
11:29 - How conscious connected Breathwork can help create nervous system regulation, teaching it to go into intensity, and then come down and rest and recover.
12:05 - How our culture creates a sense of stress and constant “doing” and the importance of rest and relaxation, and how Breathwork can help with this
12:55 - My experience when I first discovered Breathwork and my early takeaways from the practice
14:55 - My breath and Satori’s observations of how this has changed over the course of time we’ve been working together
16.15 - My experience in learning to trust my nervous system, and how this has been powerful for me
22.40 - “Highly dis-regulated” nervous systems and what this means
26:28 - What a ‘breath journey’ is
29:13 - Emotion as energy, and how Breathwork and nervous system activation can help this move through the body
35:34 - How Breathwork can help dial down the prefrontal cortex, allowing emotions to emerge.
40:10 - My experience of putting my trust in my nervous system, and how breathwork has helped me on my chronic health journey.
47:14 - The importance of being properly supported in breathwork (not being guided virtually/online)
51:37 - Cadence breathing as an starting point for those without access to a facilitator, and its benefits
56:13 - Satori’s work with Breath Lab, at Breathwork Bali, and their research
REFERENCES:
▶ "Breath", by James Nester
▶ "When The Body Says No" by Gabor Mate
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This episode is the second of a mini series where I talk to three people who have been helping me bring about changes in three key areas - movement, sleep and breath. In this episode I chat with Sleep Coach, Gary J Allman, owner of Sleep & Perform, who I worked with last year to help me commit to getting my sleep in order and to hold me accountable to those simple sleep hygiene habits that we all know we should be doing but are hard to be consistent with.
Sleep is one of the key pillars of health, and it’s so important to be prioritising it when battling chronic issues and trying to optimise health.
In this conversation, we speak about how DNA can affect your sleep, the difference between REM and Deep sleep, and the role that consistent sleep and wake times, nutrition, and hydration play in regulating your circadian rhythms and melatonin production, and why this is so important. Gary also shares numerous sleep optimisation tips, and shares his wisdom answering some of the questions you sent in.
REFERENCES:
▶ Andrew Huberman - https://www.instagram.com/hubermanlab
▶ Chris McFadden - https://www.instagram.com/thedaddysleepconsultant
▶ ‘Why We Sleep’ by Matthew Walker
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Remember, the comeback is always greater than the setback 💪💪💪
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This episode is the first of a mini series where I’ll be talking to three people who have been helping me in three key areas - movement, sleep and breath.
In this episode I chat with my trainer Jonson, Co-founder and Head Coach of Nirvana Strength here in Canggu, Bali. I started working with Jonson approximately 14 months ago, and as you may have seen from my posts, when we started working together we were doing the smallest of exercises, to slowly increase my mobility and strength, and more importantly, to build up my confidence in my own bodies ability to move and recover.
In this conversation, we talk about how Jonson and I have worked together over the last year, how things have progressed for me both in terms of physicality but also mindset, when to know how to push and how to hold back, and flare ups and how they are all part of the process.
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In today’s episode, we have Perry Nickelston, aka 'The Lymph Doc'. Perry is a Chiropractic Physician who, after experiencing issues with his own health and autoimmune system, educated himself on ways to overcome pain and other chronic symptoms.
In our conversation, we dive deep on how blood flow (circulatory system) and lymph flow (the lymphatic system) are fundamental to good health and overcoming chronic pain, and how the pillars of nutrients, hydration, detoxification, breathing and sleep are vital in overcoming chronic health issues. Perry also explains how all the bodily systems work in accordance with each other, and that an understanding of this is vital in terms of recovering from chronic issues. We also discuss how diagnoses can sometimes become a self-fulfilling prophecy, stress & the fight or flight response, and how emotional triggers that can underlie chronic illness.
Perry also kindly demonstrates his self-massage technique for lymphatic draining and detoxification to me.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 Intro
1:04 Perry’s chronic health story
5:39 How he learnt about the concepts and techniques that helped him recover
6:46 How Perry began to look at the bodily systems working together
11:11 John Sarno’s work and how Perry’s work relates
13:50 Decreased blood flow and how this affects your body
15:25 The fight or flight response, and how this is subconscious
16:45 Perry’s thoughts on over treatment and going the other way and leaning into the fear/inaction
18:15 Pain and how a diagnosis can sometimes be a self-fulfilling prophecy
21:11 The importance in looking at the whole body as a whole when treating illness and pain
22:20 The importance of nutrients and minerals
24:19 The role of oxygen and the importance of breathing correctly
25:32 The system of ingesting and absorbing nutrients and the importance of doing the simple things right
28:16 Waste and importance of the detoxification system
31:36 The important in doing things in the right order to support the healthy function of your body’s processes
33:40 What would be the first step with someone who struggles with the typical things that are meant to calm your nervous system eg meditation
37:40 How awareness is the first step
43:52 How Perry looks at emotional pain as well as how the pain is manifesting in the body, as they are inextricably linked
46:10 Breaking down the words ‘cure’ and ‘manage’ and Perry’s thought surrounding these
51:44 Detoxification and how to know when doing it correctly
58:43 Perry’s step by step checklist he does with his patients
1:02:34 Ways to support your lymphatic system to detoxify
1:08:28 Perry’s guide to self-massage for lymphatic draining
1:23:56 Perry’s courses and how you can work with him
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Remember, the comeback is always greater than the setback 💪💪💪
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In this episode, I speak to Luanne Hopkinson about her chronic health issues and how she overcame them.
Luanne suffered for decades from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), heartburn, eczema, anxiety, food intolerance and hormone issues, manifesting in chronic issues such as anxiety, heartburn, bloating, abdominal cramps, nausea, histamine intolerance, mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) and ME/CFS.
After years of suffering, and a crash when she hit her 40s, she began on a path of investigating how she could heal herself, and through meditation, brain retraining and learning about her gut health and intolerances, she was able to promote her own body's natural healing processes and restore her health. She now works as a nutritional medical practitioner, helping others improve their health in the same way, as well as supporting the use of diet and supplementation where necessary.
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In today's podcast, I talk about some of my recent thoughts and realisations that I've had on my own recovery journey.
0:00 Intro
0:33 My thoughts surrounding sleep
3:02 Flare ups and crashes, and the importance of not giving up
3:58 Rebuilding your trust in your body and knowing that progress isn’t linear
9:40 Embracing my masculine side whilst still trying to cultivate feminine energy too
17:09 Giving up the need to be perfect, and thoughts surrounding supplements
22:43 Knowing when to let go if things aren’t serving you
28:29 Trying not to identify with your diagnosis, by focusing on the bigger picture
31:27 Key (and free!) things to focus on to help your health
33:16 Changing my environment and how it’s helped me
35:25 Believing that recovery is not just possible, but it’s inevitable
37:52 What’s next for me
REFRENCES
▶ Dr. Dan Ratner - @crushingdoubt
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1386310/11950836-dr-dan-ratner-explains-how-removing-doubt-is-the-key-to-recovering-from-chronic-pain.mp3?download=true
▶ Dr. Cathleen King - @primaltrust_official
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1386310/10086184-going-in-depth-with-dr-cathleen-king-her-20-years-journey-with-chronic-illness.mp3?download=true
▶ Julie Morin - @juliewithjoy
https://www.buzzsprout.com/1386310/9272745-julie-s-long-journey-of-what-she-thought-was-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-me-cfs-and-lyme-disease.mp3?download=true
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**Remember, the comeback is always greater than the setback 💪💪💪
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In this episode, we have Dr Dan Ratner.
After Dan's profound, life-changing experience resolving his own chronic pain, he has since become a leading expert in the field, curing hundreds of pain sufferers with both scientific and logical methods. In recent years, he used his experience and education in mind body issues to teach people about the mind body process, and now provides a short-term consultation model that has extensive success curing pain in 4-8 sessions.
His podcast, Crushing Doubt, discusses such treatments and how to understand them, has brought relief to many, and in this episode we dive deep on how removing doubt is the key to recovering from chronic pain and other symptoms.
TIMESTAMPS:
00.00 - Intro
2.33 - Dan's life before the onset of his chronic pain
3.50 - The start of Dan's symptoms and his search for help
20.43 - Dan's discovery of John Sarno and his books, and his recovery
23.38 - The distinction between 'chronic' and 'consistently acute'
25.42 - How Dan's chronic pain experience changed his perspective on life
27.15 - The role that doubt plays in persistent chronic pain
28.32 - Dan's work helping other people get rid of their chronic pain
29.51 - How removing doubt can help all chronic symptoms, not just pain
34.26 - Focusing on treatments that remove doubt and increase your sense of safety
38.22 - Dan's seminars and approach
47.50 - Candace Pert and her book, "Molecules of Emotion"
48.58 - The importance of getting your questions answered, and things making sense, in order to aid recovery
51.13 - How fear and doubt may stop someone getting results
53.12 - Time scales and how quickly someone could see results
56.30 - The role that both genes and emotional experiences can play in chronic health
57.55 - The Adverse Childhood Experiences Study and its findings
59.33 - Childhood experiences and personality differences, and their roles in chronic illness
BOOK REFERENCES:
John Sarno: "Mind Over Back Pain"
John Sarno: "The Divided Mind"
John Sarno: "Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection"
John Sarno: "The Mindbody Prescription: Healing the Body, Healing the Pain"
Candace Pert: "Molecules of Emotion"
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**Remember, the comeback is always greater than the setback 💪💪💪
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In this episode, we have Laura Najarian, a Lyme and chronic illness health advocate and blogger. Her first-hand and decade-long battle with Lyme has fuelled her passion to help others in similar circumstances, leveraging her pre-Lyme journalist-career skillset for extensive research and communications as an authentic content creator. In this episode she describes how she battled Lyme disease for a decade, and how her experience with the illness has changed her life in many beneficial ways. Laura now uses her knowledge and expertise to help others on their recovery journeys.
TIMESTAMPS:
**00.00 - Intro
01.30 - Laura’s childhood and early life experiences**
04.43 - The beginnings of Laura’s health difficulties
07.13 - Laura’s Lyme diagnosis
10.02 - Laura’s rock bottom moment
10.45 - Laura’s recovery from her first bout of Lyme disease
11.46 - Her relapse and second battle with Lyme disease
13.35 - Laura’s research into Lyme surrounding her diagnosis
19.52 - Recovery from rebuilding your immune system
22.07 - Laura’s belief that she would heal
25.47 - Laura’s turning point and the treatments she explored
32.48 - Discipline and mindset
35.54 - How battling Lyme disease has changed Laura’s life for the better
41.13 - Treating health as a priority
43.38 - Laura’s advice to those at their rock bottom now
48.16 - How to get in touch with Laura
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In this episode, we have Annie Hopper, founder of the Dynamic Neural Retraining System, or DNRS.
Annie developed DRNS in 2008, after she herself fully recovered from unexplained illnesses by implementing her own daily program of brain-based rehabilitation, which focused on rewiring faulty neutral pathways in the brain.
Here, she explains the five pillars of her program and how you can rewire your brain to recover from chronic illness.
TIMESTAMPS:
00.00 - Intro
01.07 - Annie’s life before her chronic illness
02.23 - The ‘perfect storm’, triggering the start of Annie’s health decline
05.17 - Annie’s symptoms
07.58 - The onset of electric hypersensitivity syndrome
08.40 - Having to move out of her home
10.23 - The mental impact of Annie’s decline in health
13.25 - How Annie’s relationships were affected
16.43 - Annie’s research and the development of DNRS
19.09 - The influence of “The Brain That Changes Itself” by Norman Doidge and his work on neuroplasticity
20.09 - The start of some improvements in Annie’s health through changes to the limbic system
21.22 - How long it took Annie to recover
22.50 - The development of DNRS
24.33 - The five pillars of DNRS
29.26 - A DNRS success story of someone who had been suffering from long covid symptoms
35.20 - How possible is it for someone to recover from old sensitivities whilst living in old
37.22 - The biggest limiting factor for people approaching DNRS
38.27 - Long covid, and how DNRS and brain retraining can assist with recovery
41.53 - How would someone tell the difference between symptoms of limbic system dysfunction and real triggers
44.52 - Annie’s advice for someone who is struggling to cultivate the belief that they can recover
47.05 - Accessing Annie’s resources, website and self-assessment questionnaire
BOOK REFERENCES:
Annie Hopper: “Wired for Healing - Remapping the Brain to Recover from Chronic and Mysterious Illnesses”
Norman Doidge: “The Brain that Changes Itself"
Norman Doidge: “The Brain’s Way of Healing”
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To kick off weekly episodes starting up again, I wanted to start with a bit of an update and my improvements over the last 4-5 months
Remember, the comeback is always greater than the setback 💪💪💪
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WOW... episodes 100!! I didn't think this podcast would reach 100 episodes so thank you all for your support and thank you to all the guests for dedicating their time selflessly to a help deliver the key message that you can make a comeback from any situation.
Each of these 100 episodes have taught me so much about so many different things and has actually changed my life in unexpected ways and I'm so grateful for each one of them. So for the 100th episode, I wanted to share my thoughts on the collective lessons that I've learnt along the way.
I also just wanted to take this time to announce that I'll be pausing the release of any new episodes until August/September. I explain why in the episode but rest assured, I am 100% coming back with more episodes and am excited to get to episode 200 asap!
Remember, the comeback is always greater than the setback 💪💪💪
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In this episode, we have Ashok Gupta. Ashok suffered from ME/CFS and managed to fully recover. He’s made it his life long quest to help others recover from similar chronic conditions.
His 20 years of research combined with the latest findings about "neuroplasticity" led him to believe these conditions are ultimately caused by abnormalities in brain function, which can be reversed using revolutionary "brain retraining" techniques called "Amygdala and Insula Retraining."
Despite what people may say, many people do recover successfully from these conditions, and the Gupta Program triggers the body's natural ability to heal itself.
TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 - Intro
02:06 - Ashok's backstory
07:46 - Hardware vs. Software analogy
13:06 - Your body will deal with itself if...
14:33 - Does he still pay attention to "labels" - Neuroimmune condition syndromes
16:28 - Conditions that unexpectedly worked with "Gupta Program"
18:31 - Amygdala, Limbic System, Insula, and the concept of the "Triune Brain"
22:22 - Game of Thrones analogy with the brain and immune system
27:07 - Question #1: Aside from long Covid and ME/CFS, can it help heal other autoimmune conditions (RA, etc.)?
27:29 - 3 Types of Illness
28:22 - Question #2: How would you describe your program compared to Annie Hopper's DNRS? What do you think are the differences in practice?
31:32 - Question #3: Tips for handling unavoidable stress when healing from CFS
34:46 - The problem with putting lives on hold because of illness
36:19 - Question #4: How do I tell the difference between symptoms of Limbic System Dysfunction, and real triggers?
39:14 - What's causing the damage more: the stimulus or the thought?
41:24 - Ashok's thoughts on mold
44:07 - Question #5: Why do the majority of symptoms of limbic system disfunction start on one day, after a “perfect storm”, and why can’t the recovery or “reset” be as quick? Why is it so progressive?
46:58 - The bucket analogy with illnesses
48:11 - Advise for people who are doing rounds-based brain retraining
49:28 - Phil's problem tapping with the feeling
54:05 - Perfectionism can be a barrier to healing
57:54 - Question #6: Can you please ask him about his experiences with more ‘physical’ treatments for autonomic nervous system dysfunction?
1:00:55 - Question #7: For the first couple months of my brain training practice, I had very powerful rounds where I felt I was in a hypnotic state. I experienced profound healing but after the first month or two I found that I had lost access to that state, & the healing that I experienced similarly plateaued. Is it necessary to reach a trance-like state for rounds to be effective?
1:04:00 - Scientific studies done to the treatments they offer at Gupta Program
1:05:38 - Question #8: I'd like to know what his success rate is
1:10:55 - Question #9: Why is the last 10% of recovery so hard?
1:13:36 - Question #10: Should do the program first before you start treatment?
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Another update after living in Bali for 4 months now.
Here’s my honest update on where currently I'm at...
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In this episode, Dr. Neil Nathan (author of prominent books like "Toxic: Heal Your Body from Mold Toxicity, Lyme Disease, Multiple Chemical Sensitivities & Other Environmental Illness", and "Energetic Diagnosis" among others) answers the burning questions you submitted about healing from Lyme, Mold, CFS, Brain Retraining, and he didn't disappoint!
This is the longest episode of the podcast so far and I'm so grateful to Dr. Neil for taking the time to actually do this.
TIMESTAMPS
02:39 - How important is cultivating the belief that you will heal
09:13 - Why do some people get better at recovering than others?
12:39 - Neil's general thoughts on brain retraining, trauma, etc.
18:13 - What comes first: Limbic System Impairment, or Mold?
22:20 - How important is getting a diagnosis? Negative identification, etc.
24:29 - Dr. Robert Naviaux's Cell Danger Response
27:55 - Is a collective diagnosis better? How a 'label' can help.
30:10 - 'The Big Six' and 'The Little Six'
32:11 - What to do if everything you tried makes you feel worse?
34:49 - The big BUT with DNRS and Gupta Program
41:12 - Are MCS and MCAS the same illness? Or different?
42:40 - What are the most important tools for healing chronic pain?
45:53 - Dealing with Citrinin toxicity. It’s not as commonly talked about
48:56 - Dr. Neil's perspective on CellCore
51:35 - Good provider resources available where we can send our providers to learn more
54:10 - Is CFS/ME caused by toxins and bacterial infections ( Lyme, Riketssia…) or you can have both as separate diseases
57:12 - Is there a certain level of mold that is acceptable to live in and still get better? or depends on the severity of the person
1:03:03 - Treatments for Mold allergy
1:06:15 - Can you have a weak positive Elisa test from Lyme and still be severely affected?
1:07:55 - Any success stories of people lowering high pesticide levels in their bodies?
1:14:55 - Dealing with heavy metals, chelating, etc.
1:19:40 - Is heavy metal the key problem for people?
1:21:30 - Is there an optimal detox?
1:24:12 - How can neck misalignments affect the nervous system and healing from chronic illness?
1:25:15 - What osteopathic techniques help to reset the nervous system to healing?
1:26:48 - Best way to get rid of marcons in the nose?
1:27:36 - What are the natural antifungals and amounts that people can take to
help rid themselves of mold colonization, and/or to ward off mold?
1:27:57 - Are there any ways to check for Lyme without being able to actually afford a test?
1:29:23 - Why is it so damned hard to get people to recognize mold and Lyme as actual diseases and causes of an extensive list of health problems?
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In this episode, we have Lauren Stoney. Having entered the world of marketing as a driven and ambitious professional, Lauren experienced first-hand the effects of living life at 100mph. Living every day from a ‘work-hard, play-hard’ mentality, it wasn’t long before she suffered the effects of burnout; facing the diagnosis of a ‘lifelong’ autoimmune condition – Hashimoto’s disease.
Her future seemed bleak with rapidly deteriorating health, the potential loss of her career and a social life that was drawing to a close. Above all else, Lauren felt she had become a shadow of herself.
In 2016 she discovered the Lightning Process® and never looked back. She rediscovered what it was like to have the prospect of a career, the opportunity to see friends, and the return of her health. Above all, she rediscovered her sense of self and got her oomph back.
So now, Lauren helps others do the same.
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In this episode, we have Liz Carlson. In Spring 2016, Liz fell ill with a flu-like “mystery illness” that she didn’t seem to recover from. Her energy levels plummeted, her cognition declined, her digestion fell apart, and most troublingly—minor exertion often caused an immobilizing cellular-level “crash” the next day that took many days to recover from.
After healing from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS), Liz is grateful for the opportunity to apply her experience to empower others on their road to vibrant health.
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I've been in Bali for 3 months now and so wanted to give you all an honest update on where I'm at...
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In this episode, we have Dr Carrie Rigoni. Dr Carrie is a chiropractor, applied kinesiologist, and vagus nerve educator with a special interest in treating the vagus nerve in children.
Her own health story began while she was in chiropractic school 8 years ago when she was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (me/cfs). She spent most of her 20s trying to search for help but eventually found Integrative Neuroimmunology to help heal her body.
This eventually lit a fire in her to not only support those with similar complaints, but also to help set children up on such a healthy trajectory that their brains would never experience the never-ending fatigue and hopelessness that she had.
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In this episode, we have Mary Cornwell. In 2016, Mary was in the best health of her life, physically, mentally, and emotionally. She was training for a half marathon and running 25+ miles per week. Upon moving into a new home, Mary started developing health symptoms that continued to grow over the course of the next 2.5 years.
Mary dropped out of training and was ultimately diagnosed with Chronic Inflammatory Response Syndrome from a combination of different factors, namely mold and heavy metal toxicity. Since this diagnosis, Mary has bio-hacked her way back to health, supporting the body’s innate ability to heal.
She now dedicates her time to empowering others to find root cause solutions to their health problems to bring the body back into its natural state of balance.
In this episode, we have Robert Gene Smith. Robert is the CEO at Skills to Change Institute. He is a speaker in the movie E-motion and is the creator of eutaptics® FasterEFT. He is considered one of the top Neuroplastician and Behavioral Engineer in the world.
Because of Robert’s discoveries, insights, research, and ability to understand the human brain he has become an expert in neuroplasticity. He has taught thousands of people from all walks of life how to use the brain’s natural way to neurologically update unpleasant memories, and as a result they are living better and healthier lives.
He has a proven method to shift and change Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder; anxiety, depression, phobias, auto-immune diseases, pain, stress, and too many more to mention here.
TIMESTAMPS:
01:50 - How Robert started his journey helping people
09:34 - Is there always trauma involved to fix? The purpose of pain
16:58 - The mind has an impact, but the symptoms are physical
21:46 - Talking about Phil's trauma
22:58 - A trauma could be anything
27:52 - Why do some people who have less trauma get sick?
29:32 - Phil's problem with visualization and tapping into feelings
33:46 - The biggest obstacle to recovery according to Robert
38:55 - What it means to "change someone's memory"
41:00 - Demo of a hypnotic state - how the brain works
43:25 - There's always a way to get in the memory
44:45 - All the memories in your head are 'not real'
48:57 - How people with no money for treatment can start healing
51:05 - Robert's recommended playlists on his channel
56:32 - Details about Robert's online course
58:05 - Robert's message for people in their darkest hours
01:00:34 - Closing
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Stupid question right? But hear me out… are you truly ready to recover? Listen/watch and let me know your thoughts :-)
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Jodie’s chronic health story began In early 2006, she came down with shingles and flu like symptoms. Having just accepted her dream job, she pushed through her sometimes debilitating symptoms but although she hoped they would improve, they just got worse. After getting tested for every illness under the sun, she was eventually told she had Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). The doctor said it could last for months or even years and that there was no cure or treatment and so was understandably devastated.
She went from Dr to Dr with little improvement and was even told by one that ‘she would need to learn to live with it’; this was something she would not accept however and she kept pushing on and looking for solutions.
Then one day, she read a newspaper article about someone who had fully recovered from CFS after taking the Lightning Process. and so she took a leap of faith and booked herself onto a course in January 2009.
And it was this course that changed her life forever.
Since doing the course she had run the London Marathon; got married; had and is raising 2 children, moved continents to start a new life in Los Angeles and retrained in an entirely new professional discipline as a Lightning Practice practitioner and so she now helps countless others recover from chronic illness
So it’s actually been two months now, but I recorded this a month ago but was keen to give you all some insight into how it’s going as I’ve had a number of questions.
Will try to do more regular ones if people are keen…
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In this episode, we have Dr. Cathleen King. Dr Cathleen suffered for over two decades with debilitating chronic infections and sensitivities such as Lyme, mold, chronic fatigue, and much more.
She was able to fully recover using the principles of brain retraining that she uses today in her program primal trust where she helps countless others regain their health
She’s got the rare combination of in-depth doctoral-level education and training with over 20 years coaching others in the health/healing world, and has been through her own journey of spending 2 decades of her life navigating through deep, debilitating illnesses. And so I’m really happy and excited to have her on to share her story.
TIMESTAMPS
02:30 - Dr. Cathleen's life before her chronic illness
04:30 - The 'perfect storm' that caused her crash in South America
08:19 - How the crash impacted her mentally
09:17 - The three 'perfect storms' that Cathleen experienced
16:26 - Is there a specific brain training program that she took?
17:14 - The possibility of applying John Sarno's principles to other chronic illnesses
22:12 - How long did it take to show results after doing her protocol
27:25 - Is living with mold possible?
30:49 - Having harmonious coexistence with Lyme, EPV, etc
34:27 - Cathleen's advice to someone who's having trouble with visualizations
43:25 - How her life is different because of what she went through
45:44 - Cathleen's advice to someone who says "I'm different. It won't work for me"
48:20 - Does accepting it means 'giving up' on healing?
51:10 - The fine line between 'self-care' and 'doing stuff to fix myself'
53:05 - Why morning routines are important
59:20 - The biggest obstacle from people she works with
01:03:16 - How a personality can cause limbic system impairment instead of major trauma
01:08:40 - Cathleen's advice to people in their darkest hours
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In this episode, we have Giselle Boxer, In January 2019, Giselle was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (me/cfs)
When her GP told her that she would never recover from the condition, Giselle went on a personal healing journey using a holistic approach of diet, supplementation, and most importantly Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Through the use of acupuncture, Chinese herbs and ear seeds, Giselle is now fully recovered and thriving and now helping others on their own healing journey.
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In the Part 1 of our conversation last week, Dan Neuffer has gone into detail about his journey to recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS), along with a few insightful observations on the different approaches one can take to recover from chronic illness—but today, he dives in with more information on brain retraining, his program: ANS REWIRE, plus some Q&A from our audience.
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In this episode, we have Dan Neuffer. Dan’s story with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) / fibromyalgia began with an abrupt onset triggered by a vaccination. His symptoms ranged from extreme fatigue not alleviated by rest, bouts of fever and other flu-like symptoms, gastrointestinal symptoms as well as night sweats, cardiac symptoms, orthostatic hypotension, allodynia, excessive urination at night, salt cravings, pain and neurological symptoms such as fibro fog.
After fruitlessly seeing dozens of doctors, Dan took matters into his own hands and found a pathway to recovery. He believes that autonomic nervous system dysregulation plays a fundamental role in these illnesses and that a comprehensive treatment approach is critical; when he found the right treatment protocol treatments that hadn’t worked for him before began to work.
Since Dan recovered he has written two books, CFS Unravelled and Discover Hope and created an online recovery program for ME/CFS/Fibromyalgia called ANS REWIRE.
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In this episode, we have Allyn Amerogen. Allyn has lived well over half of her life with chronic pain and illness. Going from undiagnosed to misdiagnosed and finally landing on Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue.
Coming from a place where she was depressed, anxious and helpless; she worked tirelessly to reclaim her life, rewrite the narrative and flip the script on chronic illness. She’s here to help others do the same.
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In this episode, we have Miguel Bautista. Miguel is a video producer based in Vancouver who fully healed from a 4.5-year battle with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and POTS.
He has an amazing Youtube Channel, CFS Recovery, where he breaks down the science behind the root cause that was driving his Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and related debilitating symptoms, as well as what he has done to heal himself from all these symptoms. He is one of the few people who sticks around after they have recovered to share their knowledge and their story to give the rest of us much needed hope.
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In this episode, we have Anna Fryxelius. Before the age 25, Anna experienced autoimmune RA, a complex spinal fracture and a whiplash injury which affected her terribly, day in and day out. The doctors gave up on her and said she should settle for disability and chronic pain.
But Anna was still certain she could have a healthy and happy life. After studying and testing different medical theories and modalities, she built a system to put her health in order. Using her own method, she got out of the wheelchair and was able to reclaim her heal and her life.
Now Anna is the chief advisor of a Norwegian Patient organization where she works to change the medical system that gave up on her and help people with chronic pain. She has written a book about her health journey and also coaches others.
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In this episode, we have Isaac Kakone. In August 2019, Isaac got into a horrific motorcycle accident resulting in his left arm “exploding,” tearing all the nerves connecting his left arm from the brain, leaving him with neuropathic pain and a dead limb.
After a year of progress learning to cope with pain through intense shock therapy and physio, he had a setback which led to more intense and flaring chronic pain. He went to a dark place and got addicted to opioids, but the pain never stopped.
He realized that he needed to change and decided that the only way to get out of chronic pain is focusing on his values.
Hasn’t fully recovered yet, but he is taking recovery as a day-to-day process.
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Hey guys… so a promise I made myself for 2022 was to put my health first over work, something I’ve never really done and unfortunately this has to include the podcast. I’m still going to be putting out episodes but just one a week for the next couple of months but then the plan is to go back to normal asap and at some point, even go to 3 a week.
Here I explain why and give you an update on my situation…
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In this episode, we have Jake Mayers. Jake is a Transformational Coach who helps people with Chronic Illness regain control of life. He learned the hard way, having dealt with Chronic Lyme Disease for 15 years and feels that having the type of guidance he now provides, would’ve changed his life. Not only has he turned it around for himself, but he’s helped countless others balance life in the face of illness and achieve their goals.
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In this episode, we have Elisha Cicirelli. In January 2013, Elisha was diagnosed with a severe autoimmune disorder that affected her life, day in day out
Disappointed with the traditional medicine approach which was not focused on the root cause of her symptoms, Elisha made reversing her autoimmune disorder her top priority. As a Ph.D. scientist, she took a thorough, scientific approach to unraveling her health mystery, and immersed herself in learning all things “autoimmune.”
Today, Elisha has been in remission for over four years and is able to enjoy a life which is no longer dictated by her autoimmune disorder. She now dedicates her time to helping others reclaim their own lives.
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In this episode, we have Heather and Kent McKean. Heather’s passion is helping people find freedom from trauma, pain, illness, and addiction. After finding herself near death and diagnosed with multiple rare, genetic diseases in 2012, Heather realized that she needed to deal with the “real” cause of all of her chronic illnesses, and discovered that all of her past traumas were subconsciously supporting her illnesses.
Through the same techniques that she now uses to help her clients, Heather not only healed from a myriad of supposedly “incurable” chronic diseases, but she began living the life of her dreams.
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In this episode, we have Nikki Little. When she was 14, she started having some health issues. It started out at Acme and a little bit of digestive issues but it turned into full-blown disease: Lyme disease, PCOS, chronic fatigue syndrome, and more. She had 70+ symptoms and life became hell really quick. She started learning about natural healing and got really into it super young. She started learning from an acupuncturist and started trying many different diets, and healing modalities. Fast forward to now, she is free of lyme ,PCOS, CFS and more. She's not done healing yet but she's come so far.
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There is this house song I listen to that has a line “Fuck your limitations, why let them become regulations” and each time I listen to it, it makes me smile, so much so that I have to rewind it and listen to it.
With chronic illness, we live in a world of limitations, so much so that our world shrinks and shrinks on a daily basis to the point where our goals, dreams and aspirations are so small compared to what we are actually capable of achieving.
In this episode, I talk about dreaming big and letting go of the limitations that you may have been subconsciously implementing for a long time… life’s too short, let’s start thinking BIG!
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ChronicIllness #MoldIllness #LymeDisease
In this episode, we have Rachel Hill. Rachel first began developing symptoms of Hashimoto’s at just sixteen years old and after years of debilitating symptoms, being dragged through the medical system not knowing if she would make it out the other side; here she is today, her condition in remission, thriving and helping others do the same.
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In this episode,we have Tori Joy Geiger. Tori is a passionate entrepreneur and has owned multiple businesses serving a variety of needs from the time she graduated college.
Tori is a congenital heart defect survivor and has undergone multiple open-heart surgeries and procedures throughout her life. Growing up, she was an avid athlete, participating in volleyball, basketball, and track in high school. She went on to play volleyball at Corban University and later join the track team at George Fox University as a high jumper.
With a heart for others affected by chronic illnesses such as CHD, Tori started a lifestyle blog where she shares lifestyle and chronic illness tips. Part of her mission is to have a “heart that beats for others,” and to help others chronic illness warriors achieve a life of fulfillment and impact. Tori does this through her 50/50 CHD Promise; 50% of her blogging commissions are donated to CHD organizations.
When Tori is not blogging or running her businesses, she loves traveling, cooking with her hubby, running, playing with her adorable Goldendoodle, and paddleboarding.
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In this episode, we have Melissa Talwar. Melissa is a National Board Certified Functional Medicine Health Coach trained at the Functional Medicine Coaching Academy. She is also a Wahls Protocol Certified Professional, and ReCODE Coach (Bredesen Protocol).
Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia at the age of 14, Melissa spent over 20 years declining in the medical system with no hope of improving. She was cyclically bed bound, with severe pain, brain fog, fatigue, and stomach issues.
In 2016, she found health again through biohacking, Functional Medicine, and books by Dave Asprey, Dr. Dale Bredesen, Dr. Terry Wahls, and Dr. Ben Lynch. She figured out her personal 36 variable formula that helped get her brain back, decrease pain, and made laundry possible again. Melissa had to do this on her own, but through health coaching you can have someone as your guide.
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In this episode, we have Patricia Cosulich. Patricia was diagnosed and has been dealing with Lyme disease for quite some time, but is now pain-free and has regained so much of what she lost after years of being sick.
Although she considers herself not 100% recovered, she is in so much of a better place and has actually created a play, based on chronic illness, called The Great Imitator. It is designed to change the way we view healing, build community, mobilize advocacy, and fundraise through storytelling. The play is inspired by her lived experience and a series of interviews with patients, doctors, loved ones, and advocates.
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In this episode, we have Christina Kantzavelos. Christina is a Joshua Tree-based licensed psychotherapist and freelance writer. She received her Bachelor’s and Master's of Social Welfare (MSW) from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and her Masters of Library and Information Sciences from San Jose California State University (SJSU). She’s a first-generation college student, and third culture kid (TCK). She has visited over 30 different countries and documented most of it on social media.
However, it was in completing the Camino de Santiago (500-mile pilgrimage across Spain) at the end of 2015, where she realized her strong affinity with writing. She decided to start BuenQamino, an award-winning, gluten-free and health-conscious lifestyle, and travel publication.
In clinical practice (@BeginWithinToday), she treats and is an advocate for those with chronic illness, and physical, developmental and age-related disabilities. She recently published 'Begin Within - A Daily Healing Journal' (www.beginwithintoday.com) for those living life with chronic illness or other health-related challenges.
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In this episode, we have Dr. Jessica Peatross. Dr. Jessica has a passion for uncovering the mystery behind the chronic illness, whether that be stealth infections, heavy metals, stress, trauma or other environmental toxicities. She is visionary for the future of healthcare and left her position as a board-certified, internal medicine hospitalist to pursue Functional Medicine in order to better serve her patients. By getting to the real, root cause answers for why the body might be malfunctioning.
Her philosophy embraces that health encompasses the whole patient – mind, body, and spirit – and Dr. Jess has become one of the most-sought after Functional Medicine Leaders. She is known for her ability to help identify the root cause of illness, most oftenly traced back to hidden, stealth infections like Lyme, parasites and mold, Dr. Jess’s area of expertise.
Dr. Jess left her hospitalist position and became trained in Gerson Therapy, Functional Medicine, Nutrigenomics, and Ozone Therapy and quickly uncovered that 90% of disease is a result of lifestyle, diet, and environment as well as discovered that the body has all the answers to heal and reverse chronic disease.
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In this episode, we have Jason McTiernan. Jason is here to talk about his CFS recovery journey and what he went through to get to the position he’s in today. He was unwell for 11 years with severity ranging from moderate to severe. Crashes would leave him bed-bound for months but the turning point was when he decided he needed and was prepared to do whatever it took to get his life back.
Today, he has now achieved that goal, he recovered his health and now helps countless others reclaim theirs too through his own brain retraining business and website https://icanthrive.com
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In this episode, I'm back with 7 things I wish I'd known when I start having these symptoms… These aren’t regrets and it’s impossible to live that live with the perspective I have now, these are just lessons that I take into the next part of my life and also lessons I hope will help others who are experiencing the same things.
So here we go….
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ChronicIllness #Moldtoxicity #LymeDisease
In this episode we have James Wilson. James has dealt with chronic illness from a young age, being diagnosed with chronic fatigue at nine years old. He spent much of his time being bed bound and was even in a wheelchair. After making a full recovery, he was able to get back to a normal life, going to university and playing tennis at a high level—only for his health issues to return in his 20s and therefore having to face a new set of challenges as an adult this time.
As he worked on his own recovery, he delved deep into the mind-body connection which actually has led him to becoming an NLP Practitioner, Hypnotherapist & Life Coach.
He was fortunate enough to be trained by Lightning Process creator Phil Parker alongside an incredible variety of medical and holistic wellbeing practitioners, GPs, academics, creatives and coaches, who have all experienced the power of NLP and the mind-body connection in their own lives.
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cfs #chronicfatigue #chronicfatiguesyndrome
In this episode, we have Vanessa Bighinatti. Vanessa struggled for years with Chronic Lyme Disease, Bartonella, POTS, EBV, SIBO & Leaky Gut, Chronic Fatigue & Pain, and Parasites.
At 24 years old, she was bound to a cane, at rock bottom, and thought she was missing out on the most important years of her life. After abandoning pastas, breads and cheeses, she realized how much food has an effect on her symptoms. This diet shift, though drastic, gave her hope for remission and changed her life. Now, Vanessa is happy to say she is in remission from most of these symptoms. She continues to heal each and every day, becoming more herself through nutrition and a holistic lifestyle.
Where she once saw her illness as a curse, she can now find gratitude for the path on which it’s taken her--to becoming a certified holistic health coach! Vanessa is so inspired to help others find their own way and is happy to be able to guide others on their own unique journey, emotionally and physically, because healing is a lifestyle.
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In this episode, we have an update from me! I thought it might be helpful for people to get an honest update with where I’m at on my health journey, what’s working for me, what’s not etc…
So here we go….
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ChronicIllness #Moldtoxicity #LymeDisease
In this episode, we have Phoebe Kidson. Phoebe is an Integrative Health Practitioner from Shropshire in the UK. After her own journey healing from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Lyme Disease she set up her own practice specialising in complex chronic illnesses to help others get the help they need.
Phoebe uses a combined approach of different therapies to give the person exactly what they need when they need it. She uses functional medicine, naturopathy, nutrition, energetic frequency testing, lifestyle coaching, detoxification, herbalism and orthomolecular medicine to help get to the root cause and restore balance in the body.
She believes that recovery from these conditions is absolutely possible if you find the root cause and never give up hope that the right individual solutions are out there for you.
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In this episode, we have Sarah Kneebone. Sarah Kneebone is a Certified Holistic Health Coach and Breathwork Facilitator. She combines dietary and lifestyle optimization with deep emotional healing practices to help busy, tired women uncover the root cause of their symptoms, reignite their energy and get their zest for life back.
After being hospitalized with sepsis and diagnosed with autoimmune thyroid (Hashimoto's), Sarah realized that her unsustainably fast-paced lifestyle and unprocessed trauma needed to be resolved. She began a transformative healing journey that led to the remission of her condition and a career change from Marketing Manager to Holistic Health Coach.
Mojo Health Space was born out of a deep desire to help others get their mojo back, and Sarah now dedicates her life to supporting women through coaching, digital courses and her podcast: "More Mojo".
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In this episode, we have Rachel Leland aka Resiliently Rachel. Rachel was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease when she was 13 and spent most of her teens in a wheelchair. After years of treatment, she was able to walk again, and began to move on with her life only to be confronted by more health struggles, this time caused my mold toxicity
After she got out of the wheelchair, things were pretty good for a while–then she started college in a building that had toxic black mold. After that, everything in Rachel’s body went crazy and she ended up going down the path of detoxing from mold.
Dealing with toxic mold exposure is a full-time job. After years of treating mold, she had mostly recovered, with the exception of two symptoms: food and chemical sensitivities. These two symptoms continued to worsen, eventually leading her to the Dynamic Neural Retraining Systems (DNRS) program. DNRS completely changed her life, helping her eradicate her food and chemical sensitivities.
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In this episode, we have Sarah Jackson Panther. Sarah is a coach, writer, and teacher living off the coast of California.
As a coach, she helps people heal chronic invisible illness, engage the process of trauma recovery, and navigate grief and spiritual disorientation. Her monthly, virtual healing movement class, “Release, Rewire, and Restore,” helps participants release stored trauma at a bodily level, rewire their brains, and step into soulful rest.
She writes about how to find hope, joy, and inner healing when our lives are engulfed by the darkness of ongoing suffering.
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EpsteinBarrVirus #Cytomegalovirus #MoldInfection
In this episode, we have Briana Gunn. Briana is the Naturopath and Director of Healthy for Life; and is an expert in complex, chronic health conditions underpinned by biotoxins such as Lyme, co-infections and Mould.
After 9 years in a traditional clinic, she now works exclusively via Skype and sees clients all over Australia and New Zealand. In practice since 2009, she has seen over 4000 of clients as a General Naturopath and expert in nutritional bypasses for methylation disorders.
Briana’s career took a different turn in 2017 when she received a test result that changed her priorities. At the time she was experiencing a series of odd and inexplicable health challenges that weren’t responding to standard treatments, and soon found that her blood results came back positive for Borrelia.
She deemed that it was a difficult and painful time in her life and vowed that she didn’t want other people to experience the hopelessness and lack of available experts to support and guide patients of the disease. Using the power of herbs, nutrients, naturopathy and rife, she has repaired herself and hasn’t relapsed since January 2018. Brianna continues to experience great health and high level physical and mental functioning and is eager to share that knowledge with others, so that they don’t have to suffer on their own anymore.
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In this episode, we have Bianca Smeekes. Bianca is a Certified NLP and Lightning Process Practitioner from Christchurch, New Zealand. After having developed a chronic pelvic pain condition and Fibromyalgia Central Sensitization Syndrome, she went around in circles looking for medical answers. Eventually, she learned about neuroplasticity and gained control back over her health & gradually learnt to trust in her body again.
Bianca has the drive to teach others about the port of the brain/body connection, and the proven ability of retraining ourselves towards a healthier life. She uses a science-based approach to help show others how they can take an active role in their own recovery. After revering from her own health struggles, Bianca is inspired to help more people do the same.
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ChronicPelvicPain #Fibromyalgia #ChronicIllness
In this episode, we have Julie. In 2015, Julie took 14 pills of ciprofloxacin, a fluoroquinolone antibiotic with dangerous side effects that damaged her nervous system and took away her ability to walk. She spent 4 years in a wheelchair, uncertain of her future.
She was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS, also called ME) in Amsterdam. Doctors had no idea where it came from. She continued her search for a treatment and ended up in Belgium where they diagnosed her with chronic Lyme disease and started an antibiotic treatment with steroids.
In 2018 Julie made the choice to stop her treatment and to let her body heal naturally, without chemicals. She came across Medical Medium and Dr Robert Morse and followed their protocols based on a detoxifying and regenerative plant-based diet. Her health improved. She has made big progress and no longer needs a wheelchair. Following a follow up Lyme consultation with a French naturopath, she finally had the answer she had been looking for: she discovered that she never had Lyme disease but fluoroquinolone poisoning from ciprofloxacin.
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In this episode, we have Jennfier Mann. Jennifer is a mind-body practitioner and movement coach whose background includes ballet and a study of Pilates. When she was diagnosed with chronic fatigue, her life had to take a pause. But shortly after she had come to terms with the hardships her illness gave her, she realized that rather than accepting that she would inevitably have to suffer for a while until she gets better, she decided to instead open her mind.
Chronic fatigue taught Jennifer that deep healing was possible through the most primitive and simple way of shifting illness and creating change: the mind-body connection. She used brain re-training to shift her thoughts and beliefs and doing so created a shift in her physiology. Today, her goal is to help people who feel stuck and become empowered on their healing journey
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In this episode, we have Phoebe Lapine. After she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease in her early twenties, Phoebe felt overwhelmed by her doctor’s strict protocols and confused when they directly conflicted with information on the bestseller list.
After experiencing mixed results and a life of deprivation that seemed unsustainable at best, she adopted 12 of her own wellness directives—including eliminating sugar, switching to all-natural beauty products, and getting in touch with her spiritual side—to find out which lifestyle changes truly impacted her health for the better.
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In this episode, we have Vanessa, “The Grateful V”. Vanessa was diagnosed with multiple chronic illnesses including POTS, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic Migraine, Vestibular Disorders, Anxiety, Panic Disorder, Depression, PTSD, IBS, the list goes on.
After trying everything, and spending everything, to get better, she was left with debilitating illnesses and limitations. Vanessa never thought she would live again, laugh again, work again or be the mom and wife her family needed.
Just when she thought all hope was lost, she found her faith and it pointed her into the direction of neuroplasticity and was able to change her brain and heal her body.
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In this episode, we have Liz Campbell. Liz is a Lyme mentor and artist who shares her tips and works through Youtube, Instagram, and Tiktok. She used to be an energetic dancer at 15, spending most of her time with her friends and dancing up to 15+ hours per week. However, sometime in freshman year she got what she thought was the flu for about three weeks and progressively got worse after that.
She had suffered extreme fatigue, stomach pains, and needed a lot of rest to be able to do anything. In junior year, she was diagnosed with Lyme disease. She has had instances of relief across the years since then, trying to recover from its symptoms but she also had bad years. Today, she continues with life in a hopeful mindset and urges others who are going through the same thing as her to keep pushing on.
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In this episode, we have Dafne Wiswell. Dafne is a wife, homeschool mom of 20+ years, and a Board Certified Integrative Nutrition Coach. She’s spent twenty years studying and developing practical and spiritual strategies to help others unlock the healing potential that is already inside of them.
For years she battled depression, anxiety, panic attacks, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and the debilitating pain of rheumatoid arthritis. She discovered that changing the thoughts in her mind and the food on her plate could create powerful shifts in her health and life. She’s on a mission to hand others the keys they need to experience this abundant life for themselves!
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Hashimotos #RheumatoidArthritis #ChronicIllness
In this episode, we have Dan Buglio. Dan is a Pain Free Coach at PainFreeYou.com who had suffered long years of chronic back pain. He struggled with many mainstream treatments until he found the work of a groundbreaking doctor named Dr. John Sarno. His material helped Dan out quite a bit.
However, Dan saw that the way Dr. Sarno explained his process was very vague, had no exact repeatable steps and left a lot to interpretation. Dan shifted a bit and ultimately ended his pain and symptoms. He learned many lessons over his long stretch of pain. He teaches about these concepts in his daily videos: Pain Free You YouTube Channel.
Currently, he is in the process of writing his book and creating an online course where he will walk his audience through his concepts and the best way to end their pain or symptoms. In the interim time, he can do coaching calls by the hour.
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In this episode, we have Shanna Nemrow. Shanna is a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner, writer, public speaker, and an advocate for autoimmune wellness and the AIP community. She loves sharing her autoimmune story and raising awareness for finding joy while living well with autoimmune disease.
After over a decade of progressively worse health struggles, and finally hitting rock bottom, she was diagnosed with the autoimmune disease, Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis. Within days of her diagnosis, she went to work developing habits and adopting the autoimmune protocol (AIP) in an effort to find relief from autoimmune symptoms naturally. And it worked!
Shanna remembers feeling so alone both during her years of health struggles, at her diagnosis, and even as she started her wellness journey but knows that she must not be the only one. Today, she continues to speak up and share her story so that she can support others in their journey.
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In this episode, we have Robyn Pineault. Robyn is a Vancouver Island Health & Lifestyle Blogger, Host of The Alpha Female Podcast, Author of Love Lost, Life Found, an Essential Oil Educator with dōTERRA and the founder of Autoimmune Thriving.
She started her blog (robynbaldwin.com) in 2009 when she became a fitness competitor and model. At the time, she thought she was super healthy. She had subscribed to the notion of work/life balance and managed to fit everything in, but in reality, was running herself into the ground. A few years later in 2014, she was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis.
After her diagnosis, Robyn realized she could take care of herself differently. She could eat in a way that serves her really well, decrease inflammation in her body, supplement for macro & micro-nutrients that she’s lacking, get quality and quantity of sleep, learn to de-stress from her “busy” schedule and reduce the toxic load on her body. She embarked on a fitness, health and life journey that led her to the person she is today.
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In this episode, we have Michelle Penicook. Michelle is a Functional & Integrative Medicine Dietitian who is passionate about integrative and holistic nutrition, as well as other modalities that help to improve health, prevent disease and aid the body in healing itself. While completing her dietetic internship Michelle started experiencing many debilitating symptoms.
Traditional medical tests and doctors could not figure out what was causing them, so she decided to reach out to alternative practitioners. Michelle found a doctor who utilized muscle testing in her practice and started to receive care. At the same time, Michelle was seeing a functional medicine doctor and was diagnosed with Lyme disease and mold toxicity from her new home she moved into right before beginning her graduate program.
Nutrition response testing has put Michelle’s Lyme Disease into remission and her other chronic conditions have responded wonderfully. Through the use of nutraceuticals and other natural health methods, Michelle is now living a full and vibrant life.
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In this episode, we have Emily T Kiberd. Emily is a chiropractor, movement specialist, strength enthusiast, Mama to Elvis, and owner of a thriving chiropractic clinic in New York City.
After having her first baby, she was chronically sick and didn’t feel like herself. She sought help and found that this fatigue was due to Hashimoto’s disease. Even with 12 years as a Doctor of Chiropractic medicine, she had to look past her current knowledge of biomechanical joint and muscle pain to heal her body. In this journey, she learned how to feed and train the muscle to feel strong, beat fatigue, and get her confidence back.
Emily believes every woman with Hashimoto’s can feel strong and confident in their body. Since then, she has helped thousands of women do the same: lose weight, reclaim their energy, and feel empowered in their body.
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This episode is a bit different because the tables have turned. I recently was interviewed by Raelan Agle who has been a guest on The Chronic Comeback, detailing her journey overcoming Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
In this interview, we delved into a lot of topics including my journey with mold toxicity and Lyme disease, my ayahuasca experience, the other experiments I tried to treat my chronic illnesses, why I started The Chronic Comeback podcast, and much more.
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In this episode, I’m glad to have Prosper. Prosper is the founder of The Limbic System Lounge, an online platform that supports and encourages people who are re-training their limbic systems as a part of healing from chronic illness.
Growing up, he was told that he was bi-polar, depressed, and broken. He also experienced chronic fatigue, brain fog, and EDS but didn't know it because he'd always felt that way! But after healing himself from mold toxicity, he discovered that these things were actually symptoms of the mold, and not who he really was.
Now he's taking what he learned on his healing journey and helping others on theirs, through support, encouragement, accountability, and mindset.
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In this episode, we have Terese Millhouse. Terese was diagnosed with Hashimotos Thyroiditis (under-active thyroid) in 2001, and more recently diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) in 2014. This was triggered by the immense stresses that occurred through caring for his late husband, Matthew, who passed away in August 2015 at 36 years of age.
She’d been told that there was no known medical cure for both of her illnesses, and she would just need to manage the CFS and take medication to control the Hashimotos for the rest of my life.
Terese decided to take it upon herself to try alternative therapies to see if they improved my energy levels, and started to research the effect of toxins in the environment and household on humans. She discovered the root cause of her CFS and Hashimoto's Thyroiditis that really helped her heal fully!
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In this episode, we have Dani Fusaro. @dani_fusaro
Her journey with chronic illness started in 2015 when she was diagnosed with a severe chronic infection and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
Feeling underdiagnosed, she sought further answers to her symptoms and was eventually diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, Gastroparesis, Spinal Instability, and an immune deficiency called Selective Antibody Deficiency.
Despite her circumstances, Dani is living life to the fullest. Dani founded “Days With Dani Nicole”, where she shows others how she is creating a life she’s proud of while managing complex health issues.
She’s a physical therapist, chronic illness mindset and lifestyle coach, content creator, and model.
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Lindsay’s story of chronic illness began as a teen when she tested positive for Epstein-Barr virus. While studying to be a physician assistant in South America, She fell ill to various parasites that kept her fatigued with gut issues after returning to the U.S.
During a trip to the Redwoods, a tick bite unleashed the “perfect storm” — a build up of biological and environmental toxins due to years of exposure.
She tested positive for Lyme disease, multiple parasites, systemic candidiasis, and other co-infections.
Her doctors told her to make herself comfortable—that her diagnoses were something she'd have to deal with for the rest of her life. But she rejected this.
I began reading about the brain's ability to change—a concept referred to as neuroplasticity—and made the decision to begin brain retraining.
Once she begin to master this process and learned how to calm the stress response, her symptoms didn’t just improve...they began to disappear and within 8 months, she was totally better
Fast forward to 2018, Lindsay founded Vital-Side - a neuroplasticity based healing program that helps chronically ill or stressed people go from fight-flight-or freeze to rest-and-digest
This is a really exciting subject for me to talk about
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In this episode, We have Christopher Blakeslee @balancehealthcoach - ADAPT-Certified Functional Health coach who has conquered near lifelong autoimmune disorders. Christopher had autoimmune diseases for thirty-four years and lived through the sort of constant pain and bizarre symptoms that he never imagined was possible. For most of his life, he suffered from severe interstitial cystitis, fibromyalgia, and irritable bowel syndrome. He had excruciating nerve pain in his head, shoulders, neck, waist, and legs.
Christopher spent fifteen years studying everything about health and now his conditions are in remission and is able to regain control of his life by combining “4 Pillars of Health” and making lifestyle changes in six core categories.
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In this episode, I'm pleased to have Marci Nevin on the show
Marci is a National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer and a Yoga Works RYT. She's also a graduate of the University of Oregon (Go Ducks!) with a degree in Public Relations and Magazine Journalism.
For the past eight years she's been working with clients at a private studio gym in California, fulfilling her desire to help others improve their lives.
Marci was able to come back from various chronic illnesses such as Hashimoto’s, gut issues, psoriasis, Lyme, and many more.
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In this episode, I’m excited to have Carly Brown (@carlyloveskale) on the show. Carly’s greatest influences growing up were from her Catholic Italian grandparents who lived around the corner from her and brought the whole family together for big pasta dinners on Sunday afternoon.
She was carrying 20 extra pounds with skin inflamed, and felt more like a prisoner in her own body. Carly became a vegetarian in an effort to get her health back on track and gain control of her body and appetite…and she did. She even went on a 3-month trip to India to fulfill her dreams, and volunteered in a reforestation village to run a kitchen and fed 30+ people who lived there.
After the retreat she built her own businesses, and events based on wellness and holistic health; and in a sudden turn of events, Carly got diagnosed with Thyroid cancer.
This Intro is not enough to summarize her journey but tune in to this episode to learn about her amazing journey to healing.
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In this episode, we have Andrea Thomas. Andrea is a certified health & life coach who specialises in working with people who are struggling to live well with a chronic illness.
She lived with Multiple Sclerosis and chronic fatigue for over 20 years and understood all the emotions, frustrations and potholes involved in living with a chronic illness.
Andrea helps you look at your life holistically focusing on the specific pressures of your life, your lifestyle, mindset and overall wellbeing. Together, we will design a personalised lifestyle prescription to ensure inevitable success. Putting you back in control of your health, energy and life.
Enabling you to finally enjoy consistent energy and balanced health, and empowering you to live the full life you deserve.
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Today’s episode is a special one. Usually I interview people who recovered from their chronic illness; but today, we’re going to talk to someone who’s solely driven by helping people recover from chronic illness.
Dr. Jill Crista is a naturopathic doctor, best-selling author, and internationally recognized educator on neuroinflammatory conditions such as mold, Lyme, PANDAS & PANS, and post-concussion syndrome.
She is also the author of Break The Mold: 5 Tools To Conquer Mold and Take Back Your Health and supports mold-sick people through her Inspire Membership.
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In this episode, we have Dr. Stephanie Canestraro. Stephanie suffered since she was a child with multiple undiagnosed food sensitivities due to gut infections that she did not know she had, and unfortunately that no doctors looked into. This went on for so long it eventually turned into microvilli damage or Celiac disease.
This led to a lack of nutrient absorption and leaky gut which turned into a full-blown inflammatory nervous system attack. This had doctors investigating for Multiple Sclerosis and many other scary causes for neurodegeneration…eventually they called it “Benign Fasciculation Syndrome”
She also experienced full-blown panic attacks, hair fall, and gastrointestinal urgencies.
Stephanie took things into her own hands and spent thousands of hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars in education to figure it out, get a better gut-brain association, and soothe her destroyed insides.
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In this episode, we have Brian Karr. Brian is the host of Mold Finders Radio Podcast and Co-Founder of We Inspect. He is an environmental consultant who specializes in working with hypersensitive individuals to understand if mold, mycotoxins or other indoor pathogens exist in their home that may be contributing to their health conditions.
He has personally helped over 3,000 hypersensitive people create a healthy living environment that has allowed their doctors to help them get better. Brian is also the creator of the Mold Masterclass™, an online training course designed to educate hypersensitive individuals on how to identify and manage mold & mycotoxin exposures within their homes.
He is expert at identifying mold indicators and strategically sampling, validating, and developing remedial strategies for mold growth and mycotoxin production in all areas of a home or building including walls, floors, ceilings, crawl spaces, attics, and HVAC systems.
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In this episode, we have Dr Jaban Moore - @drjabanmoore
Dr. Moore’s passion for restoring health through a multi-therapeutic approach came from a young age when his mother was diagnosed with Diabetes after a 3-year struggle trying to figure out what was causing his health to decline.
Through this experience, Dr. Moore found his mission to discover the root cause of a condition so that the progression can be stopped so the next person doesn’t have to go through a story like his.
During chiropractic school when his own health journey began he started to decline physically rapidly with no known cause at the age of 25. Over the next year, he searched for answers with many different doctors. He was experiencing fatigue, joint pain, and low testosterone. After not finding many answers from several doctors he was at a conference of functional medicine doctors. It was there he met one who suggested the possibility of Lyme disease. After some testing and further investigation, Dr. Moore was found to be positive for Lyme.
This began his journey of learning how to treat Lyme; and after consulting several doctors and trying many treatments, Dr.Moore found relief and has been symptom-free for over 5 years now.
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In this episode, we have Allison Rassp from Hope with Hashimoto’s
In 2013, Allison suddenly developed an onset of mysterious symptoms. She gained 15-20 pounds out of nowhere, was sleeping 16 hour days and her hair was falling out like crazy. Allison felt depressed, anxious, and thanks to brain fog, she could barely formulate sentences.
Allison was slapped with the label of “subclinical hypothyroid” and was sent on a merry way for the next few years. In 2016, she was finally diagnosed with Hashimoto’s Disease after her TPO antibodies were tested.
Fast forward to today, Allison was able to reverse almost all of her Hashimoto’s symptoms. She still has Hashimoto’s Disease on paper, but she chooses not to let the numbers define her.
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In this episode, we have Raelan Agle
Raelan is an explorer, author, a budding entrepreneur, a fitness enthusiast, a happiness ninja.
Raelan lived with ME/CFS for 10 years before recovering and is now passionate about connecting with and supporting others facing similar health challenges.
She’s the author of Finding Freedom: Escaping from the Prison of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Raelan is originally from Canada and now lives with her husband in San Francisco, US.
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In this week’s episode, we have Needhee Rathore - @hypothyroid365
Needhee is the founder Hypothyroid Fat-Loss Academy™ that helps women with Hypothyroidism lose weight.
This episode is a special one because this is the first time that we’ll tackle this chronic illness in this podcast called Hypothyroidism.
Needhee is a daughter of an immigrant who grew up in California. At the age of 17, her mother noticed something on her neck which she shrugged off. After a year, the mass was actually a tumor that grew to be larger than a large egg. It was eventually diagnosed to be thyroid cancer, and everything went downhill from there.
Her thyroid cancer opened the gates to other serious chronic illnesses like Hashimoto’s, Hypothyroidism, depression, and losing her father in the middle of and so much more.
But she did not lose hope. She was able to overcome her chronic illness, get beyond it, and thrive.
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In this episode, we have Ben Dyer, a Cambridge University rower and also, someone who had his own Chronic Comeback story.
Ben has been on the news lately for being a member of Cambridge Blue winning the 2021 Oxford vs. Cambridge Boat Race, and how he got inspired by Sir Steve Redgrave’s autobiography to overcome his Crohn’s disease and get himself in the best condition possible to compete.
In this episode, you’ll hear the challenges he faced when he was finally diagnosed with Crohn’s when he returned to the U.K. for further test, the challenges he faced, and his unwavering optimism that he will overcome Crohn’s...and so he did!
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In this episode, we have the “Gut Health Queen”, Kristen Greene
Kirsten is a Naturopath, Nutritionist & Medical Herbalist who specialises in working with those suffering from chronic digestive complaints, fatigue and weight issues.
Kirsten healed herself from IBS, SIBO and Adrenal Burnout while maintaining a busy life involving frequent travel and running her business.
Fast forward to today, Kristen is using her success, knowledge and resourcefulness to help others overcome their health challenges, getting them back to living the full and happy lives we all deserve.
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In this episode, we have Melanie Atkinson
Melanie suffered from debilitating eczema, asthma and allergies. Stuck in the medical model she tried every treatment under the sun but things only got worse. She was perpetually exhausted and in deep despair at numerous points in her teens.
It was only when she visited a Naturopathic Nutritionist on a yoga retreat at age 27 that she truly understood why her body was so sick and what to do about it. This inspired her to study Nutritional Healing and Naturopathy, and began working deeply on her health through dietary changes, supplements and naturopathic techniques and finally woke up feeling better.
After some time, Melanie realised that working on her physical body wasn’t enough and spent the first 27 years of her life numbing and suppressing my feelings. She eventually added a daily kundalini yoga practice and then discovered Theta Healing.
Over the past 6 years, Melanie developed The MA Method based on her own health journey. This protocol goes beyond just food and supplementation where she will teach you how to use Naturopathy and Neuroscience to heal yourself and to hear what your body, mind and soul needs.
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On today’s episode, we have Dani Fagan - @mytms_journey
In 2015, Dani experienced the onset of crippling back pain that debilitated her for around 3 years. She consulted a lot of doctors and got diagnosed with disc degeneration. Dani knew that it wasn’t just simple disc degeneration and stumbled upon the work of Dr John Sarno and his 'Healing Back Pain' book, which was a game changer.
At the time, Dani couldn't walk very far or sit upright and sometimes even had to use a wheelchair to get around. It was a long difficult road that had many ups and downs for a couple of years, but eventually, found a set of tools and techniques online that led her into a journey of self-discovery and healing.
In her blog, “My TMS Journey”, she shares her Recovery Journey Roadmap where she outlines the six elements Dani used to achieve complete recovery from TMS.
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On today’s episode, we have Donna Mazzola.
Donna spent about 10 years in clinical practice doing medication therapy management, speaking to patients with chronic illness and was blown away by how little they knew about managing their disease through lifestyle.
In 2015, she was diagnosed with Hashimotos. And it became her passion to understand how she was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition.
Donna didn't know who to trust and what was the right way to manage my disease, and so, she decided to embark on a journey to further her education, by obtaining a Master's in Human Nutrition and Functional Medicine.
She started DrAutoimmunegirl to share trusted information to those suffering from Hashimoto’s. DrAutoimmunegirl is a blog with a mission to identify the root cause of disease through health and wellness and create a balance between nutrition and medicine.
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On Today’s episode, we have The Mushroom Queen herself; Culinary Nutrition Expert, AHCC educator, registered dental hygienist and Host of The Medicin Podcast, Mimi Lindquist.
Mimi has been helping people prevent disease for over 10 years now, by educating and empowering individuals to be their own best health advocates.
Her own exposure to chronic disease began at an early age when various members of her family were dealing with a wide array of issues. In a cruel twist of fate, she herself began developing chronic issues in 2017 when her life was falling apart. Through her own will & determination and tremendous amounts of research, she was able to recover and is now living an amazing life.
Today, her primary area of disease prevention education surrounds Immune Intel AHCC + other medicinal mushrooms.
Unfortunately there is a significant gap between the clinical research of mushrooms and the general public, so Mimi is committed to being the link between research and the public via online education, social media and her podcast, The Medicin.
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On today’s show, we have Jami Emerson. Jami, like many others that we've had on the podcast before, had a seemingly very normal, healthy life with a normal trajectory only for that suddenly to be taken away when she began to develop debilitating symptoms that eventually was diagnosed as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
Her life trajectory completely changed but rather than dwell on the cards that she was dealt, she vowed that she would focus on her recovery and set a crazy goal of moving to Australia and being recovered by that time.
Fast forward to today, she's living in Sydney Australia and is thriving. She has recovered from CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome), and gone on to set up a number of different start-up businesses.
In 2019, Jami founded a company called Chronic Hope, a charity organization geared toward helping those that deal with chronic illness. It’s aim is to fight the isolation of chronic illness through community, connection and awareness. Jami also hosts a podcast called Sound Of Hope and something coming up called the House of Hope.
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On today’s episode, we have Alyssa DiBona. Alyssa is a certified health coach, beauty advocate, and Lyme Survivor.
Her goal is to inspire you to become the best version of yourself.
Prior to being diagnosed, Alyssa worked in the Fashion Industry and felt as though she was living her best life. However, one day, she woke up experiencing debilitating symptoms such as fatigue, migraines, brain fog, memory loss, joint/muscle pain, heart palpitations, and so much more.
She was finally diagnosed with Chronic Lyme Disease and Co-infections after months of visits with various doctors. But despite this, Alyssa found was able to recover her health, bit by bit and find the best version of herself.
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In today’s episode, I want to take a break from the usual interview format to share something about my recent Ayahuasca journey and how I feel it is helping me overcome my chronic illness.
Having these interviews with people who've been on the same journey that I’m going through and healed from their chronic illness opened my eyes to the possibilities that plant medicine can help me - especially Ayahuasca.
I share in detail the journey that I went through during the retreat and how it’s changed me for good...
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**On today’s episode, we have Sarah Espi.
Sarah was in a garden and got bit by a bug. After a week, she developed a rash and unpleasant flu. Her GP told that it was a normal reaction to the bite, until in a span of 6 months, she went from being a healthy 20 something to a bed-ridden one.**
A doctor confirmed that her illness is Lyme disease and was told that she was ‘cured’ but deep down she felt that it wasn’t. She tried various protocols to get better until she found one that worked for her. Upon further research, she realized that there’s no one-off solution with Lyme and there are a lot of areas that you need to attend to - not just physical.
Fast forward to today, Sarah is thriving and wants to show people that having Lyme is not a death sentence.
That’s why In 2018, Sarah launched a blog called “Ticked Off With Lyme” as a resource for people with Lyme Disease. This site is for people fighting back to regain health and recovery.
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On today’s episode, we have Nicole Oliva, a Crohn’s disease survivor and mental health advocate.
Nicole got diagnosed at the early age of 17 and she shares her journey on how she dealt with Crohn’s disease and SIBO - along with other complications like blood clots and limping.
You’ll also learn how Crohn’s disease affected her mental state, how a major surgery called Ileocecal Resection and getting into spirituality became a life-changer for her.
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Today’s guest on the show, Jo Foster.
In a matter of weeks in 2014, Jo went from living a normal busy life of a 20-something to becoming bed-bound with overwhelming fatigue and such a long list of other symptoms
She was diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and told by Doctors to expect to spend the rest of her life in bed.This wasn’t an option for her so she started doing tiny bits of research when the energy allowed, implementing diet and lifestyle changes and started to see glimmers of improvement that powered her forward.
As her energy grew, she threw everything she had into healing – researching, learning, experimenting and evolving.
Fast forward to today, healing from and thriving after ME/CFS has become her life’s work and she is now studying a three year nutrition course so she can continue her research and be able to support others going through similar health challenges.
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On today’s episode, we have Kelly Burnett.
A few years ago, Kelly was living a happy life with her then-fiance. She was living the life until one day, she felt a sharp pain in her spine. A few days weeks later, the pain spread all throughout her body.
Kelly consulted a lot of doctors and diagnosed her with Lyme disease but upon further tests, the results are negative. She lost the will to live and got filled with anxiety.
Her pivotal moment was when she surrendered everything to God, and turned her attention to going all-in on nutrition and changing her mindset.
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This week on the show - Lauren Keller AKA @twopurplecarrots
For me, Lauren is absolute inspiration. The number of conditions she was diagnosed with seems endless when you look at the list - mold toxicity, EBV, SIBO, Lyme Disease, POTS, endometriosis, breast implant toxicity, babesia and parasites - CRAZY!
Lauren was able to overcome all of this and now is a trained chronic illness specialist, helping others overcome their own chronic issues. Her outlook and approach is so refreshing that I am scheduling an appointment with her myself.
Anyway, If you’re going through a tough time at the moment and are in need of inspiration... tune into this week’s episode
Look her up on IG - @twopurplecarrots
This week on the podcast - James Abbot 🙌🏼
I don’t say this lightly but James probably has one of the craziest stories if not the craziest story I’ve had so far on the podcast...
By the time he was 15, he had lost all memory before the age of 10, lost his sight in one eye and had almost died being trapped underwater for 21 minutes... all of these things resulting from three separate accidents.
One of these things happening to a child would be traumatic enough but 3?! This would just be the start of it for James unfortunately as he then developed a chronic illness that would destroy his joints, cover his skin with boils and gave him such severe stomach issues that he was going to the toilet 10 times a day EVERY DAY... and this went on for a decade throughout his 20s until he was able to find a cure for his condition and slowly but surely, recovered his health...
Really excited for this one.... 😀
This week on the show - Kelli Tennant!!!
I’ve been excited to have Kelli on the show for some time for two reasons:
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Her story is very close to mine in terms of the length of time she was ill and the paths she went down and I know many of you will feel the same
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She has placed a massive emphasis on the power of the mind in her recovery. I’ve mentioned psychedelics and ayahuasca a number of times and how they are more and more interesting to me in terms of healing and these are areas which Kelli knows a lot about and so I’m excited for you to listen to those particular areas.
Please connect with her on Instagram @kellimtennant
This week on the podcast @paulinemoldoun
Pauline was a professional dancer, incredibly talented and with a bright future but then she began noticing weird symptoms with her joints and developed horrific injuries, she even got to the point where she had to be in a wheelchair.
She went from doctor to doctor and none of them knew what was wrong. Finally, she came across a doctor who recognised what was wrong and diagnosed her with EDS. This began a long journey of trial and error in an attempt to find what worked for her.
These days, she is able to do yoga and exercise for hours at a time and is incredibly grateful for the gifts her condition gave her.
Please connect with her via her IG below:
https://www.instagram.com/paulinemoldoun/?hl=en
This week on the show - Dean Winsley 🙌🏼
Deans story resonates with me so much on a personal level for a number of different reasons:
- He was dealing with this for over 10 years as I have been
- His issues stem from environmental toxicity
- He was 22 when he got sick and this was at the age when he was playing football, going out and drinking and just being a normal 20 something year old, again just like me.
- It was this transition from his old life to his new life that he found so difficult, again, something that resonates
That being said, he ultimately identified the root cause of his issues and went from being unemployed (due to his sickness) and living on his sister’s conservatory floor to being back in full time employment, married with his first child on the way.
His story is inspirational to me and my own situation and I’m sure it will also be to anyone listening in this week.
Please look him up on Facebook if you wish to connect!
The week’s guest on the podcast - Pam Wild!
Pam has an incredible story which began with her living a normal, enjoyable life. She was a stay at home mum with looking after her young son, enjoying spending precious time with him in the first few years of his life.
Just before her son was about to go to pre-school, she developed a neck ache. This ache would not go away with normal rest and treatment and in fact began to worsen. It got so bad that within two week’s, she was bedridden and disabled.
She couldn’t leave her house, she could barely walk, talk or eat and it was like this for the next 8 years...
After so long being so sick, most people would assume that this was how their lives would be, not Pam... she took matters into her own hands and began researching and testing everything that could be wrong and finally made the breakthrough that would lead to her recovery...
She’s the perfect example of why not to give up and so I’m really excited to release this episode 😊
IG - @pamlwild
This week on the podcast we have CJ Scarlet 🙌🏼
CJ is an author, entrepreneur and all around badass 😀 who has been through tremendous hardships in her life to come through the other side to get to a point where she is now thriving!
A victim of sexual abuse as a child and then rape as a young adult, CJ was already dealing with a huge amount of trauma at such a young age. However, life was about to get a lot more difficult when she was diagnosed with Lupus and given only a few years to live.
She got to the point where she was bedridden and felt completely hopeless, life wasn’t worth living anymore. It was at her lowest point that she desperately sought the help of a Tibetan Lama (may have spelt that incorrectly!) and upon using his advice, she slowly began to regain her health and ultimately put her condition into remission.
She is the true embodiment of turning a negative into a positive and so I’m really excited to for you to listen to this episode
If you want to reach out to her, please email her via email at cj@cjscarlet.com
This week on the show - Megan Roberts 🙌🏼
On the show so far, I’ve mainly had people on who have been 30+ who talked about their story but this week I was excited to talk to someone whose story began at 19. There are a lot of younger people out there going through chronic illness at such a young age and so with that, the mental challenges that can arise as a result.
Before getting sick, Megan had a great teen life, and was very successful in her Dressage career.
About 4 years ago, her mum and sister fell very ill, and then were both tested positive for Lyme Disease.
After spending her time helping her dad nurse then back to health, she then too fell seriously ill and was also tested positive for Lyme. She gave up her passion for horses and went through a really tough time.
Fast forward to today however, she has made huge progress, both physically and mentally, and has even launched her own business, all at the age of 22! not only that, she is back doing what she loves and is competing, riding horses again!
She really is a great example of what’s possible to anyone going through chronic illness but also to young people in general 😀
If you would like to connect with Megan, please look her up on Instagram - @meganr0bertss
This week on the Podcast - @hershapatel 🙌🏼
In a previous life, Hersha was a workaholic, always striving to be the best at what she did, always pushing for more even if it was to the detriment of her own well-being. It was this lifestyle that led her to the point of burn out, mentally but also physically when she began developing chronic fatigue symptoms.
These symptoms meant that she could leave her bed, let alone her house as she couldn’t physically do so. This went on for 2 years until she decided she couldn’t carry on like this, she took control over her life and her recovery. She addressed her lifestyle and stress levels but then also went on a spiritual journey that ultimately helped her to completely recover.
She has since gone on to pursue a career that fulfils her and as a result is a successful presenter, filmmaker and YouTuber with over 200,000 subscribers (I have 28 😀)
If you would like to connect with Hersha, her IG and YouTube handles are @hershapatel
This week on the podcast - Tom squires 🙌🏼
Tom was healthy and happy throughout his life, right up until the age of 32 where he became acutely sick and developed what he later realised were hallmark early Lyme symptoms.
An avid runner, he could barely stand up for longer than 5 minutes and so he knew something was seriously wrong.
He went on the normal doctor merry go round and was told he had a virus and to rest up. After refusing to accept this, he eventually got a diagnosis of Lyme and found a treatment plan that helped him get better but not recovered.
Whilst he made improvements, he still wasn’t right and so again, went into investigation mode and ended up discovering he had a big issue with mould toxicity. He then went through the excruciating process of leaving the house he owned whilst it had to be completely renovated, a process taking 9 months! Thankfully, it worked and now he is pretty much symptom free!
He is now back running and has recently achieved a PB for 5k of 16 mins 45 seconds, putting him in the top 1000 in the UK!
Tom is an example of someone who refused to take the negative advice he received and paved his own way to health. He’s also someone I personally use as a sounding board for my own recovery and so I’m really excited to release this episode!
If you wanted to connect with him please email him on tom@tomsquires.com or connect on IG - @tom.c.squires
This week’s guest.... Felix Durden 🙌🏼
Really excited to share this podcast with you this week and Felix’s story.
Up until the age of 18, Felix was a healthy, happy person without a care in the world. He then started to develop severe symptoms including extreme fatigue, aching all over and bad depression and anxiety and after going from Dr to Dr, he was finally diagnosed with Lyme Disease.
He was told by a Dr that this was his life now, it was incurable and he would have to live with it. Despite all of this, Felix refused to accept that a life on medication was his future and so took control over his recovery and began looking into more natural remedies.
It was at this point he was introduced to plant medicines and the power it can have to transform your mind and in turn, your life. He then started on a journey that led him to Peru where he drank ayahuasca, an experience that changed his life and ultimately led to him healing his Lyme.
He is now symptom free and has been living in Peru for the last 8 years. His story is both extraordinary and inspiring in equal measure... if you want to connect with him, please contact him via his website www.bodyofprana.com or follow him on IG @durdenfelix
This week’s guest - Paul Harvey 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
In a previous life, Paul was a deputy head teacher in a London school for youth offenders and so was placed in highly stressful situations on a daily basis and even one day being assaulted by someone in his class!
From a health perspective, Paul had lived a normal life up until this point, enjoying life and partying in his 20s and it was actually on a particularly bad hangover one more I guess that he began developing worrying symptoms that made it difficult to walk and even began to lose vision in one of his eyes. After going to a number of doctors, he was diagnosed with MS and, devastated, he slipped into a depression.
However with the help of his amazing wife, they began to focus on how others have recovered from MS and a common theme they came across was healing through diet and lifestyle. They came up with a plan and said they would commit to it for 2 years no matter what. Fast firsts to the end of those 2 years and he was completely symptom free and feeling healthy. He had made the mother of all comebacks 😀
Added to this, he has now left his old job and launched his own online company which has grown successfully since then, working with 7 and 8 figure businesses. Paul is such a great example of what’s possible when you don’t give up on your future 🙌🏼
If you want to connect with him, please find him on Facebook - Paul Harvey!
This week’s guest on the podcast - Matt Phipps 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼
So far on the podcast, we have spoken to people who are on the other side of their comeback and in most cases have completely recovered their health. So this week I was keen to share the story of someone who is still very much in the process of making their comeback, enter Matt...
Matt spent over 20 years in the military, having an incredibly successful career before making the decision to start his own business with his wife. The business took off immediately and grew from strength to strength growing into a profitable 7-figure business. So you would think that with all of these, Matt has it made and nothing is challenging? Think again...
Over the last few years, Matt has begun to develop an number of debilitating symptoms with both fatigue and muscle weakness playing major roles. After spending countless hours researching and going from doctor to doctor, he was finally given a diagnosis of Lyme disease. Since that point, he has had to endure ups and downs on his road to recovery which has required him to draw down on that mental toughness he cultivated during his time in the military.
It is this strong mentality that has enabled him to make great strides in his recovery whilst at the same time launching and ultimately running a 7-figure business
If you would like to connect with Matt or have any questions for him following today’s episode, please add him on FB (Matt Phipps) or email him at matt@titanmembers.com
This week on the Chronic Comeback Podcast - Sam Wysock-Wright 🙌🏼
Sam is actually someone I’ve known for a few years. We both met as we were each going through our chronic illness and looking for ways to get better.
For as long as Sam could remember, he hadn’t been well: fatigue, stomach issues, brain fog, concentration issues, anxiety but since he didn’t know any different, he assumed this was normal.
It wasn’t until he reached 21 and was debilitated by fatigue and his other symptoms that Sam was diagnosed with chronic fatigue.
From the moment I met Sam, there wasn’t ever a doubt in his mind that he could recover which is kind of crazy given that he had never really been healthy before. His mindset and focus was so strong that he wouldn’t stop until he has achieved what he was striving for, to feel healthy...
Fast forward to today, he says he now feels healthier than he’s ever done and after years of dealing with anxiety and depression, he is now so happy with where he is at in his life. Added to this, he left his old job that was such a huge contributor to his bad health and is scaling a successful meditation coaching business that helps so many people who are in a position he has been before.
His story is an example of what is possible when you take control over your life and believe that anything is possible...
Please contact him via his website - www.somameditation.com and go follow him on Instagram @soma.meditation
This week’s guest - Sophie Grace Holme
Sophie was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis aged 4 months old and unlike my other guests so far, and me, has only ever known a life with her condition.
She was told she wouldn’t live beyond 16 but her whole life, she has consistently refused to listen to Doctors when they placed limitations on her life. She went past 16 with no issues and after being only given a few years to live at age 19, she again ignored all Dr’s advice, continuing to believe she would live an amazing life and she has certainly followed through on that promise to herself.
Since that point, she has challenged herself and her body to do things any “normal” person would find impossible - hiking the Himalayas, climbing Mount Kilimanjaro and Gran Paradiso, running an ultra marathon, paddle-boarding 80 miles in the ocean overnight and so much more....
She really is the embodiment of what this podcast is all about. Had she listened to the negativity being sent her way, she could have lived a scared and uneventful life yet she’s managed to live more in the 27 years she’s been on the planet than most will ever so in their lifetime
Please go follow her Instagram @sophiegraceholmes for more inspiration
Introducing this week’s guest on The Chronic Comeback Podcast - Amanda Campbell
Amanda is a serial entrepreneur, a Kinesiologist, motivational speaker, author and one of Australia’s leading minds in the area of resilience. But how did she build this resilience?
With a diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis at age 24 and a paralysis at just 29 years old, Amanda was faced with never walking again. She was stretched to her limit emotionally and physically. With no choice but to succeed and the odds stacked against her, Amanda had to change her mind about what could be possible to create new results.
Deciding on a balanced approach, Amanda had to embrace uncertainty and change to discover what she was made of. Learning how to walk and run again led to her transforming her mind, body and life.
Now a decade on, Amanda’s passion is to inspire others to embrace their obstacles as an opportunity to awaken their potential whilst maximising health and so is an ideal person to have on the show to talk us all through her inspiring comeback!
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This week’s on The Chronic Comeback Podcast - Danny Mcmillan
Danny is someone I’ve known of for some time as he runs a successful podcast called seller sessions that has over 50,000 downloads a month and rising. The podcast itself interviews some of the top minds in the online e-commerce space and as I’m in the process of launching my own online business I am a loyal listener!
Added to the podcast, he runs three very successful businesses and also runs huge sell-out events in the online selling space that attract thousands of people.
So you would think with a guy like this, all that he has and does, he must have it all together and is completely healthy? Guess again...
Since 2014, Danny has been dealing with Lyme, SIBO and mold and the mental challenges this comes with. However, after being hospitalised in 2017, he took control over his situation and vowed he would “throw the kitchen sink” at figuring this all out and wouldn’t ever accept the idea that he couldn’t improve his situation.
As a result, Dannys health has improved significantly and his businesses and podcast are thriving. Danny is raw and honest which is why he makes such a good guest for this show and am excited for you to listen
At the age of 18 Mez Gallifuoco’s dreams were shattered when she was told her future would be in a wheelchair and that she should never try and have children.
Her immune system had started attacking her body's own central nervous system and she was losing feeling in her limbs.
Rather than accept this future, Mez decided to take things into her own hands which sparked a comeback that surprised everyone around her, including her Doctors.
Her situation has vastly improved now from a health perspective and is now a new mum. Added to this, she has achieved the following throughout her comeback:
- 10 Years in startups & business
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23 Years old when she sold my first company
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2 Successful exits totalling $3.6m
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3 Countries lived and worked in
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4 Businesses created and built.
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3 Years consulting with high level, transnational corporations & senior executives
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$15.6m investment money raised in Sydney, Dubai, New York and Silicon Valley
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1 Psychology Degree
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478 aspiring and active entrepreneurs trained inPlease go follow her and her inspiring story on Instagram at @millennialstrategist