50 min

Encore • Mindfulness and Chronic Illness • Accept What Is • Surrender and Be Free Healing Out Loud with Jackie Shea

    • Alternative Health

Nichole Proffitt, mindfulness coach for women, somatic experiencing practitioner







Mindfulness and Chronic Illness:







Nichole Proffitt ( http://www.presencemindfulness.com/ ) had been

seriously practicing meditation for years when her first fibromyalgia

symptoms developed, and (plot-twist) meditation was making it all worse.

This isn’t an episode about traditional meditation and using it to heal

from illness.  It’s an episode about accepting what is, seeking out

your truth, surrendering to your truth, and then being willing to let

go… of everything.  The closer Nichole got to her absolute truth

( whether that truth was that she couldn’t hang out with toxic people

anymore, or eat her favorite foods, or stay up past 10pm

even though she’s always been a night owl) and the more she surrendered

to them, the healthier and happier she has become.  She said, “These

truths, as hard as they are to come by, and even harder to live by, are

what give me back my life… the years, relationships, friendships, jobs

and everything I have lost.” THIS is mindfulness and chronic illness.







Nichole’s Facebook







Weekly Challenge:







Ask yourself deeper questions and become open to your own deeper

answers. What a doozy, huh? This may seem totally overwhelming. Often,

it’s those deep—DEEP—answers that we are trying to avoid so that we can

hang on tightly to our own visions. But, this week, gently try to go

inward, listen just a little closer, and allow small parts of your truth

to emerge. Tune in to the episode to hear more about how to actually do

this. Follow me @sheajackie for weekly challenge updates and more

wellness fun.







Discussed in this Episode:







TraumaViolence/ rapeIllness and trauma linkWhy healing your trauma is necessary to heal your illness sometimesThe desire to be fully wellHow coping mechanisms can make us sickerWhat happens to our learned coping mechanisms when we get sickRageBuilding up a reference point for pleasure and delightGriefNichole’s darkest hours and how she made it throughFibromyalgia/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ interstitial CystitisSurrender/ let go/ acceptMindfulness and chronic illnessPresenceYour truthSelf-loveHow to make your own yogurtTriumphs/ how Nichole manages a big full life with self-careDeep listening to yourself







Support this Podcast:







Check out my new Patreon page here! Check out what perks there are for becoming a patron.Follow me at www.jackieshea.com for more updates and my coaching servicesFollow me on IG @sheajackieJoin the Healing Out Loud with Jackie Shea Facebook Community Subscribe/rate/review on iTunes or any other podcasting platform







Other Podcasts Like This:







How Trauma Affects Us and How to Heal







Listening to Your Body’s Wisdom







Happy Listening, dear friends!

Nichole Proffitt, mindfulness coach for women, somatic experiencing practitioner







Mindfulness and Chronic Illness:







Nichole Proffitt ( http://www.presencemindfulness.com/ ) had been

seriously practicing meditation for years when her first fibromyalgia

symptoms developed, and (plot-twist) meditation was making it all worse.

This isn’t an episode about traditional meditation and using it to heal

from illness.  It’s an episode about accepting what is, seeking out

your truth, surrendering to your truth, and then being willing to let

go… of everything.  The closer Nichole got to her absolute truth

( whether that truth was that she couldn’t hang out with toxic people

anymore, or eat her favorite foods, or stay up past 10pm

even though she’s always been a night owl) and the more she surrendered

to them, the healthier and happier she has become.  She said, “These

truths, as hard as they are to come by, and even harder to live by, are

what give me back my life… the years, relationships, friendships, jobs

and everything I have lost.” THIS is mindfulness and chronic illness.







Nichole’s Facebook







Weekly Challenge:







Ask yourself deeper questions and become open to your own deeper

answers. What a doozy, huh? This may seem totally overwhelming. Often,

it’s those deep—DEEP—answers that we are trying to avoid so that we can

hang on tightly to our own visions. But, this week, gently try to go

inward, listen just a little closer, and allow small parts of your truth

to emerge. Tune in to the episode to hear more about how to actually do

this. Follow me @sheajackie for weekly challenge updates and more

wellness fun.







Discussed in this Episode:







TraumaViolence/ rapeIllness and trauma linkWhy healing your trauma is necessary to heal your illness sometimesThe desire to be fully wellHow coping mechanisms can make us sickerWhat happens to our learned coping mechanisms when we get sickRageBuilding up a reference point for pleasure and delightGriefNichole’s darkest hours and how she made it throughFibromyalgia/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ interstitial CystitisSurrender/ let go/ acceptMindfulness and chronic illnessPresenceYour truthSelf-loveHow to make your own yogurtTriumphs/ how Nichole manages a big full life with self-careDeep listening to yourself







Support this Podcast:







Check out my new Patreon page here! Check out what perks there are for becoming a patron.Follow me at www.jackieshea.com for more updates and my coaching servicesFollow me on IG @sheajackieJoin the Healing Out Loud with Jackie Shea Facebook Community Subscribe/rate/review on iTunes or any other podcasting platform







Other Podcasts Like This:







How Trauma Affects Us and How to Heal







Listening to Your Body’s Wisdom







Happy Listening, dear friends!

50 min