The Chronic Comeback Phil Hadfield

I'm back for a long overdue life and health update...

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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Remember, the comeback is always greater than the setback 💪💪💪

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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!

PURCHASE HERE:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0645598100
https://www.biancasholisticway.com/it-happened-for-me
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Remember, the comeback is always greater than the setback 💪💪💪

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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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