Through navigating chronic neuroplastic symptoms and healing, we are often searching for the “right” way to heal. Of course, we all want to heal, and it can be very helpful to receive guidance. However, it is also important to remember that all of our journeys are a little different, and to find the tools and practices that bring you the most peace and calmness. Today, I was reflecting on what helped me the most when I was couch-bound with Long COVID? Here is a list of what h

Letting go can be very difficult… but it can also be so freeing and healing. Recently, I was feeling quite tense and having a hard time relaxing. So I asked myself, “What do I need to let go of?” I decided to take some quiet time to stop, go inward, connect to my breath, and reflect. After sitting with this, I realized that I needed to let go of: - Control over my new home to being perfect. -Expectations of myself to do everything at once. -Along with expectations I had for m

A pivotal turning point in my healing journey was when I really started to feel safe in the moments of experiencing sensations. After discovering TMS mind–body work while I was couch-bound with Long Covid, I gradually began integrating the understanding that I am safe and not broken. With that shift, I slowly started reintroducing activities into my life. In the beginning, I would make little deals with myself to ease the fear. Things like: “I’ll prepare a meal, and then

When I was couch-bound with Long Covid, I spent my days in a panic and fearful state. It felt like such a long time searching, researching, and going to doctors trying to figure out what was wrong with me. I spent the first year pushing through with extreme anxiety, always asking myself, “What is wrong with me?” Then I really felt like something was wrong with me when I ended up on the couch… I spent another year and a half going to doctors and working with a practitioner to

I know firsthand that it can feel incredibly lonely going through chronic illness. There was a long time when I was sick that I felt very alone—before I ever knew that anyone else had healed from chronic fatigue. I spent two years feeling like I was crazy before I found anything on the internet about TMS and mind-body work. During that time, I truly believed I was the only one experiencing what I was going through. I am so grateful that I eventually found Raelan Agle’s

What are they? Common reactions to physical or emotional pain include what Dr. Howard Schubiner calls the 6 F’s : • Fear • Focus • Frustration • Figuring it out • Fighting • Fixing These reactions can provide fuel for an ongoing alarm mechanism in the body, causing pain to persist. Have you noticed yourself experiencing any of these reactions? I would assume we all have! I certainly did. I spent the first two years of my chronic illness experience hyper-focused on al

Oftentimes, when we have an acute illness like a cold or the flu, we are so tired that we welcome rest. We know it's only for a little while, as our bodies do the work of healing from the infection. However, when we’re experiencing chronic illness, fatigue, or long-term debilitating symptoms, all we often want is to do again! I know this feeling very well. I experienced chronic fatigue and symptoms for almost three years. Especially at the beginning of being sick, all I