Alisha Braswell

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 I can rest on...

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 “kill off” the...

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 recovery story,...