Charlotte's Astonishing Recovery From CFS, POTS and Fibromyalgia: From Bedbound to Backpacking
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- Опубликовано: 12 сен 2024
- Charlotte Stephens came down with a bad case of mono as a University student. That led to eight years of debilitating symptoms. After trying functional medicine and brain training, Charlotte finally recovered from CFS, POTS and Fibromyalgia through mind-body healing. Watch her amazing recovery story!
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Wow so many similarities! Tried 2 different brain retraining programs & felt too overwhelmed & stopped. Saw Rebecca & resonated totally & with TMS & had a huge Ahaa moment. I finally had hope after 10yrs with CFS! I’ve just started Rebecca’s course, it’s wonderful.
Linda ❤️🙏😊
@lindaparris3523
Linda, you brought such a smile to my face! I love that you relate to Charlotte's story and resonate with Be Your Own Medicine! The course was pivotal for her recovery. This will be you too! I'm so happy you're on-board! ❤
@@rebeccatolinmind-bodycoach thank you so much. I feel so strongly that I’m on the right track… finally after 10yrs of CFS! I’m so passionate about this that I really want to help others heal when I’m recovered. This is my true calling. Plus the wealth of experience I’ve been through over this 10yrs is so valuable & helpful for others. Even traveling to Cyprus to a treatment centre for 4wks did nothing for my symptoms at all. I could write a book on all my experiences with trying to heal.
I’m seriously thinking of joining the live cohort next month as I really miss being part of a community. I’m in Australia so I think some of the zoom meetings are at an appropriate time. I’m very limited with funds being on a single parent pension but I’ll see if I can afford it. I’m still paying off the online course.
Much appreciation
Linda ❤️😊🙏
Thank You- I have also tried quite a few programs and I think the pressure of following the amount of things that need to be covered to get well is what I think is not allowing me to get anywhere. Every few days the pressure brings me to my knees and into heavy tears. Thank You to you both for sharing this. I know there is a way through and maybe this lighter approach is what I need .
@rebeccachew2321
I feel for you as I've been there! Many people tell me that easing up self-pressure works wonders. This is a focus of mine in Be Your Own Medicine and our live cohort is currently open for registration, if you're interested! I'd love to support you in our loving community. Either way, I hope you can bring more self-compassion to your journey! 💗
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@@rebeccatolinmind-bodycoach Thank you. I appreciate this. I would love to join. I just need to save up a little .
@@rebeccachew2321
Oh, I'd love to have you! We really do take a lighter, more self-compassionate approach. We even have a Pathways to Peace space in our community! Self-compassion makes ALL the difference for so many of us. I totally understand the need to save up money. If you like, you can apply for a partial scholarship and we still have the early bird discount until August 29th! You can read more here and email us at course@rebecccatolin.com if you like. I'm rooting for you!
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Such a good and inspiring recovery story. I wrote down a lot of good things. Lot of similarities. The brain retraing was not enough for me needed to a lot of work with personality traits and mind body first. Whish I have known your channel and had you as a coach 2 years ago then my journey would have been shorter. Now almost there, maybe 90-95%.
@Lars-Ivar
I'm so happy to hear that you're 90 - 95% recovered! You're clearly doing the deep work. I'm glad you finally found me. You may not need more support but if you do, I teach my live cohort only once this year and we start soon in September!
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This was so helpful. 👍
Thank you both.
@idragonfly
You're so welcome!
Thank you Rebecca and Charlotte.
What a wonderful testimony of healing/recovery.
Love the watch, utterly inspirational.
@janedavies9729
Ahh, thanks Jane! I agree that Charlotte is inspiring... as are you!
Thank you for this beautiful interview. It put a smile on my face so many time. I resonate with so many things and Charlotte has such a great energy.
I am still on my journey, you gift me a lot of hope, confidence and joy 😉 ❤ !!!
@clementg8398
How wonderful to hear this! Keep following your hope, confidence and joy!
What’s the best way to do somatic tracking? Is this where you acknowledge symptoms without judgement and bring about safety?
@zpw49
Hi! Yes, you tune into the sensations in your body through a lens of safety. You can try a free somatic tracking meditation on my website!
www.rebeccatolin.com/blog/somatic-tracking
This was such an inspiring and helpful interview! Charlotte…Thank you so much for sharing your journey, I can relate so much to all of it as I have done multiple brain retraining programs as well and am finding self compassion to be a much needed next step.
Rebecca, the questions you ask are always spot on for digging just a little bit further to assist us in being to personalize what is being shared to our own journeys. I love and get so much benefit out of all your interviews!! ❤️
Also..I love what Charlotte shared about differentiating between the crash like fatigue and the everyday background fatigue. The everyday background fatigue is a little more challenging to navigate, questioning often how to respond to it…whether I should be resting or doing my best to just carry on, trusting it’ll go as my nervous becomes less sensitized. For the most part now I carry on the best I can, with little attention to it but lots of reassurance when I start getting into my head with it and questioning things.
@jelenegilmore4821
Aww, thank you so much for your wonderful comments! Charlotte is so insightful, and I'm glad that you're finding self-compassion too! It's so essential for many of us. Have you seen Nick's story? He discovered the same thing!
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I'm glad that my journalism background is coming in handy! Thanks for saying that!
@@jelenegilmore4821
That sounds like a great strategy! I found that it was typically best for me to carry on with background fatigue, with lots of reassurance and little breaks for my nervous system now and again. It sounds like you're doing great!
If you want more support, I'm opening my Be Your Own Medicine live cohort tomorrow! The wonderful Charlotte will even be on my coaching team. 💝
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Thank you for sharing your experience. The people who have money their very lucky. People like me i have no money for any kind of program will take time More time. Thank you for helping us.
@sadnagoso-yn6iz
I understand it's hard when resource are limited. I do offer a lot of free resources on this YT channel and on my website! Some people have told me they recovered just from the free content. I wish this for you too!
You might check out my blog:
www.rebeccatolin.com/blog
I also have a small scholarship program for my Be Your Own Medicine course:
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Wishing you well! You will get there!
What a joyous interview! ❤Thank you both ❤
You're so welcome!
Thank you!
Wonderful interview thank you Charlotte for talking about what helped you!!
@zoeymiller1868
I'm so glad Charlotte's story is helpful for you!
Thank you❤
You're welcome 😊
I have been working through mind-body TMS work for couple months now. What I find a block in this work is ‘doing things of joy and play and if symptoms arise, ensure safety using tools etc’. However, I have symptoms 24/7 - a constant head pressure / tightness and a fatigue level that interferes with my vision, which I understand is the all day ‘background fatigue’ that Charlotte refers to. Did Charlotte go back to joy/ play and doing things with these types of symptoms? I find this really hard
@michellemoore9030
I get it! We want to be genuine with where we're at, while also reaching for peace and ease the best we can. It's not always easy and sometimes joy is out of reach. Charlotte started doing simple things she enjoyed, or at least that took her mind off the symptoms, first. That's what I did too. Sometimes I could only walk a little ways, listen to Eckhart Tolle, read poetry, do a somatic meditation or do gentle yoga. Find whatever gives you a little relief.
I offer an gentle program to support your recovery called Be Your Own Medicine. We just opened registration today! Charlotte will be a coaching assistant in my fall cohort. We'd love to have you!
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I find it hard trying to focus on the symptoms aren't dangerous with pots . My heart rate jumps to 160 i am trying to learn how to navigate that. How did you get to where you could walk with pots?
I agree!!! And feeling faint and the dark purple feet that you can’t walk on.
I have pots from long covid that is almost all gone. It’s very scary watching your heart go so fast plus all the other symptoms that come with it for me it’s insane dizziness and lightheadedness. I had all the heart tests done and found I have a great heart. Once I had that, whenever my heart would start to race I would tell myself “my heart is going fast I’m feeling all these things but I am safe.” It’s way easier said than done. It’s taken a lot of time but instead omg my heart going to 160 when standing it’s now 120 which is major improvement. It gets better every day as I continue to tell myself I am safe. And I don’t believe it all the time. Sometimes I’ll say instead “I’m feeling all this right now but it’s temporary this will not be my life forever.”
@amyknox7387 my heart test have all came back good as well. I have thought about adding b1 as well as brain retraining. I wish you continued healing I believe I will heal as well and I believe you will as well
I developed pots after covid a few years ago. The more you focus on your heart rate the more it will stay elevated, now that you know you’re heart is healthy just look at it as a way of your body protecting you and a distraction from strong emotions, it’s a false alarm. It’s not dangerous! Most importantly I made the mistake of staying in bed for so long bc I feared it, keep moving/exercising gently, and doing things you love that regulate your nervous system for example meditation or walking out in nature. Good luck :)
@juanitahyde1265
You got some great responses here! I teach people to challenge themselves when they feel relatively safe, and self-soothe when they feel overwhelmed. So there's a time and place to pause and rest, while reminding your brain that you're safe. If you want to take a systematic recovery program, I'm teaching my live cohort starting in September and would love to support you!
www.rebeccatolin.com/course
Anyone else feel like their head is crooked on their neck ? I’ve tried everything to fix it but it is what’s causing my symptoms post injury 5 years. If we have neck issues causing this can we somehow re regulate so to speak with this work regardless ? I’m so devastated if I can’t fix my neck and head no matter what I do tried 38 therapies I’m hoping this work might help ?
I have so many similarities with her!
@swedensufal
I'm so glad you can relate to Charlotte's story!
Can someone explain to me what to do with the emotions. Is it just feel them? I don’t get it
@MPStigs
Hello! First, it's helpful to name the emotion you are feeling. For instance, I notice that sadness is present. Then, it's helpful to feel the emotional energy in your body. It takes practice to learn to feel them. I share many practices in my Be Your Own Medicine course, and we're now open for registration. I'd love to support you in this deeper layer of healing!
www.rebeccatolin.com/course
Glad you healed but living in mold is not a healthy thing to do..