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Take A Breath
A podcast for creating practical calm in the messy middle of midlife.
This is your space to pause.
Because life in midlife is full-on. Between work, family, menopause, and the mental load, your nervous system can easily end up in constant overdrive — leaving you feeling exhausted, reactive, and overwhelmed by even the smallest things.
Each week, I’ll share my own tools, alongside honest conversations and practical nervous system support — to help you create more calm, peace, joy, and inner steadiness. Not by escaping your life, because that’s totally unrealistic, but by meeting it differently.
So when you're ready, let’s take a breath together…
Take A Breath
When Your Tests Are Normal… But Your Symptoms Aren’t with Miguel Bautista
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This week’s episode is for anyone who has been dealing with symptoms that feel very real, very limiting, and yet every test, scan or specialist appointment seems to come back with the same answer: “You’re fine.”
I’m joined by Miguel Bautista, founder of CFS Recovery, who helps people recover from chronic fatigue syndrome, long COVID and other debilitating symptoms through a nervous system and neuroplasticity-based approach.
Miguel shares his own powerful story of recovery after four and a half years of living with a hypersensitive nervous system, severe fatigue, brain fog and a huge range of physical symptoms that left him bedridden and searching for answers.
Together, we explore what can happen when the body is stuck in survival mode, why symptoms can be very real even when tests come back normal, and how recovery can begin when we start working with the nervous system rather than against it.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
- Why a hypersensitive nervous system can create real physical symptoms even when tests appear normal
- How stress, personality traits and life pressures can push the nervous system into survival mode
- How neuroplasticity and brain retraining can help change persistent symptom patterns
- Why your emotional response to symptoms can influence whether they intensify or settle
- The difference between managing symptoms and truly moving toward recovery and thriving
For Recovery Stage Identifier and Personalised Recovery Report go to: https://cfsrecovery.co/breathe
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