The Raelan Agle Podcast
Here you will find recovery stories, strategies, and resources for ME/CFS and Long Covid.
Raelan lived with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) for ten years before finally fully recovering. After countless fruitless doctors' visits and tens of thousands of dollars spent providing little relief from her illness, she eventually realized that she would have to look within herself and listen to her body to find her path back to health. And thankfully she did finally fully recover!
Since her full recovery about four years ago, Raelan has become passionate about spreading hope for others facing chronic illnesses such as ME/CFS, Long Covid, and Fibromyalgia. She is the author of Finding Freedom: Escaping from the Prison of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, has built a successful YouTube channel full of resources for health and healing, and designed online courses, accessible at raelanagle.com, to aid others on their journey towards health and happiness.
Episodes
223 episodes
222: Who Gets Sick with Long Covid, ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain?
In this episode, I share what the research says about why certain people are more susceptible to conditions like ME/CFS, long covid, and fibromyalgia — and what that means for your recovery.👉 Join my Brain Retraining 101 program for ME/...
221: A Doctor’s Recovery Blueprint for ME/CFS, Long COVID and Chronic Pain | Dr. David Schechter, MD
In this episode, Dr. David Schechter shares the hard-won insights from over three decades and more than 4,500 patients treated using a neuroplastic approach to chronic symptoms.BOOKS BY DR. DAVID SCHECHTER:📙 Think Away Your Pain by ...
220: The 1% Shift That Changed Her Recovery (ME/CFS, Long Covid, POTS) | Dr. Crista Taylor, DPT
📚 Free emotional processing guide: https://www.cfsrecovery.co/emotional-processing-guide?el=yt-raelan508&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=optin👉 Free Nervous System Health Assessment link: https://c...
219: It's All a Predictive Mistake: ME/CFS, Long COVID, Chronic Pain | Vanessa Blackstone, MSW, ACSW
In this episode, Vanessa Blackstone, MSW, ACSW — Executive Director of the Pain Psychology Center — shares how pain reprocessing therapy helps the brain stop interpreting safe sensations as dangerous and move out of chronic protection and into ...
218: "If they said it was my mind, I would've been pissed." (Liz's Long COVID Story)
📱Try Curable—6 weeks FREE — http://www.curable.com/raelanagleIn this episode, Liz Kotin shares how she spent more than three years battling long COVID — including chronic fatigue, POTS, brain fog, and cardiac symptoms — before discoveri...
217: How to Make Brain Retraining Dead Simple
✅ Recover now with Raelan 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101Includes bite size videos, weekly live group coaching calls + support group.📄 FREE A Way Forward .pdf - https://mailchi.mp/raelanagle/a-way...
216: This Is What People Bedbound with ME/CFS Really Need | Junior Ky
👉 Free Nervous System Health Assessment link: https://cfs-test.com/raelan?el=yt-raelan509&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=optin📚 Free emotional processing guide: https://www.cfsrecovery.co/emotiona...
215: How to Start Exercising Again
✅ Recover now with Raelan 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101Includes bite size videos, weekly live group coaching calls + support group.In this video, I share how to start exercising again after livi...
Dr. Hansma: The Longer You've Had Chronic Symptoms, The Easier You CAN Recover
In this video, Dr. Paul Hansma, Professor at UC Santa Barbara (The UCSB Physics Hansma Research Lab), shares why longer symptom duration can actually make recovery easier, and what the science reveals about the most effective ways to shift thos...
213: Key to my full Long Covid recovery | Devon Carter
✅ Join Brain Retraining 101 for Long Covid Recovery - https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining-101Includes bite-size lessons + The Forward Together Week + Weekly live group coaching👉 Get a $50 discount through Devon Carter’s website - https:...
212: Stop Forcing Calm. Do This Instead.
👉 Laura's FREE Breathwork Sessions including Releasing Pain (use code FREE BREATHER) — https://www.feeltoheal.live⭐ Laura's Free Yogic Breathwork Videos - https://www.youtube.com/@feel.to.heal.wellnessIn this video, Laura Haraka...
211: The Childhood Pattern Behind Slow ME/CFS Recovery | Teresa Hobbs
🎙️ Teresa's group program (starting March 11) "Anchor and Regulate" - https://www.monarchintegrativecoaching.com/group-supportIn this interview, Teresa Hobbs — trauma recovery coach and long-time ME/CFS recoverer — breaks down why so ma...
210: 20% Who Don't Get Better | A Therapist's Perspective (Ellen Ronka)
In this video, psychotherapist Ellen Ronka shares the hidden role shame plays in chronic illness - and why it's the missing piece that keeps so many people stuck even when they're doing "everything right".CONNECT WITH ELLEN RONKA🌐 W...
209: The Hidden Trauma Behind Chronic Symptoms
✅ Recover now with Raelan 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101Includes bite size videos, weekly live group coaching calls + support group.In this video, I share what medical trauma is, why it goes unre...
208: Bedbound With PPPD: Symptoms Became the Solution | Sam Miller's Recovery Story
In this video, Sam Miller shares how she went from severe PPPD (Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness) and being bedbound to full recovery and why she believes many brain retraining approaches only address part of the picture.CONNECT...
207: Nothing Is Off Limits in This Conversation | Miguel Bautista
👉 Free Nervous System Health Assessment link: https://cfs-test.com/raelan?el=yt-raelan509&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=optin📚 Free emotional processing guide: https://www.cfsrecovery.co/emotiona...
206: I Ran an NHS Long Covid Service, Then I Got Long Covid | Karen Wright's Recovery Story
In this video, Karen Wright shares how long covid forced her to completely rebuild her life at 40, moving from a driven physiotherapist and high achiever to discovering a more sustainable way of living. CONNECT WITH KAREN WRIGHT:
205: Dr. Cathleen King: Your Mitochondria Aren’t Broken
👉 Dr. King's Daily Regulate 40-Day Program - https://smpl.ro/al/gZwGJ3mPkyBTQqUtK5TtQwkF/46631-Raelan-AgleIn this interview, Dr. Cathleen King, Doctor of Physical Therapy, explains what’s behind the idea of “mitochondrial dysfunction” a...
204: The Science Behind My Long Covid Recovery | Rachel Whitfield
👉 Fatigue Science Talks YouTube Channel - https://youtube.com/@FatigueScienceTalksIn this video, Rachel Whitfield, chair of the patient advisory group of COFFI, shares her journey from a debilitating struggle with Long Covid to full rec...
203: Bedbound While Raising 3 Kids — Now Thriving | Kim Sorenson's Recovery Story
✅ FREE Nervous System Health Assessment: https://cfs-test.com/raelan?el=yt-raelan509&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=optinIn this video, Kim Sorenson shares how she went from hiking 20 miles a day on trails...
202: The Strange Phase Right Before Full Recovery
✅ Recover now with Raelan 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101Includes bite size videos, weekly live group coaching calls + support group.In this episode, I share what full recovery from chronic fatigu...
201: Calming the Nervous System Won’t End Chronic Symptoms | Dr. Jake Hollis
👩🏻🦱 Rebecca Tolin's "Be Your Own Medicine" Program - http://rebeccatolin.com/raelan📱Try Curable—6 weeks FREE — http://www.curable.com/raelanagleIn this episode, Dr. Jake Hollis, a clinical psychologist, explains why calmi...
200: Others Couldn't Help Me, But This Doctor's Book Changed Everything Overnight! | Penny George
👉 Check out the free resources from Living Proof, a UK not-for-profit helping people regain their lives from chronic illness and pain: https://www.livingproof.org.uk/In this episode, Penny George, founder of the UK-based nonprofit organ...
199: The Real Sign You’re Getting Better (It’s Not Fewer Symptoms)
✅ Recover now with Raelan 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101Includes bite size videos, weekly live group coaching calls + support group.In this video, I explain why feeling worse doesn't mean you're ...
198: In Just Weeks I Was Pain Free - Nora Rodden's Story
🧠 Try the Nervana app FREE for 3 days👉 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nervana-chronic-symptom-coach/id6754898332💸 Take $50 off with code RAELAN50In this episode, Nora Rodden shares how a car accident at 20 was followed by years o...