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.
The Raelan Agle Podcast
94: Your Brain Can Keep You Sick: How to Break Free | Dr. Howard Schubiner, MD
In this episode, Dr. Howard Schubiner, MD, shares eye-opening insights into how the brain keeps chronic symptoms like ME/CFS and Long Covid stuck in a loop—and, most importantly, how to break free. We dive into the science of mind-body medicine, the hidden role of fear, and practical steps to rewire the brain for recovery.
👨⚕️ Dr. Howard Schubiner's FREE Course on Brain Retraining for Chronic Pain — https://www.coursera.org/learn/reign-of-pain
CONNECT WITH DR. HOWARD SCHUBINER, MD:
🌐 Dr. Schubiner's Website (research, books and other resources) — https://unlearnyourpain.com/
🌐 ATNS / Symptomatic (list of practitioners, research, info on neuroplastic symptoms) —
https://www.symptomatic.me/
BOOKS AND INTERVIEWS MENTIONED:
📗 Unlearn Your Pain by Howard Schubiner, MD — https://amzn.to/4e8zm1u
📘 Unlearn Your Anxiety and Depression by Howard Schubiner, MD — https://amzn.to/45MQlU9
📖 The Way Out by Alan Gordon — https://amzn.to/3SKZgB0
📘 Chasing Peace by Tom Rosshirt — https://amzn.to/4gUjC2Y
📗 Man’s Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl — https://amzn.to/4hNuy3N
👩🏻🦰 Nurse Jo's Recovery Story — https://youtu.be/-t5bJzsBY8I
MORE FREE RESOURCES:
👉 TMS Wiki — https://www.tmswiki.org/
🏠 Alan Gordon's FREE Online Chronic Pain Recovery Course 👉 https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/painrecovery/
🎯 READ THE SCIENCE BEHIND CHRONIC PAIN:
🛎️ The Boulder Chronic Back pain study: 66% became pain or nearly pain free with pain reprocessing therapy maintained at one year - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34586357/
🛎️ Harvard Psychophysiologic Symptom Relief Therapy for post-acute sequelae of Covid - https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.10.07.22280732v1.full-text
🛎️ Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy and education for fibromyalgia: A randomized controlled trial - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5680092/
🛎️ The PPDA complete bibliography of research studies - https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5b75908755b02cf7e029e10e/t/6470177aa4720b33e48529cf/1685067643188/PPD+Bibliography+June+2023.pdf
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