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
I Taught Psychology But Ignored My Own Nervous System Warning Signs | Jan Rothney
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📘 Breaking Free by Jan Rothney (Updated Edition) - https://amzn.to/4f0mbTE
In this video, Jan Rothney shares how she recovered from ME/CFS after being bedridden, relapsing, and being told by specialists that recovery was impossible. She explains how chronic symptoms can become stuck in brain-body loops, why safety, self-agency, emotional work, and supportive community matter, and how tiny “green shoots” can help rebuild confidence in recovery.
ALSO MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
📺 My First Interview with Jan Rothney: https://youtu.be/CQgGNYwpmBM
CONNECT WITH JAN ROTHNEY:
🌐 Jan’s website: https://www.resettothrive.co.uk/
📺 Reset to Thrive YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFNxzlu4Ek0RXP3n4wfzItw
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 💔 Told “You’ll Never Recover”
03:01 🚨 10 Years of Warning Signs
04:48 🔁 Recovering, Relapsing, and Learning the Hard Way
05:15 🥀 The Words That Destroyed Her
06:05 📘 Writing Breaking Free During Lockdown
07:21 🌱 How Reset to Thrive Grew
08:37 🧠 Acute Illness vs. Chronic Loops
09:55 🔄 The Negative Feedback Loop
11:09 🎯 Attention Bias to Threat
12:46 🚪 Why Going Outside Can Feel Unsafe
15:00 🧘 The First Step: Become Conscious
16:33 🪷 Learning to Sit With Symptoms
18:28 💪 Self-Agency Changes the Brain
21:27 🌿 Green Shoots of Recovery
23:46 🕺 Making Energy Feel Rewarding Again
25:30 💭 The Emotional Work Underneath Recovery
26:35 🫣 Shame, Fear, and Perfectionism
29:17 🔓 Resentment, Forgiveness, and Somatic Work
33:12 🤲 Why Supportive Community Matters
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REMINDER: This is for information purposes only and nothing I share should be considered medical advice. Please make your own assessment, do your own further research, and consult your trusted healthcare professionals before deciding if anything I talk about here might be right for you.
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