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Wondering if people get better and STAY better? YES. I am so happy to bring you this fantastic interview with Rachelle! Rachelle was diagnosed with PPPD, MdDS AND vestibular migraine as well as several other dire illnesses, and she fully recovered in 2019. She is still doing great today! In the interview, Rachelle talks about what it was like at the time, how she recovered, how she's feeling nowadays, and what she does to keep herself healthy and happy.

Please forgive the audio glitch around 24 minutes- we were having bad storms and I lost connectivity! I was saying that dizziness keeps your nervous system in a state of fight/flight.

00:00:00 Intro and why this interview is special
00:03:20 About Rachelle and what life is like right now
00:05:00 Symptoms started around January 2019- dizziness, couldn't walk, vision delay, light sensitivity
00:09:33 Spinning vertigo began and she was diagnosed with BPPV- symptoms were soon 24/7 bobbing, swaying, vision symptoms
00:12:12 Saw 27 doctors and received 15 different diagnoses
00:16:20 What it was like to be told she had all these different disorders; tried migraine medications and antidepressants for a few weeks but they didn't work
00:20:20 Retrospectively it is clear that she was in a state of chronic stress, but no one dug into why and how this could be part of the solution
00:27:48 Her experience with functional neurology and vestibular rehabilitation therapy
00:33:19 The mindbody/psychophysiologic approach to chronic pain and applying it to her dizziness
00:38:00 Her first visit with a mindbody practitioner who connected her symptoms to her past experiences
00:44:00 She started by reading Dr. Sarno's books and Unlearn Your Pain by Dr. Schubiner & listening to mindbody podcasts
00:46:36 Letting go of being an "A+" student and lightening up on the push to recover quickly
00:48:51 The list of all the things she was told or told herself she couldn't do!
00:51:05 Using Curable and guided motor imagery to get back on cars, boats and planes - also got rid of her motion sickness!
00:57:32 How to go deep in journaling and to use the insights in a useful way
01:03:00 Why it's important to go into the past experiences that led to current day strategies
01:06:12 Recovery doesn't mean you should stop working through the events that led to nervous system hypersensitivity
01:07:56 "I feel grateful for my dizziness. It brought me to my knees. I had to look at my stuff. I couldn't keep pushing it down."
01:14:00 Her daily routine now for self care & the insights about people pleasing and "fixing" herself
01:21:06 Breathe, listen to yourself, trust yourself, don't expect to be fixed, and YOUR BODY IS MADE TO HEAL!

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