In this episode, we have Alexandra Marynczak. Alex's health started deteriorating in her late teens, leaving her bed-bound for most of her early 20s. After her own research led to a diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue syndrome, she set about looking for positive recovery stories and it was through a mix of brain retraining programs, Faster EFT and diet that she restored her health, and she now helps others recover too as a Mind Body Therapist and Holistic Health Coach.

0:00 - Intro
2:15 - Alex’s childhood and the development of her symptoms in high school
5:40 - Alex’s experience with doctors and being told she was going through a burn out
7:21 - How Alex's illness affected her friendships and relationships, and meant she had to pull out of her internship at the time
10:28 - Alex’s experience with doctors and the medical system at the time, and how she was misdiagnosed with depression and anxiety
11:30 - Phil’s experience of being diagnosed with health anxiety and how both Phil and Alex were both prescribed anti-depressants
14:07 - How being ill was a blessing in disguise for Alex as it made her reevaluate the ways her life was out of alignment in so many ways
15:26 - When Alex got a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome
16:13 - How Alex struggled to get help, but how that ultimately made her turn inward and take responsibility for her health and recovery herself
18:43 - The danger of being told you’ll never recover and that you'll need to live with your condition
20:22 - How Alex went about researching ways to overcome her condition and the alternative treatments she tried, and the many crashes she had
24:42 - How Alex would seek out recovery stories when feeling deflated
26:25 - The limiting belief that there’s something different with you, and that’s why you won’t recover
28:02 - The Gupta program and how it was the first thing that clicked for Alex
29:45 - How the Gupta program works to rewire your nervous system to a sense of safety
30:59 - The importance of getting in touch with what is causing you a sense of stress and how you are living out of alignment with yourself
32:43 - How Alex experimented with DNRS
32:02 - Faster EFT, and how a session with Ilka Oster changed things for Alex
34:44 - The ACE Study and the effect of adverse childhood experiences on your health, and Alex’s own childhood experiences
36:08 - How finding Faster EFT and using this to rewire her nervous system was a breakthrough for Alex
37:07 - The link between trauma and chronic health, and how trauma can be something you don’t necessarily remember or would automatically classify as trauma
37:43 - Alex’s first session of Faster EFT and how this immediately made her look into patterns that had manifested in her life and make some changes
39:07 - How long it took Alex to feel improvements in her health
40:00 - The physical body being a representation of the unconscious mind
41:28 - The link between pushing and trying to be perfect, and getting sick
44:40 - How Faster EFT helped Alex reframe her symptoms by looking at what they were trying to tell her
47:43 - How you use tapping, and how Faster EFT is different to traditional EFT
50:37 - The time it took for Alex to recover, and how recovery can be a long process with setbacks along the way
54:30 - Trying to not allow fear to play into your decisions or stop you doing things
59:31 - The importance of taking care of the basic pillars of health
01:02:30 - The positive changes that Alex’s illness has brought about
01:07:50 - Alex’s advice to others out there suffering with what she was a few years ago

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