Post Viral Podcast (Stuart Bryan)

We know what you're thinking: you’ve mentioned to someone that you have Chronic Fatigue and they say...”just rest!”. If only it were that simple... 

In our second episode, we begin the conversation on rest and sleep; how our relationship with rest has changed over the course of our illnesses, why real rest is so crucial at all stages of recovery, and how we deal with the inevitable boredom that comes from spending so much time lying down! All with a little help from our hairy bear-y friends, and poet Martha Postlewaite... 

As always, these are just our musings and nothing we say is medical advice or personalised! Hope you enjoy listening, and here's some of the resources we mention:  

Spoon Theory 

Eckhart Tolle's book 'The Power of Now' 

James Clear's book 'Atomic Habits'  

The wonderful Gemma Hanley's Instagram 

Plum Village app 

Jenn Piercy Insight Timer meditations

Balance app

Breathe with James 

Hugh Byrne on Insight Timer 

Dorothy Hunt's poem 'Peace is this moment' 

Martha Postlewaite 'The Clearing' 

We love hearing from you, so please like, subscribe and get in touch via instagram or our shiny new email address: postviralpodcast@gmail.com 

Lots of love! Lindsay and Stu @postviralpodcast

In this interview Lindsay “fan girls” a bit while speaking to one of her heroes, Sharon Salzberg. Sharon is a world-renowned meditation teacher and a New York Times best-selling author with 12 best selling books. She hosts her own podcast, The Metta Hour, which features more than 100 interviews with some of the top leaders and voices in the meditation and mindfulness movement. Her latest book “Real Life: the journey from isolation to openness and freedom” is available for pre order now at this link: https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/reallife/ In this interview, topics covered include; how the lessons from Sharon’s new book ‘Real Life” can be applied to help those struggling with illnesses such as ME/CFS, fibromyalgia and Long Covid. Why connection is a key piece of healing. How shame often stops us from moving forward. What Loving Kindness practice is and how different mindfulness techniques can be applied to our daily lives. You can find Sharon’s work at https://www.sharonsalzberg.com/ Please rate, review and share this podcast. It helps us a lot ❤️ If you would like help navigating your recovery path consider booking a free discovery call with Lindsay at lindsayvine.com

"Sleep is so essential but often so elusive..." 

In Episode 3, we continue the conversation on the importance of rest in our recovery journeys from chronic fatigue syndrome, focussing on how to achieve good, restorative sleep. We delve into the science behind that 'wired and tired' feeling that often accompanies chronic fatigue (..or at least as we understand it), our top tips for good sleep, and the sleep hacks we've tried in a game of 'thumbs up, thumbs down'. 

Can you beat Stu's score in Lindsay's animal pop quiz? All opinions are just from our own experience and is not medical advice, but hopefully there's something that might help - here are the resources we mentioned: 

Calm Sleep Stories

Electric Heated Blanket

Eye masks and Ear Plugs

Mouth Taping

Essential Oils 

Magnesium bisglycinate 

GABA, Melatonin, Valerian Root 

Dr Gorminak's Sleep programme

We love hearing from you, so please like, subscribe and get in touch via instagram or our shiny new email address: postviralpodcast@gmail.com

Lots of love, 

Lindsay and Stu @postviralpodcast x

In this chat Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum discusses all the parts of his SHINE protocol which he has used to treat thousands of people with ME/CFS and other system sensitivity disorders. Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., is one of the most frequently quoted integrative, pain and fibromyalgia medical authorities in the world. He is the author of the best-selling From Fatigued to Fantastic!(Penguin/Avery 2021). He is the lead author of 8 studies on effective treatment for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. Remember that you need to do what feels right for you. As a Programs Navigator, I do assessments at lindsayvine.com, and I believe there is often a place for help from the medical system, as long as you feel in control and are not in a place of desperation and fear ❤️. Dr. Teitelbaum offers his email address where you can ask him for a summary page as well as a list of things to do if you can’t afford the primary supplements and other treatments he recommends: fatiguedoc@gmail.com

In this episode Lindsay speaks to Alex Howard, creator of the Optimum Health Clinic, Therapeutic Coach, speaker, and the author of Decode Your Fatigue (2021). Lindsay and Alex cover some of the things that are important to know when approaching ME/CFS and a Long Covid recovery including, What are the stages of recovery? When to do what?, What is the role of trauma work in recovery? and, What to do if you feel you’ve tried everything? Listen until the end to learn what animal Alex would be! Checkout Lindsayvine.com for Lindsay’s Programs guide to learn about all the programs out there, or if you would like her 1-1 help with your recovery. Xx

Todays episode is with Theresa Piela, coach, podcaster, blogger and creator of the popular app “Tapping with T”. Theresa tells her dramatic story of extreme Illness to full health using diet, brain retraining and EFT tapping and how she found purpose in it all. Lindsay and Theresa talk about what the Pro-metabolic diet is, and how the work of Ray Peat helped Theresa heal. Additional topics include learning how EFT tapping works and why it can create healing, as well as the similarities and differences between EFT and other modalities like EMDR. Theresa’s app Tapping with T offers a week free trial so check it out anywhere you get apps! Also follow Theresa on instagram @livingrootswellness for tips and to connect to her blog and other resources. If you want help with your healing journey consider a call with Lindsay to help get you on the right path for you, available at lindsayvine.com. Please share this podcast with anyone who may benefit and follow on instagram @postviralpodcast

There are now many studies linking Vitamin D levels to Covid outcomes. Lindsay and Stu both felt healthier and were able to heal more when spending winters in sunny countries.. What’s the deal?! In this episode Lindsay chats with Nutritionist, founder of Necessary Nutrition Inc., and Vitamin D supplement creator, Robin Allen. Robin has been featured on countless media outlets including CNN and won multiple entrepreneurship awards for her company! Lindsay asks her about Vitamin D dosing, testing, effectiveness compared to the sun, what supplements we should all be taking, how we can maximize our chances of healing using nutrition and much much more! You can follow Robin Allen on instagram @nessynitri or check out her supplements at https://www.necessaryvitamind.com/ For help navigating your ME/CFS recovery path check out lindsayvine.com for Lindsay’s services and book a discovery cal today!

In this Episode Lindsay talks to James Wythe who has created hundreds of quick, easy and tasty, allergy-friendly recipes with few ingredients and shares them with the world through his popular blog, instagram and book “ Healthy Living James”. James has struggled with ME/CFS for 12 years and is now at about 90% recovered thanks to the many of the factors discussed in the episode. Lindsay and James discuss James’ health journey and how cooking became a meditative process for him, that got him out of his stressful thoughts and in touch with his life’s purpose. You can find James’ incredible recipes on his blog or instagram @healthylivingjames and https://healthylivingjames.co.uk/ or buy his book on Amazon. If you want help navigating the right path to recovery for you, visit Lindsayvine.com to book a free discovery call with Lindsay today.

Known as the compassionate somatic coach, Marina Yanay-Triner is a trauma informed coach who uses somatic tools and somatic experiencing to help her clients heal from illnesses like ME/CFS. She has a background in conflict transformation, a certificate in integrative somatic trauma therapy and a certification from the Institute for Coaching Mastery. In this chat, Marina does an amazing job explaining the theories around trauma being stored in the body and how chronic illnesses like ME/CFS and long Covid can result from repressed emotions and childhood experiences. She explains how we can best listen to our bodies, the difference between sensations and emotions, how to honour our emotions and how to take care of ourselves when doing this deep work. Lindsay and Marina talk about why this work is so often necessary, and how inner child work as well as somatic experiencing can help with our healing. They also discuss how to prepare for this work, and the best ways to do trauma healing work depending on where you are at in your journey. On her website https://marinayt.com , Marina currently offers a free master class on her website called “Treasure’s in the Trigger” as well as 7 free embodiment practices for self-connection. She also has an online course and 1-1 coaching available. Her popular instagram page @Marina.y.t is full of great advice. Her new App Somashare will be out in May and her podcast “Deep Within” is available anywhere you get podcasts. Consider booking a free discovery call with Lindsay at lindsayvine.com for help finding the path to recovery you need.

As we head towards the end of the year, we discuss another fundamental part of recovery from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - learning how to pace yourself. 

When your health is so up and down, it can be easy to push hard on the days you're feeling a little better; to crack through your to-do list, catch up with as many friends as possible, and push yourself just that little bit harder. Especially at this festive time of year. We've been there! Believe us... Unfortunately though, overdoing it and moving into a push-crash energy cycle (your body pays for it later after doing more) is not conducive to good health or recovery.   

In this episode we talk about how to find your energy baseline, the physical, mental and emotional challenges of pacing and what practical steps we've implemented as we've learnt to pace. Pacing is boring and frustrating, and no one gets it right all the time. Ultimately though, it's about honouring where your body is at, and knowing it's not forever.  

As always, these are our own thoughts rather than personalised, medical support. If you enjoyed listening and want to learn more, here are a few resources that have helped us understand pacing:  

CFS Health Baseline Video  

Miguel Batista Pendulum Baseline Video   

Active Health Clinic Traffic Light System  

Please like and subscribe, and do let us know what you think via instagram or postviralpodcast@gmail.com. We love hearing any thoughts or questions! 

Lots of love, Lindsay and Stu @postviralpodcast

In this episode Lindsay speaks to writer Michael Towers, author of the popular Chronic Fatigue Superhero comic book. Michael struggles with severe ME/CFS as well as Fibromyalgia, POTS, MALS, TOS and other related issues. Topics covered include finding motivation, how to make progress, fear, trauma of the illness, fostering purpose and a passion. He talks about how writing his book has not only helped him heal, but also brings comfort and advocacy for those who can relate. You can follow Michael on instagram @cfssuperhero and buy his book on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Chronic-Fatigue-Superhero-Hero-Fibromyalgia/dp/0645410012 . Also make sure to follow us @postviralpodcast and if you want help with your recovery journey check out Lindsay’s services at lindsayvine.com

Today's episode is on Neurodiversity and healing from Long COVID/ME/CFS with Alanna Carlson, @theparasympatheticpig who is a neurodivergent consultant and mentor. Alanna shares her Long COVID recovery journey, what neurodiversity is, and how neurotypes like ADHD and Autism can interact with ME/CFS. We also discuss why neurodiversity may be common in those who get ME/CFS, and Alanna shares some approaches to healing that may be beneficial for those who are neurodivergent. If you are interested in being mentored by Alanna here is the link to book a call https://bit.ly/47MaOcy Also check out her Nervous System map that she referenced in the chat here https://bit.ly/3Ul6Thu If you want to book a coaching call with Lindsay Vine check out Lindsayvine.com and follow along @postviralpodcast and @the_CFS_Coach

In this episode Lindsay talks to Dr. Scott Resnick, medical doctor and functional medicine specialist. Dr. Resnick suffered from ME/CFS himself and he discusses some of the key elements that have helped him and his patients heal. Lindsay and Dr. Resnick get into nutrition, vitamin depletion, sleep, how cortisol testing and treatment can be helpful with ME/CFS recovery, and what he recommends for high vs low cortisol results. They also discuss how to detox from different things and why mind body work is such a key part of healing. This convo is solutions focused, but if you want more science behind what is happening in the body ( in terms of cortisol, adrenaline and thyroid), check out Dr. Resnick’s interview with Raelan Agle here: https://youtu.be/RXU-XOosMhc Also, if you want to download Dr. Resnick’s free Ebook go to his website: https://scottresnickmd.com/ If you would like help on your recovery journey, Lindsay offers programs navigation and coaching at Lindsayvine.com and follow her at @cfsprograms_navigator. Please rate and review this podcast to help us share the word! Xx

What an honour to have Deb Dana, LCSW, on the podcast to explain polyvagal theory and provide some tools! She is a clinician, consultant, and author, who teamed up with the creator of polyvagal theory, Dr. Stephen Porges to make his genius discoveries translatable to therapists, doctors and interested people around the world! Consequently, her simple and straightforward explanations of have helped change how trauma work is practiced today. The understanding of the nervous system that she speaks of on the pod is an instrumental part of understanding ME/CFS and other system sensitivity disorders. In this chat, Lindsay and Deb discuss neuroception, the different branches of the nervous system and what states they correlate to. How ME/CFS relates to the different states, the importance of co-regulation, and some practical tools regulating the nervous system. If you would like help with resourcing or coaching feel set up a free discovery call with Lindsay at lindsayvine.com. Xx

Ashok Gupta is the creator of the Gupta Program and a pioneers in ME/CFS recovery programs and brain- retraining. In this episode Lindsay and Gupta discuss the biological nature of the illness and how he has found the insula and amygdala in the brain are at the root of the problem . Lindsay challenges Ashok on the cellular issues and how the vagus could be central to what’s going wrong in the body. They also discuss how pacing, somatic work, and parts work relate to healing. Ashok has had impartial clinical trials conducted on his program and they discuss what the results mean to the western medical system. The Gupta Program is now an app and there is a 28 day free trial and a money back guarantee if you try it for 6 months and see no improvement. Check it out here if you are interested: https://guptaprogram.com/ . If you would like help choosing the right online program for you or want 1-2-1 coaching set up a free call with Lindsay at lindsayvine.com or purchase the CFS programs guide (version 3) here: https://healwithliz.com/programs-guide/

Hi friends! This is just a little update to let you know what’s happening. There will be exciting new episodes coming soon, including an update episode from us both. Also, Lindsay has a business helping people navigate the best programs or tools for their recovery. You can visit Lindsayvine.com for more info, or her new instagram page CFSprograms_Navigator for lots of free tips. She also has a CFS Recovery Programs Guide out! It’s packed with useful info for your journey. Thank you all for the support and we are sending you all love for the new year. Xx Lindsay and Stu

You aren’t going to want to miss this episode. Lindsay interviews Dr. Ashkan Jalili (Dr.Ash), a functional neurologist (US designation)/clinical neuroscientist (here in Canada), who combines the traditional chiropractic approach with state-of-the-art technology, active neurological rehabilitation to maximize Mind-body restoration and healing. Dr.Ash explains what functional neurology is and what illnesses it can help with; what is happening in the brain when you get ME/CFS, POTS and other dysautonomias ; as well ways that the neck and different vestibular systems can be involved in causing or worsening health issues. Also discussed- how Dr.Ash treats ME/CFS and POTS and how you can help yourself heal if you don’t have access to these types of services. You can contact Dr.Ash at The Canadian Brain Performance & Neuroplasticity Centres: https://www.cbpncentres.com/ For help navigating your recovery path you can book a free discovery call with Lindsay at lindsayvine.com and you can contact us @postviralpodcast on instagram For definitions of many of the terms used in this interview, and a list of the treatments Dr.Ash mentions, see this google doc link : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AaeA8s_5kWT3ycQITCY9Xg1QSALEIUyPxcIRyiRls-4/edit

Lightning Process, DNRS, Gupta Method… chances are if you have chronic fatigue syndrome you may have come across one of the many ‘Brain retraining’ programmes that claim to help people heal. But can changing the brain really heal the body from a physical ailment?

In today’s epsiode, we delve into some of the science that supports brain retraining methods, the impact an impaired limbic system can have on the body and our own experiences with brain retraining.

As always, these are purely our views and are not medical advice, but for more infor here’s the resources we cite in the episode:

• Netflix series Free Solo
• David Hamilton ‘How Your Mind can heal your Body’
• Lightning Process and Phil Parker's Book 'Get the Life you Love Now'
• DNRS programme
• Gupta method
• Miguel Batista CFS recovery programme
• ANS Rewire
• Alex Howard: Optimum Health Clinic Reset Program
• CFS Health Program
• Curable app
• Barry McDonagh 'DARE response'
• Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Tara Brach meditations and podcast
• Abraham Hicks Daily Affirmation

If you have thoughts or questions we'd love to hear from you @postviralpodcast and postviralpodcast@gmail.com.

Lots of love! Lindsay & Stu x

Welcome to season 3 of post viral podcast!

Lindsay starts off the season with a chat between her and long time ME/CFS coach Simon Pimenta. Simon also suffered from ME/CFS for many years and now has a popular Facebook group called CFSexplored where he shares tons of free resources. He also has programs and coaching available on his website.

https://www.instagram.com/mecfsexplored?igsh=MXJraWJ5a3E0cjB4Ng==

In this episode Simon and Lindsay chat about their top 3 lightbulb moments during recovery. This talk is filled with tips and advice on how to approach recovery. Areas covered include mindset towards stressors, self worth, getting good at feeling to help healing, making important structural changes, getting the emotional and thinking brain to work together and learning impacts of our childhood on chronic illness.

Hope you enjoy and look out for more great episodes coming soon!

When you have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, New Year's Resolutions can feel overwhelming and intimidating. But having a vision and goals for your life, no matter how small, can be incredibly valuable in:

1) Adding a sense of purpose,

2) Helping you measure progress, and

3) Building trust with yourself

In this episode, we introduce a framework that may help you approach your life's vision and goals, built around your daily routine, based upon James Clear's Atomic Habits, Gemma Hanley's framework for achieving your goals and the trusty beaver. Also shout out to CFS Health and Yoga with Adriene! As always, these are just our opinions and should not be taken as medical advice. 

We also hear from one of our listeners, speaking about the reality of jealousy and trying to build self-worth with this illness. If you have a question, we love to hear from you via our instagram @postviralpodcast and email postviralpodcast@gmail.com.

Lots of love from sunny Mexico,

Lindsay and Stu x 

If you've been in the fatigue community a while, you'll have noticed there’s a lot of opinions when it comes to diet and nutrition.

Low FODMAPs, Histamine-free, GAPs protocol, Paleo-Keto... there's no end to the protocols you can try. But when food is one of the last great comforts in life, it can be pretty gruelling and intimidating to give these up. 

In this episode, we speak through our experiences with nutrition fuelling our health, our four key learnings when it comes to nutrition and ten top tips you can incorporate into your day to day with relative ease. As always, we are not medical experts or qualified nutritionists but we do mention a ton of resources which may be helpful: 

-  Diets mentioned: Wahl's Protocol, Paleo-Keto Diet, Candida Diet, SIBO Diet, Low FODMAPs, Elimination Diet

-  Dr Rangan Chatterjee '4 Pillar Plan’ 

-  Dr Ruscio probiotics 

-  Make your own Kefir, Kombucha, Kimchi recipes 

-  HealthylivingwithJames Instagram

-  Terry Wahl’s ted talk 

-  Bristol Stool Chart 

-  GP tests you can ask for annually: 

• Full blood count
• Blood pressure
• Blood glucose
• Thyroid function (TSH and T4)
• Uric acid
• Liver function test
• Electrolytes (including phosphorus, chloride and bicarbonate)
• Serum ferritin
• Lipid profile
• Serum B12 and folate
• ESR
• Vitamin D

Thanks so much for listening, we really appreciate it! If you have any feedback or questions hit us up on our Instagram or at postviralpodcast@gmail.com

Lindsay and Stu x

We’re back! In this Episode Lindsay and Stu catch up about their health journeys over the past year- The good, the bad and everything in between. They also discuss what’s ahead for the podcast- Things will be different this season, but we hope you will enjoy and learn a lot from what we have planned! And of course, Lindsay has some fascinating and relatable animal facts to share and Stu reads a lovely poem. Rate and Review on whatever podcast app you use to help us spread the word. Follow us on insta @postvitalpodcast and check out Lindsay’s Website Lindsayvine.com to see her services or purchase her ME/ CFS Programs Guide.

For our final episode of season 2 we catch up with Stuart Bryan (season 1 cohost and editor extraordinaire). Stuart has made incredible progress since the start of this season and today we talk about how he did it! We talk about environmental changes, microimmuno therapy and biobran. Lindsay shares what she’s been up to lately and her goals to make the fatigue healing community more inclusive and accessible. To harken back to season one, this episode also has animal facts and a poem. If you are looking for inspiration you’ve come to the right spot! For additional help reach out to Lindsay at lindsayvine.com. Thank you very much for listening and please rate and review in order to get the pod more visible out there! Xx

Dr. Jilll Crista is a Doctor of Naturopathic medicine, an author, speaker and one of the leading world experts in mold-based illnesses. Lindsay and Dr.Crista talk about the characteristics of mold, the difference between spores and mycotoxins and how they can affect you without you knowing. How they affect the immune system. Why some people get sick from mold and other don’t. Who should be getting tested for mold. What you should do about it if you are exposed. Dr.Crista is working on a validated mold test so check her website drcrista.com for more info. There you can also find factsheets for the different mycotoxins, also diet worksheets under “handouts” in the footer and a guided visualization under “courses”. Here is the Validated Lyme disease questionnaire Dr.Crista also refers to: https://restorativehealthclinic.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Horowitz_LymeDiseaseQuestionnairev.pdf Also see her website https://drcrista.com for mold courses, her book “Break the Mold” is available on Amazon, her informative instagram is https://instagram.com/drjillcrista?igshid=YmM0MjE2YWMzOA== If you would like help with your Recovery reach out to Lindsay at Lindsayvine.com and follow on instagram @postviralpodcast @cfsprograms_navigator

How do you learn to stop people pleasing? Understand your values and introduce some boundaries!

In this episode, we discuss how understanding what's important to you (your values) is helpful to make positive changes for your health (boundaries!). The life you were living pre-chronic fatigue may not have been conducive to good health moving forward, and you may value different things now. But putting into place new boundaries that reflect these changes isn't always easy. In today's episode, we discuss what are values and needs; how to work what are your values; how to know if you need a boundary; and how you'd go about setting up and honouring that boundary. Here's some of the resources we discuss:

• Heal with Liz' blogpost: 50 things she wish she knew before getting chronic fatigue
• Heal with Liz' blogpost: 9 boundaries
• 'Sharing a bed with your pet could help you sleep better' study
• Maintenance Phase Podcast
• Brene Brown 'Values' podcast & worksheet
• Enneagrams 
• Gemma Hanley's Instagram  
• Tony Robbins 6 human needs 

Just a reminder, this is not medical advice and we are not medical professionals - all the opinions are just our own. We hope you find it interesting, so please reach out via our instagram or email!

Love Lindsay & Stu 

Today Lindsay speaks with Nkem Ndefo, Nurse, Nurse Midwife, the Founder of Lumos Transformations and the creator of the Resilience Toolkit. Nkem is highly trained in trauma informed healing practices and has created an organization to train individuals, companies and change makers using the inclusive toolkit that she created. This chat starts by exploring Nkem’s journey with ME/CFS and how a parasite was found after decades of illness. It then explores disability justice work, trauma work and the ideologies these issues can hold. Nkem and Lindsay discuss the lack of empathy and support that many people receive through the medical system and Nkem speaks about her organizational understanding of Resilience, and what the Resilience Toolkit course teaches, and trains others to teach. Other questions explored include -What does it mean to be trauma informed? and what should we be looking out for in an online program? You can find the intro to Resilience Toolkit Course at https://lumostransforms.com/intro-to-the-resilience-toolkit/ and follow Nkem on imtagram @nkemndefo and @lumos_transforms To work with Lindsay, check out her services at lindsayvine.com

In our final episode of the season, we talk about how to handle and overcome setbacks, flare ups and crashes. Sadly, if you live with chronic fatigue, it’s a topic you’ll be familiar with, but it’s also what makes us such a resilient community. 

Sharing our experiences, we talk about some serious topics like suicide, so if you don’t feel like you want to listen to right now, you can skip minute 18.40 to minute 26.40. We also talk about how finding our passions while we're unwell is one of the positive outcomes of our struggles. As always, this episode should not be taken as medical advice, but we discuss a range of resources that may be helpful:

• Heal with Liz: Chronic Comeback Interview
• Emotional Freedom Technique Tapping Video
• Perrin Technique Guide video 
• Wanda Belize Crash Cheat Sheet
• Byron Katie
• CFS Warrior’s Visualisation Video
• ‘The Artist Way’ by Julia Cameron
• ‘The Alchemist’ by Paolo Coehlo
• ‘Soul Change’ by Robyn Truby
• Jen Mann’s CFS School
• Global Suicide Hotlines

If you’ve liked the podcast series, please do like, share and follow us as it helps others find us too.

Lots of love,

Lindsay and Stu @postviralpodcast

We live in a society which increasingly values individuality: “What can I do about it?”; “How will this help me?”. It’s only natural that once we take personal responsibility for our health and recovery, we think that it’s all down to us.  

But no person is an island, and we believe recovery works best in community. In today’s episode, we discuss the important lessons about community we’ve learned from being ill and how our environment directly impacts our health. We also discuss dogs, dating and the damage mould can do! As always, we are no medical experts and these are just our own opinions, we cite a lot of extra resources if of interest.  

Farley Moet: "Never Cry Wolf"  

Hector Garcia: "Ikigai"  

Kathleen McCue: "How to Help Children Through a Serious Illness"  

Gary Chapman: "The Five Love Languages"  

2011 Happy Documentary  

Jennifer Brea Ted Talk & Unrest Documentary

Harvard Review: Blood Pressure effect of petting a dog 

Research on benefits of community on health  

Raelan Agle CFS Recovery Facebook Group  

CFS Warriors "Circles of Relationships" 

CFS Health Toby Morrison video for friends & family  

Alex Howard Recovery Story   

Heal with Liz YouTube  

Jenn Mann Instagram  

Wanda Belisle Instagram  

Gemma Hanley CFS Mindset Coach  

Chronically Andrea Children’s book

Dr Jill Crista  

Dr Neil Nathan  

Envirobiomics  

Visual Contrast Sensitivity Test  

We hope you find this helpful and would love to hear from you @postviralpodcast on Instagram and postviralpodcast@gmail.com Thanks! Stu & Lindsay x

In this episode, we dive deep into the ‘emotionally repressed’ personality trait from our previous conversation, how it links to chronic fatigue and which strategies may help us regulate and process our emotions better. We discuss how we’ve historically avoided our emotions and where that’s led healthwise, and the techniques of Dr Sarno, Tara Brach, Emily and Amelia Nagoski and Dr Gabor Mate have all helped us process unresolved trauma and day to day emotions which arise. All views are just the opinions of Lindsay Vine and Stuart Bryan and are not medical advice. 

If you want some more info, here’s some of the works we reference: 

- ‘Period Repair Manual’, by Lara Briden 

- 'The MindBody Prescription', by Dr Sarno (with 88% success rate study)

- 'When the Body Says No', by Dr Gabor Mate

- ‘You Can Heal your Life’, by Louise Hay (free Youtube audionbook)

- ‘The Body Keeps the Score’, by Dr Bessel Van de Kolk

- 'Burnout', by Emily and Amelia Nagoski

- Effectiveness of journalling out anger Pennebaker study 

- Nicole Sachs video on Dr Sarno technique

Thanks so much for listening! We love hearing from you so please get in touch if via our Instagram or postviralpodcast@gmail.com 

Muchas Gracias! Stu & Lindsay x

Welcome to Post Viral. We're Lindsay Vine and Stuart Bryan and in this episode, we share our journeys recovering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (so far!).  Wherever you are on your healing journey, our hope is that this podcast helps you feel less alone, inspired, and ready to take control of your health. We know how cruel and confusing this illness can be, with endless sources of advice and health hacks demanding your energy, time and money, so while this podcast is not medical advice, we'll be sharing what's helped us and others on their recovery journeys. We’d always suggest you work with a trusted, qualified practitioner for individualised support, but hopefully this can add a little extra help along the way.  

In the episode, we mention some Recovery Channels and interviews that have helped us:

Heal With Liz interviewing our friend Lauren 

Raelan Agle interviewing Miguel Bautista 

CFS Health interviewing our friend Egil 

CFS Warrior YouTube Channel 

Dan Neuffer CFS Unravelled YouTube Channel 

We also discussed Gabor Mate's brilliant book When the Body Says No.  

Lots of love! 

Lindsay and Stu @postviralpodcast

On this episode of Post Viral Podcast, Lindsay talks to Vanessa Azelis about all about grief and how we can best process it. They discuss how society handles grief, what to do if it feels overwhelming and what to do when triggers arise. Vanessa gives tools for anger and sadness as well as great advice for self care. Vanessa Azelis is a Nervous System & Grief Guide with over 10 years personal experience with debilitating chronic illness. She is a certified Bereavement Educator and Grief Somatic Practitioner. Nervous System Regulation, the magic of Neuroplasticity, Somatic based practices and her faith saved her life. Vanessa supports thousands in the chronic illness community through her membership HAVEN for Nervous System regulation & Grief processing, 1:1 coaching, workshops, her live monthly grief Somatic Class, Instagram and Youtube. She is passionate about everything mind-body, nervous system and grief because she has seen lives changed through this work. Vanessa's Website: www.yourgratefulguide.com HAVEN Membership: https://yourgratefulguide.com/join-haven/learn-more Instagram: @YourGratefulGuide https://www.instagram.com/yourgratefulguide/?hl=en YouTube: “Your Grateful Guide” https://youtube.com/channel/UCHdz1yVx7IK4cTi1IZa9SnA "Hope Ropes" Podcast: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA_YuLKTp0m9Cv0Q071cLoJzCGfVMRzvx&si=0DR3jhzCoSe2-M74 Spotify "Hope Ropes" Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3palufv8kc8hzp8u2SZanD?si=b2c6e3d210624169 For coaching, Lindsay Vine's website is Lindsayvine.com and her Instagram is The_CFS_Coach.

On todays episode I talk to Daniel Maté, co-author with Dr. Gabor Maté of the book The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. He is a lyricist, composer, playwright and a Mental Chiropractor, helping people gain perspective on their issues and get unstuck. You can book a walk with Daniel at his website https://www.walkwithdaniel.com/ We have a fascinating conversation about topics such as intention, how to get unstuck, purpose, the like between mindset and emotional processing, loneliness, relationships, forgiveness and much more. Please rate,review and share this podcast if you can, follow us at @postviralpodcast, and check out Lindsayvine.com if you want help finding the right healing path for you xx.

Living with a chronic illness is hard, which is why in our first topic, we discuss the 5 stages of Acceptance, and why they are important for healing. It’s a bit heavy on the theory side (sorry!), as we explore the sum of what we’ve learnt about acceptance over the combined 8 years we've struggled with this illness. It will all get broken down in future episodes! Look no further for the first instalment of Lindsay’s top tips from the animal world and Stu’s own poem ’The Unlearning’. Just a reminder, this is not medical advice, we are all unique, so take what we say with a pinch of salt and listen to your body. We’d always suggest you work with a trusted, qualified practitioner.  Some of the resources we mention:   

Tara Brach: Radical Acceptance and Podcast    

Gabor Mate: When the Body Says No   

DARE by Barry McDonaugh   

Gemma Hanley Coaching Instagram   

Holistic Psychologist Instagram   

Alex Howard Instagram    

Yung Pueblo Instagram   

Lots of love!    

Lindsay and Stu @postviralpodcast 

In this interview, Lindsay speaks to the creator of Eutaptics Faster EFT, Robert Gene Smith. Robert is a life coach and international speaker who tried many modalities before developing this unique healing method. Eutaptics Faster EFT is a healing method that involves changing the emotions associated with traumatic memories and using Neuroplasticity to address thought patterns. EFT ( tapping) is just one element of the process. Lindsay and Robert discuss how the brain works, why some people with trauma get chronically sick while others don’t, how Eutaptics EFT can help people heal from ME/CFS, what is involved in a session, and who it is suited to. For more info on Eutaptics EFT and to check out their current free 5 day course, or for a list of trained professionals check out: https://www.fastereft.com/?preview_theme_id=131720282312 Remember trauma work can be very activating to the nervous system, so make sure to take care of yourself and research to find the healing modalities that feel right for you. If you are interested in trying Eutaptics Faster EFT, you can also contact Lindsay to talk about her experience and as her questions. Contact her at lindsayvine.com or on instagram @cfsprograms_navigator

In today’s episode, Lindsay talks to Dr. Eleanor Stein about neuroplasticity and how it can help us heal. Dr. Stein is a professor and psychiatrist MD with over 22 years of working exclusively with patients with ME/CFS and other system sensitivity disorders. She also has struggled with ME/CFS, Fibro and MSC herself since 1989. Because of her experience with Neuroplasticity she had made it her focus in research and now offers a course dedicated to it at her website https://www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/. Topics covered in this chat include : -What is ME/CFS? -What is Neuroplasticity? - How can changing the way you think change physical symptoms? - How do you practice it? - What are DIMs and SIMs? - Why do online neuroplasticity programs work for some people and not others? - How long do we need to do it for to heal? **NOTE that Dr. Stein is offering Post Viral listeners a neuroplasticity cheat sheet called “7 surprisingly simple steps to live with less pain” you can download at https://www.eleanorsteinmd.ca/lindsayvine If you need guidance choosing the right recovery path for you visit Lindsayvine.com to check out her services. Please rate, review and share this podcast if you can Xx. You can also follow us on instagram at @postviralpodcast.

In this episode, we assess what many doctors, psychologists and authors have found - that particular personality traits can lead to chronic illnesses.

Alex Howard, Gabor Mate, Dr Sarno and others suggest that people pleasers, those who suppress their emotions and individuals with harsh inner critics,  may come to suffer chronic  ailments. While you may not see yourself in all these characteristics (as we don’t!) and the degree to which these factors have affected our health is debatable, we do believe there is healing power in better understanding ourselves. Embarking from this place of self-awareness, our next three episodes give strategies for ways to feel, think and act in a more authentic, expressive and healing way.

As always, these views are just our own and should not be construed as medical advice. We reference a lot of resources such as:

• Alex Howard, ‘Decode your Fatigue’
• Dr Sarno, ‘The Mind Body Prescription’
• Gabor Mate, ‘When the Body Says No’
• Bessel Van de Kolk, ‘The Body Keeps the Score’
• Emily and Amelia Nagoski, ‘Burnout’
• Enneagrams Personality Test
• 16 Personalities Test 
• Myers Briggs Personality Test
• Strength Finders Test 
• Study on African American Women with Chronic Illnesses 

Thanks so much for your continued support! If you have any questions or thoughts on this topic we’d love to hear them via our instagram or postviralpodcast@gmailcom

Love! Stu and Lindsay x 

In this episode Lindsay interviews the incredible Nicole Sachs (LCSW)! Nicole is a speaker, writer, podcaster and psychotherapist who has dedicated her work and her practice to the treatment of chronic pain, symptoms, syndromes and conditions. Her work builds on the work of Dr John Sarno who found the connection between chronic pain and other conditions like ME/CFS and repressed anger in his patient. Nicole has gone the extra mile, providing practical tools (described in this podcast) for healing through her Journalspeak practice. In this talk, she describes what to do, what not to do and how it all works! She also describes the 3 steps to healing- believe, do the work, patience and kindness to the self. For links to Nicole’s book, The Meaning of Truth and her online course FREEDOM FROM CHRONIC PAIN, check out her website at https://www.thecureforchronicpain.com/ . For her FREE 4 part series on how to do Journalspeak click here: https://youtu.be/7eHKbhhBxvs To get ME/CFS or long Covid recovery support and guidance check out lindsayvine.com for Lindsay’s services.

Before we get deep into expert interviews we wanted to share the recovery interview Lindsay did on “Our Power Is Within” Podcast. In it Lindsay shares the details of how she’s gotten to where she is after 7 years of struggle with ME/CFS. As discussed in the episode, Lindsay and Liz Carlson have an ME/CFS programs guide that you can get here: https://healwithliz.com/programs-guide/ And Visit Lindsayvine.com for her help with your recovery. Subscribe and listen to Our Power Is Within podcast anywhere you get podcasts and follow them on instagram @OurPowerIsWithin