In today’s episode, Chris speaks with Lindsay Mitchell, PA-C, renowned nervous system coach and founder/CEO of Vital-Side. Lindsay shares her journey of overcoming chronic illness using her background in Western medicine and innovative brain retraining techniques. Her training in medicine as a physician assistant, work as an NLP practitioner, and experience having recovered from Lyme disease makes her uniquely qualified to assist others in learning how to shift their response and experience positive changes to their symptoms. Lindsay emphasizes the importance of daily intentions, emotional check-ins, and understanding core values in achieving holistic wellness. Her insights reveal the profound influence of integrity and mindset on our life journey. She encourages listeners to cultivate self-awareness, emotional awareness, and to live deliberately, thereby positively impacting humanity. The episode provides practical advice for anyone seeking to nurture positive habits and mindsets in their life. 

The Standard Podcast aims to change how the world navigates mental health. In each episode, host and The Standard founder Chris Pallatroni interviews experts and coaches who can help guide listeners to methods and practices that can lead to self-transformation. The Standard Podcast is brought to you by The Standard, a social platform dedicated to mental health and wellness. The Standard organizes information from coaches and experts into searchable categories to help you find information on issues that you may currently be dealing with, and through storytelling, connects you with others to help you navigate to building better habits, motivation, and self-transformation. 

Discussion Points: 

• Lindsay’s background and her own struggle with a chronic illness 
• The journey from being bedbound to surfing in Costa Rica 
• Researching her own illness led to becoming a nervous system coach 
• Healing chronic illness using brain retraining techniques 
• Daily intention setting early in the morning 
• Emotional check-ins and contingency plans for challenging days  
• Self-awareness in various life aspects 
• Influence of integrity and mindset on life 
• Understanding and living by our core values  
• Being deliberate with words, time, and relationships 
• Transformational habits 
• Self-reflection and impact on relationships and success  
• Integrity and mindset's importance in personal and professional life 

Resources/Links: 

My Vital Side 

My Vital Side IG 

My Vital Side on Youtube
My Vital Side Reboot 

Rewire Podcast 

Lindsay Mitchell’s Profile on The Standard 

Chris Pallatroni’s Profile on The Standard 

The Standard 

The Standard IG 

Chris Pallatroni LinkedIn 

The Standard Podcast IG 

The Standard Podcast TikTok