Dr. Terry Wahls shares how she went from a wheelchair to reclaiming her life—and what her journey reveals about healing autoimmune disease.In this powerful conversation, Dr. Terry Wahls shares her personal journey from being wheelchair-bound with progressive multiple sclerosis to regaining strength, mobility, and purpose. She explains how changing her diet and lifestyle transformed her health—and reshaped how she understands disease and healing. This episode explores hope, resilience, and what’s possible when we focus on supporting the body’s ability to heal.Dr. Terry Wahls is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner and a board-certified internal medicine physician. She also conducts clinical trials testing the efficacy of diet and lifestyle in the setting of multiple sclerosis. In 2018, she was awarded the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Linus Pauling Award for her contributions to research, clinical care, and patient advocacy. In addition, Dr. Wahls has secondary progressive multiple sclerosis, which confined her to a tilt-recline wheelchair for four years. Dr. Wahls restored her health using a diet and lifestyle program she designed specifically for her brain and now pedals her bike to work each day. She is the author of The Wahls Protocol: How I Beat Progressive MS Using Paleo Principles and Functional Medicine, The Wahls Protocol: A Radical New Way to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions Using Paleo Principles (paperback), and the cookbook The Wahls Protocol Cooking for Life: The Revolutionary Modern Paleo Plan to Treat All Chronic Autoimmune Conditions.