The Autoimmune Hour

We welcome one of Australia’s foremost strategic executive life and health coaches Shannah Kennedy, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) thriver and author of the new book ‘The Life Plan: Simple Strategies for Building Confidence in a Changing World.'

She was nearly bedridden for twelve months, and her physical comeback took over three years. And several more years to uncover the blessings of her ordeal, one of which is a deeper understanding of herself and her life’s grand plan.

She shares with us some techniques she uses daily to maintain her and her clients’ thriver status, including how she learned to protect her most valuable asset, that of herself — physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. She also shares her wellness secrets on:
• The power of habit stacks and mini routines to revitalize and renew,
• Why it’s essential to define your values and clarify your purposes.
• Ways to identify your ‘drainers’ and simplify your life,
• How to develop flexible short, medium, and long-range plans plus so much more...

More about our Guest: Shannah Kennedy, one of Australia’s foremost strategic executive life and health coaches, works to transform her clients’ careers, well-being, and lives. She specializes in executive strategy, transition, values, vision, overcoming burnout, and life planning for individuals. She is a bestselling author, well-being specialist, keynote speaker, workshop facilitator, media contributor, and a wife and mother of two. Her latest book, The Life Plan, is available by Beyond Words Publishing. Visit www.ShannahKennedy.com for more information.

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This show is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat autoimmune diseases or other diseases and illnesses. The information presented within cannot substitute for the advice of your physician or other trained healthcare professionals. The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life Interrupted Radio.com, and The Autoimmune Hour are for educational purposes only.

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Patient advocate and friend Kristal Kent joined me, host Sharon Sayler to talk about how we can intentionally and unintentionally get siloed or put in easy-to-label boxes.’ When Kristal and I get together, it’s a free-flowing conversation about our wellness journey, the thrivers’ mindset, and advocacy.

This time we got off on a rift about how labels and silos/boxes can hamper our wellness journey; just some of what we chat about is:
• Moving past a siloed medical mentality,
• Steering clear of allowing your identity to be wrapped up by your diagnosis,
• Recognizing medical and or ‘disabled’ ‘gaslighting’ when it’s happening,
• How this common stereotyping can harm our wellness and well-being if we don’t stay mindful of the dilemma, plus so much more…

More About Our Guest: Kristal Kent is an Army Veteran, Fibromyalgia Warrior, Silo Crusher, Collaboration Cultivator, Community Voice, Healthcare Collaborator, Patient Leader, an Individual Advocate along with a Policy and Legislative Advocate, Volunteers for many Veteran and Fibromyalgia non-profit organizations,  and is the Founder of ‘The Fibromyalgia Pain Chronicles’ and ‘Veteran Voices For Fibromyalgia.’  Learn more about Kristal and her powerful work at https://www.facebook.com/FibroPainChronicles/ and www.veteranvoicesforfibromyalgia.com

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This show is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat autoimmune diseases or other diseases and illnesses. The information presented within cannot substitute for the advice of your physician or other trained healthcare professionals. The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life Interrupted Radio.com, and The Autoimmune Hour are for educational purposes only. 

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We welcome back The Mojo Maker, Pamela Sylvan! She’s sharing with us how to create the life you want regardless of the current circumstances. Pamela is a multi-faceted entrepreneur, executive mentor, TV show host, branding specialist, author, keynote speaker, and community leader for mid-life women coming out of their messy middle.

At the age of 50, when most women are settling down to enjoy family, friends, and the fruits of their labor, Pamela encountered a unique knowingness and confidence too strong to ignore. She followed this drive and upended what wasn’t working to design a fulfilling life from scratch.

Now nearing 60, after almost a decade of fighting through the unknown, rejection, fear, near bankruptcy, and loneliness, Pamela has come to recognize life-altering wisdom that made all the difference to her survival and her ability to thrive and beat the odds.

She shares with us• How to find your inner ‘knowing,’
• What is resiliency and how to craft more of it,
• How to dissolve your ‘stuck stories’ and be a force for change,
• How to transform the 'messy middle' into the life you want
plus so much more...

More About Our Guest: Pamela Sylvan, The Mojomaker, uses energy, spiritual treatments, and upgraded mental models to take women through their mess and chaos, transforming their lives into a legacy they will be proud to leave behind. 

In addition to currently authoring, ‘It’s All Stalling & Lying: How to Dissolve the Stories That Keep You Stuck & Small,’ Pamela leads a private online community for midlife women ready to experience their power and spiral up their mojo. Connect with her at: www.PamelaSylvan.com


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This show is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat autoimmune or other diseases and illnesses. The information presented within cannot substitute for the advice of your physician or other trained healthcare professionals. The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life Interrupted Radio.com, and The Autoimmune Hour are for educational purposes only. 

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Stress and anxiety seem to be more rampant than ever! So, I called Sharon Carne, founder of Sound Wellness and author of “Listen From the Inside Out.” In addition to being an author and the lead trainer for Sound Wellness, she has produced 8 CDs, including “Transmutation, Shed the Negative,” “Woodland Song,” and “Blissful Chimes,” and a series of DVDs, all based on creating a space of calm and well-being

In our conversation, Sharon shares how sound creates positive and negative responses in our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual bodies, plus
• How to use a simple hum to relieve stress and calm yourself,
• Why it is essential to understand the impact of how sound influences well-being,
• Ways to create a more peaceful environment for stress and anxiety reduction,
And, so much more…

More About Our Guest: Sharon Carne has felt the love of music for most of her life. After falling in love with the Classical guitar in her teens and earning her Bachelor of Music and Master of Fine Arts degrees, she has taken her love of music and dove deep into understanding how sound can create wellness and well-being.

In addition to being the lead trainer at Sound Wellness, Sharon speaks and trains for corporate and private events – many of them based within the medical community, including Integrative Health Institute at Mount Royal University, Canadian Blood Services, Canadian Mental Health Commission, the Alberta Health Region conference on Chronic Disease Management, plus numerous staff and teacher conferences, countless radio shows, and many corporate and private events. Learn more at www.SoundWellness.com
 
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This show is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat autoimmune or other diseases and illnesses. The information presented within cannot substitute for the advice of your physician or other trained healthcare professionals. The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life Interrupted Radio.com, and The Autoimmune Hour are for educational purposes only. 



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I can’t tell you how many times after I’ve thrown my hands up and said, “I’m done” things started to fall into place. Our guest, visual artist and best-selling author, Karen Kinney, shares, among other things, her wisdom with us on, “why it all falls into place in moments of surrender” from her latest bestseller Doorways to Transformation: Everyday Wisdom for the Creative Soul.

In our conversation, we talk about how change only happens when we dismantle fear, plus
• How to trust your inner authority and take radical responsibility,
• Why it is essential to abandon the search for how life works,
• Ways to create peace and or ‘settledness’ by learning to be okay with the unresolved,
And, so much more…

More About Our Guest: Karen Kinney is the author of two books, a visual artist, freelance writer, and teacher living in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. She has pursued a multifaceted art and writing career, exhibiting her artwork nationally and internationally, and her articles and essays have appeared in numerous publications.

Karen has studied contemplative spirituality for over twenty years and taught about creative freedom and inner transformation in Hong Kong, Mexico, and the United States. Learn more at karenkinney.com.

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This show is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat autoimmune or other diseases and illnesses. The information presented within cannot substitute for the advice of your physician or other trained healthcare professionals. The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life Interrupted Radio.com, and The Autoimmune Hour are for educational purposes only. 

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In this episode, we welcome Advanced Hypnotherapist and Energy Healer Jill Fischer. Jill brings a wealth of wellness modalities to help others create the life they want. She will share with us how to make deep, trusting connections with ourselves, plus
• How to replace habits that no longer serve us,
• How to embrace change and stop resisting what life brings us,
• Tips for better sleep that renews and refreshes, as it activates your relaxation response, and so much more...

More About Our Guest: Jill Fischer is an International Speaker, Advanced Hypnotherapist, and Energy Healer. She coaches people struggling with anxiety, chronic health, weight, and sleep issues when nothing’s worked, and they feel hopeless. 

With her light-hearted, energizing processes, she helps people feel healthier, wealthier, calmer, lighter, and happier than they’ve ever felt before. Learn more at www.JillFischer.ca

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Join us in welcoming Nikki Burnett, a Functional Nutritionist and Founder of Taste Life Nutrition – a Health Detective Practice. After suffering a 2-year headache that affected every part of her life and dealing with the frustration of feeling helpless with no answers, she decided to take her health into her own hands.

Over time and with consistent research into many health modalities, Nikki was able to find the answers she needed to heal. Now seven years of being in practice as a Functional Nutritionist and over 20 years of study, Nikki is helping her clients regain their health too.

In this episode, Nikki is sharing with us how to
• Understand the impact of nutrition and your genetics on your recovery,
• Uncover patterns, triggers, and influences that are keeping you stuck,
• Discover what hormones have to do with your immune system
• Reveal if nutrition can play a part in your fertility struggles,
Plus so much more...

More about our guest: Nikki Burnett has long been interested in nutrition and its role in our everyday lives. Yet, it was Nikki’s own health conditions that medical professionals couldn’t help her with that was the significant force in her choice to become a Functional Nutritionist.

After graduating from The Nutrition Therapy Institute, she opened Taste of Life Nutrition, where she and her dedicated team look at each person as a whole, not separate parts. No one-size-fits-all approach will suffice as you rejuvenate your life. Learn more at www.tastelifenutrition.com/

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In this episode, we welcome Pi Venus Winslow, the founder and creator of Full Venus Rising - a global online community dedicated to healing the wounds of childhood narcissistic abuse.

As the daughter of a malignant narcissistic mother, Pi Venus Winslow has a lifetime of experience and understanding of the emotional and psychological effects of being raised by a narcissistic parent and how it can affect your health.

Pi shares with us how "finding her voice" helped her conquer Hashimoto's Thyroiditis and
• How to end the struggle with self-worth and the wounds of our hearts,
• Why it's critical to reclaim your authentic self and live intentionally free from codependency and narcissistic abuse,
• Ways to overcome the devastating and too often long-term effects of being raised by a malignant narcissist,
Plus so much more...

More about our guest: Through her own transformation journey Pi Venus Winslow has stepped into her purpose as a transformation life coach to help those recovering from a narcissistic upbringing. She is also the author of 'Mother Medusa - Weaving Myth, Ritual, and Magic into Healing from a Narcissistic Upbringing' and speaks to groups worldwide on recovering from a narcissistic upbringing.

Pi's on a mission to empower others to reclaim their authentic selves and live intentionally, free from codependency and narcissistic abuse. Learn more at https://fullvenusrising.com/

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Today, we welcome Dr. Jenny Tufenkian to chat about why we can sometimes hit a 'ceiling' in our healing. A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) thriver herself, Dr. Jenny dug deep into the literature and uncovered five root causes of CFS.

Using her 20-plus years of research and experience, she developed an effective road map for lasting change in her patients with CFS and other complex chronic medical conditions. In this episode, she shares tips on how to break through those 'ceilings' in your healing and
• How to begin to uncover your root cause(s)of complex medical conditions,
• Why some symptoms of long cov*d are similar to CFS/ME,
• Why true healing is more than the physical body,
• How we can sabotage our well-being with self-care for surviving instead of self-care for thriving, plus much more....

More about Dr. Jenny Tufenkian
Dr. Jenny Tufenkian is a Naturopathic Physician and Functional Medicine Educator. She teaches patients, students, and physicians the latest information on understanding complex chronic diseases, including CFS/ME and long cov*d. Many of her patients are now flourishing after giving up all hope — even after having seen many well-regarded physicians and practitioners. She's currently on a mission to bring her personal experience and clinical wisdom to the broader medical community and those suffering from CFS/ME and other complex chronic medical conditions. Learn more at www.drjennytufenkian.com

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Limiting beliefs and negative self-talk can slowly erode self-confidence, self-esteem, and even our well-being and health. In this week’s episode, Roberta Mittman, L.Ac., founder of Park Avenue Center for Wellbeing in New York City, will show us how to escape negative self-talk and offers tips to change that self-talk and the stories we tell ourselves so that they support our health, including:
• The importance of recognizing the harmful consequences of negative self-talk;
• How to stop blaming, shaming, and criticizing yourself;
• Get over limiting beliefs to feel safe and supported in mind and body;
• How limiting beliefs can keep us from getting what we want.
Plus, I even coax some tips on combatting seasonal allergies as we close and so much more….

More about our guest: Roberta Mittman, L.Ac. the Founder of Park Avenue Center for Wellbeing in New York helps her clients understand how their minds affect their health to overcome chronic and long-term issues and challenges. She’s a dedicated multi-disciplined alternative healthcare practitioner, health and wellness coach, international speaker, author, and licensed acupuncturist. Learn more about Roberta at www.rescriptyourlifenow.com

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This show is not intended to diagnose, prevent, or treat autoimmune or other diseases and illnesses. The information presented within cannot substitute for the advice of your family’s physician or other trained healthcare professionals dedicated to your specific issues and concerns. Please seek your own professional advice. The information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life Interrupted Radio.com, and The Autoimmune Hour is for educational purposes only.

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