The Autoimmune Hour

Celebrating our 250th episode! Today, we explore how we create our narratives and assign meaning to them help determine our current and future well-being. Join me, host Sharon Sayler and fellow 'word-nerd' Stephen Hobbs as we examine how we co-create the stories we tell our selves and how they often foretell our future.

Stephen Hobbs, co-founder of the International Mentoring Community is committed to the development of natural educators who deliver extraordinary experiences with their communities 'in their words.' In this episode, Stephen shares the importance of being mindful of the stories we are telling our self plus


• How we frame stories based on our past, present, and/or future create our outcomes,
• Why the way we share our life stories form our future including our health,
• Ways to design your future based on both history and mystery language and so much more...

About our Guest: Stephen Hobbs is also an eco-creator, entrepreneur, writer, and philanthropist for children and trees. Stephen has published 15 books, book chapters, magazine articles, and blog posts. And, developed and delivered 500+ workshops and online courses around the world. Learn more at www.WellthMovement.com

Join our philosophical exploration of how we form our future. Share this link with family and friends: www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/Stephen

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While most of living with a chronic condition isn’t funny, sometimes I just have to laugh at the absurdity of it all — from the embarrassment of my a** hanging out the back of a hospital gown to my body sometimes having a mind of its own...

Recently, I’ve been working on finding my funny bone and enjoying the well-being benefits of laughter with the award-winning stand-up comedian and comedy-coach Alicia Dattner.  I like to say she has helped me maintain my ‘sanity through laughter’ at times…  In this week’s episode, Alicia shares tips on using humor and laughter to create a positive mindset and well-being, plus

• How humor and laughter are positive disruptions to the status quo,
• How fun can be part of your spiritual path,
• Overcoming the illusion of what is a reality,
• Simple ways to exercise your laughter muscle,
and so much more...

More about Alicia Dattner: Like most of us, Alicia learned early to find the humor in the dysfunction she saw all about her. She has turned that learning into a fantastic career that has seen her perform with Maria Bamford, Ali Wong, Moshe Kasher, Arj Barker, Kate Willett, Ann Randolph, and many more luminaries. Alicia has been mentored by talented comedians over the years, including W. Kamau Bell (HBO, FX), Eugene Mirman (Flight of the Conchords), and Bill Santiago (Huffington Post, CNN, Comedy Central). And, she’s been knocking the tube socks off audiences at clubs like The Improv and Gotham Comedy Club, playing in San Francisco, New York, London, Hollywood, Honolulu, Bali, and Bombay.  Learn more at www.AliciaDattner.com

And, join Alicia and I to share a laugh or two Friday, November 1st, at 7PM ET -- later in podcast and videocast.

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Is it a daily battle with feeling like your mind is full of glitches and error messages? Often with autoimmune, it can feel like not just our body is out of control, your mind and emotions are too.

In this episode, Dr. Don Wood from InspiredPerformanceInstitute.com shares some of the effects of trauma on the human brain and ways to restore optimal brain function in the aftermath of trauma. His methodology uses advancements in neuroscience and proprietary techniques known as ‘The Inspired Performance Program (TIPP)’ and ‘NEURO XP.’ He shares how to reset your mind when it is burdened with trauma so that you can clear the way to greater calm, focus and optimal performance, plus

• How to move between a quiet mind and am active state,
• How your unconscious mind works when it perceives danger,
• How unresolved trauma creates inflammation,
And so much more...

Dr. Don Wood Ph.D. is the author of ‘You Must Be Out of Your Mind’ and founder of the Inspired Performance Institute, a company devoted to a better understanding of the effects of trauma on the human brain and how to restore optimal brain function in the aftermath of trauma. Learn more at www.inspiredperformanceinstitute.com.

If you are tired of being told to live with past trauma, PTSD and other unwanted ‘danger’ signals, listen to this intriguing interview about sensory awareness and behavioral flexibility first on October 25th at 7 PM ET and later in podcast and video at www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/Danger

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An encore presentation of 'One Warrior’s Success Story Battling Fibromyalgia' in honor of Invisible Disabilities Week. Invisible Disabilities Week is to remind us we never know what someone is going through... We will explore what it’s like dealing with hard to diagnosis conditions like Fibromyalgia and how to be a strong advocate for your well-being with Fibromyalgia patient advocate, patient-rights leader, and Army veteran Kristal Kent.

With 20 years of social service professional experience, Kristal’s advocacy work focuses on educating the Fibromyalgia community on the illness, and how to best advocate for their healthcare needs. And as a veteran with Fibromyalgia, Kristal also advocates on behalf of military veterans diagnosed with Fibromyalgia. 

After sharing some time with Kristal, I discovered she's a true transformation catalyst. And in this episode, she will show us ways to transform into being our best, and ways to move past our fears and diagnosis to live our best life including: 

• Ways to move past the voice of fear, 
• Why addressing individual symptoms doesn’t work,
• How to create success at your medical appointments and beyond,
• Why recognizing situational ‘symptoms’ are critical to your well-being  
• Tips and techniques to stop triggers and anxiety in their tracks, plus so much more...

Kristal Kent serves on the WEGO Health Patient Leader Advisory Board and is a board of trustee member for the Fibromyalgia Care Society Of America. Kristal has received numerous awards for her advocacy work, including 2 WEGO Health Awards in 2018. Kristal is the founder of The Fibromyalgia Pain Chronicles and the co-founder of Veteran Voices For Fibromyalgia.  Learn more at https://www.facebook.com/KristalPainChronicles/, and https://www.facebook.com/VeteranVoicesForFibromyalgia/

Listen to action-oriented interview starting Friday, Oct 18th at 7 PM ET at https://understandingautoimmune.com/Invisible

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Ever thought about re-parenting yourself due to your ‘de-formative years?’ as our guest Dr. Jamie Turndorf, calls childhood. In this raw, real, and slightly blunt chat, Dr. Jamie shares her personal story of spiritual reconnection with her beloved deceased husband, internationally renowned former Jesuit priest Emile Jean Pin. Dr. Turndorf has created a groundbreaking grief therapy method that combines her acclaimed conflict-resolution techniques with after-death communication. Using the same methods, Dr. Jamie shares how we can re-parent our self to let go of old traumas; she also shares:

• How to use your current intimate relationship for healing
• Overcoming resistance to re-parenting your inner child
• Ways to stop activation from past trauma and more...

More about our guest: Dr. Jamie Turndorf is known to millions as Dr. Love, through her website, AskDrLove.com, and author of the book ‘Love never Dies.’

Dr. Turndorf is a highly sensitive, skilled doctor with 35 years of experience at helping people discover connection, vibrancy, love, and radical transformation. She is a frequent keynote speaker and workshop leader at the world’s top venues, such as Agape International, NY Open Center, Rythmia, and Kripalu.

More information about Dr. Jamie is at www.AskDrLove.com and listen to our interview Friday, October 11th, 7PM ET at www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/DrJamie. Later in podcast and videocast.

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Master Yoga/Meditation/Mindfulness instructor, Keith Engelhardt has committed decades to helping people reverse the impact of stress in their lives. In this episode, he shares that, according to recent research, prolonged stress and life-traumas have a strong correlation in exacerbating autoimmune symptoms. We can implement the simple techniques and tips he shares, and see a noticeable change in our levels of stress quickly, plus

• What is the difference between Yoga, Meditation, and Mindfulness,
• The 5-second rule to getting things done,
• How to master your mind, before it rules you,
And more...

More About Our Guest: Keith Engelhardt A.S., B.A., MYT is a member of the American Institute of Stress, and he has been teaching Hatha Yoga and Meditation for over 30 years at Dayton Ohio area institutions including Montgomery Co. Career Technology Center, The Dayton Heart Fitness Center, and Samaritan North Wellbeing Center.

He has also taught yoga to the touring cast of CATS ™. And, is a certified “Yoga2Life” ™ Mentor Life Coach, and has a certificate in Neuroscience & Yoga in the Treatment of Complex, Developmental, or Repeated Trauma.” He also works with yoga in the treatment of anxiety, PTSD, and depression.

More information is at https://neuroyoga.zone and https://totalhealth-summit.com and listen to this stress-reducing show Friday, October 4th at www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/StressFree Later in podcast and videocast.

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The Autoimmune Hour welcomes back Dr. Dorothy Martin-Neville to share her insights on Fibromyalgia and the dilemma of a set of 'kitchen-sink symptoms.' Yup, that's what I'm calling it. That's what happens all too often when the doctor doesn't know what else to label your symptoms... they take an easy route and do an 'everything and the kitchen-sink' label of Fibromyalgia, doing a disservice to real sufferers of Fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia is a real disorder. And, while Fibromyalgia doesn't qualify as an autoimmune disorder because it doesn't cause inflammation, it has many similar symptoms such as pain all over the body, sleep disturbances, and fatigue. In this informative interview, Dr. Dorothy shares with us why Fibromyalgia is so hard to diagnosis plus

• Why other conditions are mistaken or mislabeled as Fibromyalgia
• Is there really a Fibromyalgia personality?
• Tips and techniques to optimize your healing journey
plus so much more... including her motto that 'Life is about living it, not about surviving it.'

Our guest Dorothy A. Martin-Neville, PhD supports Women Executives through Leadership Coaching in getting out of their own way while recognizing and living their purpose as well as creating a culture of Purpose within their organizations and it the author of multiple books, including "When Your Soul Sings, Your Body Dances."

In the world of medicine, Dorothy, certified in 9 modalities of integrative health care, founded The Institute of Healing Arts and Sciences, establishing a pioneer 4-year program in energy medicine and personal transformation supporting medical and non-medical personnel in understanding the psycho/spiritual correlates of physical disease and disorders.

As a Clinical Instructor at the University of Connecticut Medical School, Co-Chair of the Advisory Board of a multi-million-dollar Frontier Medicine Grant, and recipient of NIH grant funding for a quantitative and qualitative pilot study on the Psycho/Spiritual Correlates of Fibromyalgia, she has spent years immersed in the work of merging allopathic and integrative health.

Learn more about Dr. Dorothy and Fibromyalgia at http://curingfibromyalgia.com/ then listen to our compelling chat Friday, September 27, at 7 PM ET and later in podcast and video at www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/Fibro

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The week's guest, Hannah Aylward is a Certified Holistic Health Coach, private chef, gut health expert, and the founder of HAN. In this episode Hannah shares how she cuts through the overwhelming healthy eating noise and teaches us how to eat for gut health, plus
• How to give up dieting,
• Discover ways to tap into your intuition,
• How to take your health into your own hands.

More about Hannah Aylward: Hannah helps people around the world take their health into their own hands, and live in bodies that they thrive in - healthy weight, a clear mind, glowing skin, abundant energy, and a huge smile.

You can learn more about Hannah and her work at www.hannahaylward.com and listen to this delicious chat Friday, September 20, at 7 PM ET and later in a podcast and videocast at www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/Hannah

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We welcome Shari Alyse, author of the best-selling book, 'Love Yourself Happy' and co-founder of The Wellness Universe. From her lifetime of learning to love herself fully after childhood sexual abuse and other traumas Shari shares with us how to challenge a negative 'headspace-story' plus:

• How to overcome your inner critic
• Why it’s important to be okay with what comes up
• How to learn to ask for what you need
• Why it’s vital to surrender and trust in the now
Plus so much more…. 


More about Shari Alyse: 
Besides being a best-selling author of the book Love Yourself Happy, she is a motivational speaker, self-love coach and hosts a radio and online TV show called The J-Spot. Shari helps women and men discover their joy again by reconnecting to themselves through the practice of self-love. She is the Co-Founder of The Wellness Universe, a community of holistic practitioners, coaches, and thought leaders whose focus is to help create happy, healthy, and whole people. The Wellness Universe is the bridge that connects wellness resources to those who are seekers of wellness.

You can learn more about Shari and her work at www.ShariAlyse.com and listen to this engaging interview Friday, September 13, at 7 PM ET and later in a podcast and videocast at www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/Shari.

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We welcome Dr. Linda Lancaster, author of Harmonic Healing: Restore Your Vital Force for Lifelong Wellness. Drawing on her 40 years as a naturopathic and homeopathic practitioner, she shares with us how the interplay of ‘invisible forces’ such as heavy metals, chemicals, radiation, and opportunistic parasites can cause dis-ease leading to many of the health struggles we experience today, plus

• Ways we can begin to uncover the unseen aspects of dis-ease,
• Understanding digestion and the sacred power of clean food,
• Tips for restoring health havocs
and so much more...

More about Dr. Linda Lancaster: Dr. Linda Lancaster is an Energy Medicine & Homeopathic Physician. She has been in practice since 1981 and founded Light Harmonics Institute, an Energy Medicine Clinic and Educational Center based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her training includes Homeopathy, Radionics, Medical Radiesthesia, Subtle Energy Healing, Emotional/Spiritual/Grief Counseling, Nutrition, Herbal Medicine, Ayurveda, and Detoxification Methods.

You can learn more about Dr. Linda and her work at www.https://lightharmonics.com/ and listen to this intriguing interview Friday, September 6, at 7 PM ET and later in a podcast and videocast at www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/DrLinda.

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