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Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.
Episode #16: Putting Together the Steps of The Autoimmune Wellness Journey starts with a look at how our personal healing timelines unfolded. We discuss how long each of the seven steps; inform, collaborate, nourish, rest, breathe, move, and connect, took us to implement as we sought wellness. The second half of this episode is about the “big idea” we are hoping to convey with the book and podcast series, the ebb and flow nature of a healing with autoimmune disease, ditching perfectionism, and shifting what we see as “normal” in order to focus on health. The very best part of this episode comes in the last 15 minutes where we share loads of inspiration on joining the community.
If you’d like to go more in-depth, check out the “Conclusion” section at the end of The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook. It will help solidify this exciting, renewing process for you and add depth to our chat during this episode.
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Show Notes:
0:00 Intro1:30 Welcome to the final episode2:57 We talk about “healing timelines”3:29 Mickey shares how long the Inform step took herOne year
5:14 Angie shares how long the Inform step took her11 years (She had a complex situation.)
6:36 Angie shares how long the Collaborate step took herOne-two years
7:44 Mickey shares how long the Collaborate step took herShe’s still working this step
10:22 Mickey shares how long the Nourish step took herThree-six months
11:28 Angie shares how long the Nourish step took herOvernight
12:32 Angie shares how long the Rest step took herRoughly one year, but there were big improvements immediately with dietary changes
13:37 Mickey shares how long the Rest step took herRoughly a couple months with a breakthrough following some neurotransmitter testing and supplementationHas required continual maintenance
15:31 Mickey shares how long the Breathe step took herShe’s still working this step
16:13 Angie shares how long the Breathe step took herShe’s still working this step, but there were big improvements immediately with diagnosis, because unexplained illness was a major source of stress
17:50 Mickey shares how long the Move step took herShe had a routine within one month, but it took longer for her to transition the way she thought of it
19:21 Angie shares how long the Move step took herShe’s still working on this step
20:33 Angie shares how long the Connect step took herShe was able to dial in this step immediately
21:44 Mickey shares how long the Connect step took herShe had some initial stumbles with her friends around socializing
23:40 The big idea of this episode is that the process takes time and looks different for every individual24:30 The Autoimmune Wellness Journey is a journey of ebbing and flowing25:05 Mickey shares personal examples of ebb and flow26:33 Angie shares personal examples of ebb and flowOver time we can learn to proactively use the protocol to support ourselves through things we recognize as likely health challenges
29:29 Learning to spot “engine trouble”30:20 Perfectionism has no place in the Autoimmune Wellness Journey32:20 Being open to shifting what we see as “normal”34:08 Joining the Autoimmune Wellness communityCommunity groupsOnline groupsSocial media (hashtags: #autoimmunepaleo #autoimmunewellness #totesaip #bonebrothheals and specific disease tags, like #celiac)Consider starting a blog or social media account to share your story and inspire the next person to change their lifeTalk to your doctor about your diet and lifestyle
45:10 Our hopes for your healing journeyEmpowermentActionWellnessVitality
47:15 Outro
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Check out the previous episode, Episode #15: Angelo Coppola on Connecting with Humans and Nature, and the next episode, Episode #17: Encore — The AIP Evolved Manifesto Part I. For the full podcast archive, click here.
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