The Chronically Courageous with Bonni Howard

This week Bonni answers listeners’ questions about how to navigate the healing journey. Tune in to find out how Bonni answers the following listener questions: 

• What is the best way to advocate for oneself? 
• What do you think are the top three lifestyle changes a person should implement when trying to heal from or deal with chronic illness?
• How do you handle people who respond with “but you look fine”?
• How do you get your “traditional “ or Western physician to work with your other alternative practitioners and modalities? 

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This week Bonni is joined by her fiancé, David Pinkus to talk about the importance of recognizing and celebrating progress over perfection throughout the healing journey.  With some recent health challenges resurfacing, they discuss how to recognize and identify progress from a 50,000 foot level vs. focusing on the day-to-day ups and downs. 

Bonni and David hone in on their recent travels, acknowledging the very real challenges that can arise when traveling with chronic illness,  but the very tangible wins that they both recognized in Bonni’s ability to travel now vs. before she embarked on her healing journey. 

Join Bonni and David as they celebrate Bonni's progress and share tips on how to track and recognize your own progress as you continue to strive for greater health. 

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This week Bonni shares about her recent recurrence of symptoms and how she has been managing through them.  She provides ten tools and techniques on how to gracefully navigate the sometimes inevitably bumpy journey of healing from chronic illness. 

Show Resources: 

• Article: The Healing Effects of Flow

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It has been nearly a year since Bonni launched The Chronically Courageous podcast, so she wanted to share her story with any new listeners and also catch her loyal listeners up on what she foresees for her future and the future of the show.  

Bonni was recently interviewed on The Lawyer of Attraction podcast and thought what better way to share where she’s been and where she sees herself going than to share her recent interview.  

Some things you’ll learn:

• Bonni’s chronic illness story (4:38)
• What Bonni discovered beyond traditional medical treatment (11:40)
• The importance of following your intuition (21:12) 
• How the Law of Attraction is helping Bonni on her healing journey (34:43)

Some questions Paula asks Bonni:

• Did you start the podcast to do the healing or did the healing come after you started doing the podcast? (15:35)
• Were you trying to find people who were chronically ill to talk on the podcast? (17:01)
• When do you think you really started listening to your intuition? (21:59)
• What do you think was the catalyst to make you start loving yourself? (27:01)
• How did you meet your fiancé? (28:30)
• What can people do who are on this journey of chronic illness and trying to heal? (32:30)

Connect with Bonni:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Email

Show Resources:

• The Lawyer of Attraction Website
• The Lawyer of Attraction Podcast

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As an infant, Paul was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy, a medical condition that causes paralysis of one side of the body. His mother was told he would be bound to a wheelchair for the rest of his life, but she refused to accept that prognosis and made it her mission to find a specialist that was willing to help. 

After many grueling years of intense physical therapy and a life changing surgery Paul not only learned to walk, but went on to play varsity level baseball in high school.  Despite all of the challenges put before him, he had the perseverance and mindset to overcome it all. 

Today Paul is a successful life coach and he teaches others to rewrite their stories, just as he did, so that they can live their best lives. 

Some things you’ll learn:

• About Paul (1:11)
• About Cerebral Palsy  (2:25)

Some questions Bonni asks Paul:

• Did you ever hit a wall where you wanted to give up? (21:15)
• How did you motivate yourself to get through the challenging times and go on to play varsity baseball? (23:43)
• What do you do to keep yourself in a positive space each day? (26:35) 
• For people who are convinced that there’s no way they can get past their diagnosis, what would you tell them? (28:28)
• What tools can people implement now to take their lives in a better direction? (29:29)
• If you could go back and make your life easier would you? (32:15)
• How do you define courage? (34:43)

Connect with Paul:

• Website
• Actions and Limits Podcast
• Facebook
• Instagram

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• Facebook
• Email

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This week, Bonni talks about the importance of finding purpose and meaning in life and how being of service to others can positively impact your own life. Bonni shares how, through podcasting, she has found so much healing because it has provided her with a platform to support, inspire, and heal others.  

Bonni also shares a conversation she had with her podcasting mentor, Michelle Sorro, which highlights the many ways in which her podcasting and healing journeys have been interconnected. 

If you have ever considered starting your own podcast, now is the time to register for a free Master Class being offered by Bonni’s mentor (link in the Show Resources below). 

Show Resources: 

• ***Register for the Free Podcast Accelerator Master Class***
• Law of Attraction Episode: The Lawyer of Attraction with Paula Kidd Casey
• Article: Does Having a Sense of Purpose Improve Your Health? 
• Fire & Soul Podcast with Michelle Sorro 

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• Email

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In part two of this two part episode, Fusun Rynart shares the story of her daughter’s tragic motorcycle accident and how she helped her to get to the other side of it. Bonni and Fusun also discuss the power of gratitude and how the energy we surround ourselves with directly and profoundly impacts our lives. They also discuss the various ways in which we can sabotage our physical and mental health with the personas that we embody, such as people pleaser, control freak, and more. 

Fusuan, founder of Life Healing Academy, is an expert in emotional healing with 14 years of experience and proven success stories. She is a Licensed NLP Master, a workshop Content Creator and Motivational Speaker. Over the years, she has been trained by world famous mentors like Dr Richard Bandler, Tony Robbins, Les Brown, Robin Sharma, Byron Katie, Gregg Braden, and Dr Eric Pearl.

Some things you’ll learn:

• How Bonni became a top 5% podcaster and how you can too (1:10)
• The type of person Bonni is (5:18) 
• How energy of people and environments can affect us (5:44) 
• About the various saboteurs that people can embody (10:11)
• The story of how Fusun’s daughter recovered from a serious motorcycle accident with her help. (20:55)

Some questions Bonni asks Fusun:

• What tools can you offer to my audience to increase their well being? (13:35)
• If people find themselves triggered what can they do to get themselves out of that? (20:18)
• How do you define courage? (36:45)

Connect with Fusun:

• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

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• Email

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Founder of Life Healing Academy, Fusun left a successful corporate sales career of over 20 years to dedicate her life to helping people heal their emotions and boost self confidence for success.

She first discovered her gifts for being able to physically heal others when she helped her father to walk again. Today, her holistic approach and neuro-linguistic programming expertise focuses on transforming fears and negative beliefs into a positive and empowering mindset as a basis for healing people. 

An expert in emotional healing with 14 years of experience with proven success stories, Licensed NLP Master, as well as workshop Content Creator and Motivational Speaker. Over the years, she is trained by world famous mentors like Dr Richard Bandler, Tony Robbins, Les Brown, Robin Sharma, Byron Katie, Gregg Braden, Dr Eric Pearl, just to name a few.

In this episode, Fusun shares how she discovered her unique abilities to heal people and how following her passion and purpose transformed her own life and the lives of people she has worked with.  

Some things you’ll learn about Fusun:

• Her background (1:07)
• How she began to shift her mindset (8:37)
• How she healed her father (13:57)
• What she did when she discovered her healing gifts (19:06)
• How she left her successful sales career to pursue her purpose as a healer (23:04)
• Why she decided to transition to helping people with emotional healing (26:29)
• Her journey to discovering NLP (29:20)
• An explanation of how anchoring is used in NLP (36:03)

Some questions Bonni asks Fusun:

• What led you to leave your corporate career? (5:15)
• Can you explain what NLP is? (29:45)
• Can you give an example of how you’ve used NLP to help heal one of your clients? (32:00)

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• Website
• Instagram
• Facebook

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Paula Kidd Casey had been a practicing family law attorney for over 40 years and was one of the first women in the midwest to open a private law firm. Like many driven entrepreneurs, Paula spent years pursuing money and success at the expense of her health and peace of mind. After realizing her professional life was not bringing her joy and fulfillment, she spent years trying to define her passion and then searching for ways to achieve it. Thousands of hours of study later, she discovered a life-changing theory, The Natural Laws of the Universe.

Today, she lives her passion based on these magical, yet scientifically proven, concepts.. Paula is a sought-after speaker and consultant for successful professionals, individuals searching for more joy, and everyone who might be seeking greater balance, happiness,and peace in their lives, but most importantly, who are seeking a path to realizing their own passion and reigniting the magic.

Tune in to learn how The Law of Attraction can transform your health and life! 

Some things you’ll learn:

• About Paula (1:13)
• How Paula lost 100 pounds and sold her law practice (23:25)
• The power of epigenetics (42:00)

Some questions Bonni asks Paula:

• What led you to the decision to leave your career as a successful family law attorney? (2:15)
• Using the Law of Attraction and what you know how can people step into more wellness? (50:12)
• What are one or two books you recommend for my audience? (59:00)
• How do you define courage? (1:01)

Connect with Paula:

• Website
• The Lawyer of Attraction Podcast
• The Lawyer and The Law of Attraction: Discover the Proof, the Power and the Magic of Manifesting Genuine Abundance

Connect with Bonni:

• Instagram
• Facebook
• Email

Show Resources 

• Notes from the Universe
• Abraham Hicks 
• The Hero’s Journey Book
• Conversations with God
• Infinite Possibilities
• The Power of Now 

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As a medical doctor, Dr. Kumar-Singh experienced the limitations of traditional medicine. She left her career in emergency medicine to begin a 20-year journey to study, research and experience traditional healing systems from a wide range of cultures.

She was led to become a practitioner of the 5,000 year old ancient healing tradition known as Ayurveda. Dr. Kumar-Singh has used Ayurveda to transform her own life and the lives of many of her patients, students, family, and friends. 

Avanti has shared her expertise with Fortune 500 companies, elite undergraduate and graduate institutions, and at prestigious industry and medical conferences. She has been featured in the Huffington Post, Thrive Global and Mind Body Green and served as the co-lead facilitator of the Faculty Scholars Program in Integrative Healthcare at the OSHER Center for Integrative Medicine at Northwestern Medicine.

In this episode Dr. Kumar-Singh shares the premises upon which Ayurveda is based and some practical advice that we can all implement to take control of our health. 

Some things you’ll learn:

• About Dr. Kumar-Singh (1:13)
• Why Dr. Kumar-Singh transitioned from Western medicine to Ayurveda (3:24)
• An explanation of Ayurveda (8:28)
• About the doctor’s daily routine (13:45)
• The impact of stress on the body (24:05)
• The Ayurvedic perspective of toxicity and the importance of eliminating toxins (25:41)
• The importance of balance and how to maintain it in life (38:35)

Some questions Bonni asks Dr. Kumar-Singh:

• When you were growing up were you consciously aware that your family was practicing Ayurveda or was it just a way of life for you? (6:07)
• What are some steps we can take to get back in harmony with nature? (12:07)
• What can we do to get more restful sleep and get to sleep at a time that’s more in sync with circadian rhythms? (19:05)
• What does it do to the body when you’re in a constant state of fight or flight? (22:22)
• What practices can people employ to eliminate toxins from their life? (30:11)
• How do you define courage? (42:47)

Connect with Dr. Kumar-Singh:

• Website
• Instagram
• The Healing Catalyst Podcast
• The Health Catalyst Book

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• Facebook
• Email

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