Can you build a successful business while living with chronic migraine and invisible illness?

In this episode of The Michele Roys Show, I sit down with social media strategist and business coach Jordan Reynolds.

After building her first business at 19, helping scale an eight-figure brand, and launching a six-figure agency of her own, Jordan shares the strategies that have helped her build a sustainable business without sacrificing her health.

Together, we discuss:

• Social media strategies that simplify content creation

• Why batching content can reduce overwhelm

• Building boundaries around screens and work

• Living with chronic migraine and invisible illness

• How to work with your body instead of against it

• Why success doesn't have to come at the cost of your wellbeing

• The importance of rest, fun, movement, and self-care

This episode is for entrepreneurs, creators, and anyone navigating chronic illness while trying to build something meaningful.

Because you can still do the things you want—it just might look different.

Connect with Jordan:

Instagram: @JordanReynoldsCo

Website:https://jordanreynoldscoaching.com Programs: Social 411, Coaching & Content Retreats

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What if one of the world's most disabling neurological conditions could be hidden behind a smile?

For many people living with migraine, that's the reality.

As June marks Headache & Migraine Awareness Month, I'm dedicating this episode of The Michele Roys Show to raising awareness of a condition that affects more than 1 billion people worldwide, yet is still widely misunderstood.

Migraine is not "just a headache." It's a complex neurological condition that can impact every aspect of life—from work and relationships to family, social events, and mental wellbeing.

In this short solo episode, I explore:✨ Why migraine is so much more than a headache✨ The invisible impact migraine has on everyday life✨ Common symptoms people may not realize are part of migraine✨ Why awareness, understanding, and compassion matter✨ What people living with migraine often wish others knew

According to the World Health Organization:

• Headache disorders affect approximately 3.1 billion people globally• Migraine is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide• Many people with headache disorders remain undiagnosed, undertreated, or misunderstood

If you live with migraine, I hope this episode reminds you that you're not alone.

And if you don't, I hope it offers a glimpse into the reality faced by millions of people every day.

💛 I'd love to hear from you:

What's one thing you wish people understood about migraine or headache disorders?

Please LIKE, SHARE, FOLLOW, and leave a review. Together, we can help raise awareness and create greater understanding around invisible illness.

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REFERENCES

World Health Organization – Migraine and Other Headache Disorders:https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/headache-disorders

Brain & Spine Foundation – Migraine Fact Sheet:https://www.brainandspine.org.uk/health-information/fact-sheets/migraine/

As we reach the halfway point of 2026, I'm inviting you to join me for a mid-year pit stop.

In Formula 1, drivers don't stop because they're failing. They stop to refuel, recalibrate, and return stronger. What if we did the same?

In this solo episode, I reflect on the first half of the year—from living with Trigeminal Neuralgia, Fibromyalgia, chronic pain, and a recent Chronic Lyme diagnosis, to the lessons I've learned about resilience, self-compassion, and finding joy in unexpected places.

Together we'll explore four powerful questions to help you take stock of where you've been and set meaningful intentions for the months ahead.

Whether you're navigating chronic illness, a challenging season, or simply feeling stretched by life, this episode is your invitation to pause, reflect, and move forward with intention.

What has the first half of 2026 taught you?

What does “health” really mean when you’re living with chronic pain, fatigue, or invisible illness?

In this deeply honest episode of The Michele Roys Show, Michele sits down with clinical nutritionist, lifestyle medicine specialist, and mindset coach Anthony Hartcher to explore the emotional reality of receiving a diagnosis, navigating uncertainty, and learning how to rediscover peace and joy despite ongoing health challenges.

Together, they discuss:
• The emotional impact of chronic illness and invisible pain
• Why so many people feel dismissed or misunderstood
• The connection between gut health, stress, inflammation, and chronic symptoms
• Nervous system and mindset practices that support healing
• How to redefine health beyond perfection or productivity
• Finding hope, meaning, and joy again through difficult seasons

Anthony Hartcher is the founder of me&my wellness in Sydney, Australia, where he has helped over 1,000 clients through a compassionate, whole-person approach combining nutrition, neuroscience, and lifestyle medicine.

If you’ve ever struggled with chronic pain, fibromyalgia, Lyme disease, burnout, anxiety, or the emotional weight of “looking fine” while suffering internally, this conversation will help you feel seen, understood, and encouraged.

Connect with Anthony:
• Website → meandmywellness.com.au
• Instagram → @meandmywellness
• Podcasts → me&my health up & Joyful Mate

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I never wrote this book for awards… I wrote it during some of the hardest moments of my life.

So winning an International Impact Book Award while living with chronic pain and invisible illness feels like more than recognition — it feels like proof that pain does not cancel purpose.

In this deeply personal solo episode of The Michele Roys Show, I share what this award truly means to me, the emotional journey behind writing my memoir, and why impact matters so much more than achievement.

There were so many moments I questioned whether I could even finish this book while navigating chronic pain, exhaustion, uncertainty, and the emotional weight of invisible illness. To now know that this story is helping people around the world feel seen, understood, and less alone means more than I can fully put into words.

This episode is about resilience, healing, purpose, and rediscovering joy even after life takes an unexpected turn.

Inside this episode, I talk about:

• What it took emotionally to write and publish my memoir

• The deeper meaning behind receiving an international book award

• Why impact matters more than achievement• How helping others helped me heal too

• Living with chronic pain, fibromyalgia, Lyme disease, and invisible illness

• Why your story still matters — even after disruption, loss, or hardship

• Finding purpose and joy again through connection and honesty

If you’ve ever wondered whether your pain, setback, illness, or struggle has changed your future forever, I hope this episode reminds you that your life still carries meaning and impact.

Sometimes the very thing that tried to break us becomes the thing that helps someone else heal.

🎧 Listen now and share this episode with someone who needs encouragement today.

✨ CONNECT WITH MICHELE:

🌐 www.micheleroys.com

📘 Instagram: @michroys

💛 QUESTION FOR YOU: What is one challenge in your life that shaped you instead of stopping you? Let me know in the comments — I’d truly love to hear your story.

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What happens when life forces you to slow down… and completely rebuild yourself from the inside out?

In this deeply personal solo episode, I’m sharing a part of my journey I haven’t spoken about in this way before — from being a high achiever constantly pushing forward, to the moment my health changed everything.

I open up about getting sick, receiving my diagnosis, and the emotional and mental challenges that came with it. But more importantly, I talk about resilience, healing, and the small intentional choices that helped me keep going — one day at a time.

This episode is a reminder that mental health matters, that slowing down is not weakness, and that even in difficult seasons, there is still beauty, purpose, and life to be fully lived.

I also share 3 simple but powerful ways to reconnect with yourself when life feels overwhelming:

✨ Learning to pause and return to the present moment

✨ Using your senses — like holding a warm cup of tea, noticing the smell, the warmth, the feeling

✨ Breathing, gratitude, and journaling practices that helped strengthen my mindset during hard days

If you’ve been feeling burnt out, anxious, emotionally exhausted, or simply trying to hold everything together… this conversation is for you.

You are not alone. And healing doesn’t always happen in huge breakthroughs — sometimes it begins in the smallest quiet moments.

Listen now and share this episode with someone who may need this reminder today. 💛

Have you ever gone through a season that completely changed your perspective on life and mental health?

Just because someone looks “fine” doesn’t mean they aren’t fighting a battle you cannot see.

May is Awareness Month for conditions like fibromyalgia, Lyme disease, and ME/CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) — illnesses that affect millions of people worldwide, yet are still deeply misunderstood.

In this heartfelt solo episode of The Michele Roys Show, I open up about the reality of living with invisible illness, chronic pain, exhaustion, brain fog, and nervous system overwhelm — and why compassion and understanding matter more than ever.

This episode is for:

💛 Those living with chronic illness

💛 Caregivers and loved ones

💛 Anyone wanting to better understand invisible conditions

Because awareness is not just about statistics. It’s about helping people feel seen.

📌 Fibromyalgia affects an estimated 4 million adults in the United States and around 2–4% of people across Europe.

📌 ME/CFS impacts up to 3.3 million Americans, with many cases still undiagnosed worldwide.

📌 Lyme disease affects approximately 476,000 people yearly in the US, with over 130,000 reported cases annually in Europe.

📌 In Ireland, chronic pain affects approximately 35–36% of adults, with many conditions linked to fibromyalgia and related illnesses.

✨ What fibromyalgia, Lyme disease, and ME/CFS can really feel like

✨ Why invisible illnesses are often misunderstood

✨ My own experience of feeling dismissed while struggling internally

✨ The importance of listening to your body instead of pushing through

✨ Why small steps matter more than waiting for a “big fix” ✨ How compassion — for yourself and others — changes everything

Your symptoms are communication — not weakness.

Healing often happens through small, consistent choices.

You are not behind. You are healing in a different way.

If you live with chronic illness or support someone who does: What has helped you feel truly seen and understood?

Please share this episode during Awareness Month so more people can better understand fibromyalgia, Lyme disease, and ME/CFS — and help those struggling feel less alone.

📖 My memoir But You Look Just Fine → https://www.micheleroys.com/book

📱 Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/michroys

🎧 Listen weekly on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts

What if the reason you feel stuck… isn't your mindset — but your nervous system?

In this powerful episode of The Michele Roys Show, I sit down with Krista Wagberg, founder of Nervous System Sovereignty™, to explore what really happens when the body has been carrying stress for too long.

Krista shares her deeply personal story — from being someone who "did everything right" (fitness, yoga, healthy living)… to experiencing a sudden nervous system collapse that led to Bell's Palsy, where her face literally shut down. That moment changed everything.

As someone living with Trigeminal Neuralgia, fibromyalgia, and chronic Lyme, this conversation hit incredibly close to home for me — and I believe it will for you too.

Because what Krista discovered is this: lasting change doesn't start in the mind. It starts in the nervous system.

In This Episode, We Explore:

✨ Krista's journey from nervous system collapse to embodied self-leadership

✨ Why mindset alone isn't enough for real, lasting transformation

✨ How survival patterns shape identity, behaviour, and self-sabotage

✨ Why your body may still be holding stress long after your mind has "moved on"

✨ Practical ways to begin regulating your nervous system in everyday lifeThe patterns that once protected you… are not the patterns meant to define you.When the nervous system learns safety, everything begins to shift — how you think, how you feel, how you show up, and what you believe is possible.

💬 Have you ever felt like you're doing everything "right"… but still feel stuck? I'd love to hear your experience in the comments. 👇

🔁If this conversation opened your eyes, please share it with someone who may be silently struggling with burnout or overwhelm.

Learn More:📱 Connect with Krista Wagberg → www.kristawagberg.com IG: @kristawagberg

📱 Instagram → @michroys

📖 My memoir But You Look Just Fine → https://www.micheleroys.com/book

🎧 Listen weekly on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcasts

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What happens when we finally release what we have been trying to carry alone?

In this second part of my reflection on holding, releasing, and trusting God, we move into the heart of faith: surrender.

Sometimes love means letting go—not because we stop caring, but because we choose to trust that God is already at work in ways we cannot see.

In this episode we explore:

✨ The courage it takes to release control and trust God

✨ The story of Jochebed in Exodus 2, who placed her child into God’s hands

✨ How faith invites us to stop carrying what God never asked us to hold alone

✨ The promise that God guards our hearts and minds (Philippians 4)

✨ The comfort that God watches over us always (Psalm 121)

Through the stories of Mary, Hannah, and Jochebed, we are reminded that faith often begins where our strength ends.

When we release what we cannot control, we create space for God’s presence, protection, and purpose.

This episode is an invitation to remember:

💛 You are loved with an everlasting love

💛 Faith is choosing who truly holds control

💛 The end of your strength may be the beginning of God’s work

As 1 Peter 5 reminds us, we can cast our cares upon Him—because He cares deeply for us.

So today we hold those we love in our arms… lift them in prayer… and trust them into God’s hands.

If this reflection encouraged you, please share it with someone who may need a reminder that they are not carrying life alone.

Learn more: 

📖 My book: But You Look Just Fine: My Journey to Rediscover Joy Amidst Chronic Pain and Invisible IllnessAvailable at https://www.micheleroys.com/book 

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What does it mean to hold someone you love… and still learn to release them to God?

In this deeply personal episode, I share a reflection inspired by my sermon on holding, releasing, and trusting God—a journey every parent, caregiver, and person of faith eventually faces.

We begin with the powerful image of a mother’s love, which mirrors something of God’s own heart for us. Scripture reminds us again and again that we are seen, known, and held in everlasting love.

In this episode we explore:

✨ What it means to hold those we love with care and compassion

✨ How God sees our love and our struggles

✨ The tension between protecting and releasing

✨ The examples of Mary and Hannah, women who loved deeply yet entrusted their children to God

✨ The reminder that God’s love surrounds us long before we understand the journey

Through passages like Psalm 139, Jeremiah 31, Romans 8, and Isaiah 40, we reflect on the beauty and challenge of loving deeply while learning to let God carry what we cannot.

If you’ve ever felt the weight of holding on too tightly—or the fear of letting go—this episode will remind you that God sees your love, your prayers, and your heart.

You are not holding alone.

If this reflection encouraged you, please share it with someone who may need a reminder that they are not carrying life alone.

Learn more:

📖 My book: But You Look Just Fine: My Journey to Rediscover Joy Amidst Chronic Pain and Invisible Illness Available on my website:   https://www.micheleroys.com/book

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