The Raelan Agle Podcast

By Raelan

Here you will find recovery stories, strategies, and resources for ME/CFS and Long Covid.

Raelan lived with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) for ten years before finally fully r

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Number 1: Alan Gordon: Fatigue, Pain, Nausea, Anxiety: Here's How to Turn Them Off
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Get Alan Gordon’s The Way Out ebook for just $1.99 on Amazon US! 🎉 5-year anniversary sale, Aug 31–Sept 4: https://amzn.to/4zxN6hE 👉 Struggling with long videos? ✅ Get the key takeaways from the latest recovery interview in my FREE weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/3bd95045319b/raelan-agle In this video, Alan Gordon, co-creator of pain reprocessing therapy, and author of The Way Out, explains why chronic fatigue and other symptoms respond to the same approach as chronic pain, why almost no one is truly the exception and guides a live somatic tracking session. RESOURCES MENTIONED: 🏠 Alan Gordon's FREE Online Chronic Pain Recovery Course 👉 https://www.tmswiki.org/forum/painrecovery/ 💗 Fiona's full recovery story: https://youtu.be/3GaC_q_kE0c 📕 Unlearn Your Pain: The Science of Recovering from Chronic Pain, Fatigue, Anxiety, and Depression by Dr. Schubiner: https://amzn.to/4fdiE4V 🌟 My latest interview with Dr. Howard Schubiner: https://youtu.be/WydXRFyVFxs _________ 🧡 FREE 5-day brain retraining Email starter course. Simple and actionable steps, straight to your inbox: https://mailchi.mp/raelanagle.com/brain-retraining ✅ YOU DON'T NEED MORE INFORMATION 👉 You need to know what to do next. Brain Retraining 101 breaks Long Covid and ME/CFS recovery into 5 clear phases, with short videos and weekly group support calls to help you put it into practice. 👉 Start today: Brain Retraining 101: https://www.raelanagle.com/brain-retraining-101 ______ BECOME A CHANNEL MEMBER (Just $4 a month!) ✅ Your support makes a huge difference in sharing recovery stories 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy4EjD4exCbtuGQkSa71ozA/join LET'S BE FRIENDS: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raelan.agle 🌐 Visit My Website: https://raelanagle.com NOTE: This description may contain affiliate links to products I enjoy using myself. As an associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Should you choose to use these links, this channel may earn affiliate commissions at no additional cost to you. I appreciate your support! REMINDER: This is for information purposes only and nothing I share should be considered medical advice. Please make your own assessment, do your own further research, and consult your trusted healthcare professionals before deciding if anything I talk about here might be right for you. #chronicfatigue #fibromyalgia #anxiety #nervoussystemhealing #nervoussystemregulation #postcovid #longhaul #cfsrecovery #mecfsrecovery #mecfsawareness #dysregulation #longcovidrecovery #cure #recoveryispossible #covidrecovery #recoverystory #chronicfatiguesyndrome #chronicillness #healthjourney #healing #mindbody #emotionalhealth #longhauler #dysautonomia #dysautonomiaawareness #brainretraining #neuroplasticitytraining #braintraining #highlysensitivepeople #neuroplasticity #pots #chronicpain #functionalneurologicaldisorder #mindbodyconnection #chronicillnessrecovery #emotionalhealing #mindbodymedicine #postviral #tms #vagusnerve #rewireyourbrain #alangordon #thewayout #painreprocessingtherapy #longcovid #mecfs #POTS #FND #functionalneurologicaldisorder Support the show
September 03, 202644min
Number 2: 229: After 26 Years, Dr. David Mickel Says Recovery Starts Here
Send us Fan Mail 🧠 Understand Your Natural Wiring and Work With It: Not Against It — https://www.mickeltherapy.com/a/2148294302/ZaxaFeeq Wired for Wonder™ is designed for people who are naturally highly responsive, deeply feeling, creatively driven or identify with ADHD, neurodivergence or high sensitivity; Wired for Wonder™ helps you work with your nervous system rather than against it. Instead of trying to become “normal,” you’ll discover how to harness your natural way of being so it becomes a source of energy, creativity and fulfilment rather than exhaustion.' ____ In this video, Dr. David Mickel shares why he believes chronic fatigue syndrome, long COVID, chronic pain, and related conditions persist not because the body is broken, but because people have become disconnected from their body’s natural communication system. ____ Mickel Therapy® is designed for people living with ME/CFS, Long Covid, Fibromyalgia and other fatigue-related conditions, Mickel Therapy® helps you understand and change the hidden emotional patterns that can keep the body stuck in survival mode. Through practical body-based skills, you’ll learn how to reduce nervous system overload, restore energy regulation, and support lasting recovery. Start your Mickel Therapy® healing journey today with a 10% discount (coupon code RAELAN) and free mobile app: 👉 Self-Guided Program — Learn at your own pace (10% off with coupon code RAELAN) – https://www.mickeltherapy.com/a/2148092793/ZaxaFeeq ✅ Video Lessons + 2 Private Sessions — Personalized support included (10% off with coupon code RAELAN) – https://www.mickeltherapy.com/a/2148092794/ZaxaFeeq 👨‍⚕️ Video Lessons + 10 Private Sessions — Full coaching package (10% off with coupon code RAELAN) – https://www.mickeltherapy.com/a/2148092795/ZaxaFeeq ⸻ 🌟 Dr. Mickel’s YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@MickelTherapy-OfficialSite-m6v/ ALSO MENTIONED: 💙 Vitality Foundation (financial assistance for Mickel Therapy) - https://www.thevitality.foundation RELATED VIDEOS: 👉 My First Interview with Dr. Mickel (MUST WATCH!) - https://youtu.be/0d5fqI3X9vo 👉 Live Q&A With David Mickel - https://youtube.com/live/7woxs2A8t_w 👉 Ask Dr. Mickel Anything - https://youtube.com/live/-8m3Adq5Yfw ⸻ ✅ Become a Channel Member! Your support makes a huge difference in sharing stories of ME/CFS and Long Covid recovery 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy4EjD4exCbtuGQkSa71ozA/join LET’S BE FRIENDS: ✅ Subscribe to my FREE weekly newsletter - https://mailchi.mp/3bd95045319b/raelan-agle 🌐 Visit My Website - https://raelanagle.com 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/raelan.agle TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 🤝 Meet Dr. David Mickel, MD 01:28 🗣️ Why This Approach Gets Dismissed 03:59 ⚡ The Prolonged Activation State 05:27 🚗 The Accelerator Analogy 07:27 🔍 How to Know If This Applies to You 08:47 😴 The Hidden Cost of Body Boredom 11:32 🧪 Are Physical Abnormalities the Cause? 13:43 🧠 Predictive Processing vs Body Feedback 18:00 🌟 What Is Wired for Wonder? 20:15 🐎 Becoming Body-Led Instead of Mind-Led 21:50 💭 How Do You Actually Feel an Emotion? 23:43 👶 Why We Lose This Ability as Adults 26:36 🧭 Following Symptoms Instead of Fighting Them 28:45 ☎️ Free Consultations & Program Options 31:23 🚀 Why Some Young People Recover Quickly 34:00 🧩 Neurodiversity, Sensitivity & Symptoms 36:07 🙏 Does Your Belief System Matter? 37:00 💙 Hope for People Who Feel Stuck 38:22 🌱 The Vitality Foundation NOTE: This description may contain affiliate links to products I enjoy using myself. As an associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Should you choose to use these links, this channel may earn affiliate commissions at no additional cost to you. I appreciate your support! REMINDER: This is for information purposes only and nothing I share should be considered medical advice. Please make your own assessment, do your own further research, and consult your trusted healthcare professionals before deciding if anything I talk about here might be right for you. Support the show
July 06, 202641min
Number 3: 223: The Nervous System Advice That’s Not Actually True
Send us Fan Mail ✅ Recover now with Raelan 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101 Includes bite size videos, weekly live group coaching calls + support group. In this episode, I share why some of the most common ways we talk about fight-or-flight, freeze, fawn, and symptom meanings may be oversimplified or unsupported by current research. 👉 ✅ Recover now with Raelan 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101 Includes bite size videos, weekly live group coaching calls + support group. MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: 🧠 My Interview with Dr. Paul Hansma — https://youtu.be/kB4gvqDsVnA BOOKS MENTIONED: 📖 The Way Out by Alan Gordon — https://amzn.to/3SKZgB0 📌Join my FREE 5-day brain retraining Email starter course - simple and actionable steps, straight to your inbox: https://mailchi.mp/raelanagle.com/brain-retraining -- OTHER HELPFUL RECOVERY RESOURCES: 🧡 Try Freeme App FREE for 6 sessions 👉https://freemehealth.com/getfreeme 🏥 FREE Recovery Masterclass — https://cfsrecovery.co/recovery-foundations-849513?el=yt-raelan052&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=foundations 📱Try Curable—6 weeks FREE — http://www.curable.com/raelanagle --- BECOME A CHANNEL MEMBER (Just $4 a month!) ✅ Your support makes a huge difference in sharing recovery stories 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy4EjD4exCbtuGQkSa71ozA/join LET’S BE FRIENDS: ✅ Subscribe to my weekly newsletter 💌 https://mailchi.mp/3bd95045319b/raelan-agle 📸 Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/raelan.agle 🌐 Visit My Website — https://raelanagle.com NOTE: This description may contain affiliate links to products I enjoy using myself. As an associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Should you choose to use these links, this channel may earn affiliate commissions at no additional cost to you. I appreciate your support! REMINDER: This is for information purposes only and nothing I share should be considered medical advice. Please make your own assessment, do your own further research, and consult your trusted healthcare professionals before deciding if anything I talk about here might be right for you. Support the show
May 21, 202629min
Number 4: The Most Overlooked Piece in Chronic Fatigue and Pain Recovery | Therapist Jean Itier
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Get key recovery takeaways in my FREE weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/3bd95045319b/raelan-agle In this video, therapist Jean Itier shares how he spent years in chronic pain, telling himself he was fine; until he discovered what was actually missing. 🌐 Jean Itier's website: https://paintherapycoaching.co.uk ▶️ Jean Itier's YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chronicpaintherapist 🧘 Jean Itier's guided practice you can do while lying down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdWXME2RtAU 🌟 Playlist: Health professionals insights: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNX_MIJ_pJAbnyruhZZQlmBy8smx8DXgH ___________ 🧡 FREE 5-day brain retraining Email starter course. Simple and actionable steps, straight to your inbox: https://mailchi.mp/raelanagle.com/brain-retraining ✅ GET SUPPORT with your recovery through 5 clear phases, with short videos and weekly group calls to help you put what you learn into practice. 👉 Start today with Brain Retraining 101: https://www.raelanagle.com/brain-retraining-101 BECOME A CHANNEL MEMBER (Just $4 a month!) ✅ Your support makes a huge difference in sharing recovery stories 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy4EjD4exCbtuGQkSa71ozA/join LET'S BE FRIENDS: 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/raelan.agle 🌐 Visit My Website: https://raelanagle.com TIME STAMPS: 00:00 👋 Meet Jean Itier 01:16 🔍 "I'm fine" story 03:06 🧠 Absolutely not "all in your head" 05:06 💡 The phantom limb example 06:12 ❓ "I get it. So why am I still sick?" 06:35 ⚠️ Trying hard implies threat 07:33 🚲 The bicycle analogy 09:26 😴 The sleep example 10:35 🔑 What safety feels like in your body 12:33 💗 Naming emotions vs feeling them 13:49 🎭 A master at masking emotions 15:20 🔎 How to find emotions you don't know you have 16:58 🚫 You don't need to dig for the "right" emotion 17:37 🔓 Permission to feel 18:23 🧱 Somatic tracking is too advanced for many 19:12 💭 Thoughts are suggestions, not truth 21:50 🔄 "How do I tell my brain I'm safe?" (the wrong question) 23:05 📓 Why journaling didn't work for Jean 25:17 🌊 Finding the way in through sadness 26:09 🙌 If a tool isn't working for you 27:20 ⏳ His best tool: Schedule your worry time 28:30 🏠 Your body is a place to live in (and not manage) 29:56 ✋ Let the body do the thinking 32:19 🔭 Selective attention training for recovery NOTE: This description may contain affiliate links to products I enjoy using myself. As an asssociate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Should you choose to use these links, this channel may earn affiliate commissions at no additional cost to you. I appreciate your support! REMINDER: This is for information purposes only and nothing I share should be considered medical advice. Please make your own assessment, do your own further research, and consult your trusted healthcare professionals before deciding if anything I talk about here might be right for you. #chronicfatigue #chronicpain #recoverystory #mecfs #longcovid #nervoussystemhealing #nervoussystemregulation #postcovid #longhaul #cfsrecovery #mecfsrecovery #mecfsawareness #dysregulation #longcovidrecovery #cure #recoveryispossible #covidrecovery #chronicfatiguesyndrome #chronicillness #fibromyalgia #healthjourney #healing #mindbody #emotionalhealth #longhauler #dysautonomia #dysautonomiaawareness #brainretraining #neuroplasticitytraining #braintraining #highlysensitivepeople #neuroplasticity #pots #chronicpain #functionalneurologicaldisorder #anxiety #mindbodyconnection #chronicillnessrecovery #emotionalhealing #mindbodymedicine #postviral #postviral #tms #vagusnerve #rewireyourbrain Support the show
September 14, 202638min
Number 5: The 5 Phases of Recovery #longcovid #mecfs #fibromyalgia
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Use this FREE tool - https://mailchi.mp/raelanagle/symptom-investigator In this video, I share the five phases of neuroplastic recovery and how to tell which phase needs your attention right now. ✅ Recovery is possible and you don't have to figure it out alone. 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101 Bite-size lessons + weekly live group calls with coaches who've been there. MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: 📗 Unlearn Your Pain: The Science of Recovering from Chronic Pain, Fatigue, Anxiety, and Depression - https://amzn.to/4fdiE4V 🌐 Mind Body Therapy & Coaching Center - https://www.mindbodytherapycenter.org/raelan 📘 Mind Your Body by Nicole Sachs - https://amzn.to/4cqthOj 📔 The Way Out by Alan Gordon - https://amzn.to/3SKZgB0 📖 Innercise by John Assaraf - https://amzn.to/4eyLETQ 📌Join my FREE 5-day brain retraining Email starter course - simple and actionable steps, straight to your inbox: https://mailchi.mp/raelanagle.com/brain-retraining -- OTHER HELPFUL RECOVERY RESOURCES: 🧡 Try Freeme App FREE for 6 sessions 👉https://freemehealth.com/getfreeme 📱Try Curable—6 weeks FREE — https://www.curable.com/raelanagle BECOME A CHANNEL MEMBER (Just $4 a month!) ✅ Your support makes a huge difference in sharing recovery stories 👇 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCy4EjD4exCbtuGQkSa71ozA/join LET’S BE FRIENDS: ✅ Subscribe to my weekly newsletter 💌 https://mailchi.mp/3bd95045319b/raelan-agle 📸 Instagram — https://www.instagram.com/raelan.agle 🌐 Visit My Website — https://raelanagle.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00 🍽️ Too Many Recovery Tools, No Clear Plan 01:11 🗺️ The Five Phases of Recovery 01:35 🧠 Your Conscious vs. Subconscious Brain 03:28 🛟 Phase 1 04:54 📝 Build a Neuroplastic Evidence List 06:21 🔍 Signs Your Symptoms May Be Neuroplastic 07:19 🔄 Recovery Isn’t a Linear Journey 07:41 🌡️ Phase 2 09:16 👀 How Somatic Tracking Changes Your Response 10:18 🚶 Phase 3 11:56 🌬️ The “Take Six” Calming Exercise 12:30 🫁 Breathe In Calm, Breathe Out Fear 13:47 👟 Reintroduce Activity in Tiny Steps 15:25 ❤️ Phase 4 16:30 ✍️ Tools for Processing Difficult Emotions 17:24 🌱 Phase 5 18:41 🤝 Support for Every Recovery Phase 19:23 ✨ The Progress Happening Every Week NOTE: This description may contain affiliate links to products I enjoy using myself. As an associate, I earn from qualifying purchases. Should you choose to use these links, this channel may earn affiliate commissions at no additional cost to you. I appreciate your support! REMINDER: This is for information purposes only and nothing I share should be considered medical advice. Please make your own assessment, do your own further research, and consult your trusted healthcare professionals before deciding if anything I talk about here might be right for you. #mecfs #longcovid #chronicfatiguesyndrome #chronicpain #chronicfatigue #postcovid #longhaul #cfsrecovery #mecfsrecovery #mecfsawareness #dysregulation #longcovidrecovery #cure #recoveryispossible #covidrecovery #recoverystory #chronicillness #fibromyalgia #healthjourney #healing #mindbody #emotionalhealth #longhauler #dysautonomia #dysautonomiaawareness #brainretraining #neuroplasticitytraining #braintraining #highlysensitivepeople #neuroplasticity #pots #functionalneurologicaldisorder #anxiety #mindbodyconnection #chronicillnessrecovery #emotionalhealing #mindbodymedicine #postviral #tms #vagusnerve #rewireyourbrain #nervoussystemhealing #nervoussystemregulation Support the show
August 10, 202620min