The Theresa Piela Podcast

I used to think: Once I "healed" my chronic fatigue, fixed my gut, got rid of my Lyme disease, and had perfect sleep, THEN, and only then, I would be free to start enjoying my life.

But here's the thing: waiting to live my life actually kept postponing the vibrancy I desperately craved. My symptoms got louder. I tried harder to heal, became more strict with my diet and protocols...and I felt increasingly worse as time went on.

It doesn't have to be this way. Here's why living your life and letting the good populate your experience actually SPEEDS UP and allows for healing.

If you'd like more support overcoming chronic health issues, trauma, and learn to regulate your nervous system, I offer 1:1 and group support. Links below :)

Connect with Theresa:

• EFT Tapping & membership: theresapiela.com/tappingwiththeresa
• 1:1 Support: https://www.theresapiela.com/schedule-appointment
• Instagram: @theresapiela
• Blog: theresapiela.com/blog
• Contact Theresa: [email protected]

Nervous system regulation is so trendy these days. There are so many hacks, programs, courses, memberships, and influencers talking about it... and rightfully so!  Having a regulated nervous system changes the way our bodies function, how we perceive the world, how we think, feel, act, digest, create, interact with others, and even our internal self-talk.

Yet for so many, feeling "regulated" or having the skills to "self-regulate" feels like something you might see on instagram but can't actually integrate into real day-to-day life.

...Which is why I want to talk more about some of the SIMPLEST and most effective ways I've found to shift out of constant panic + hypervigilance to find moments of peace, calm, openness, curiosity, and SAFETY. 

If you found this episode helpful, please leave us a 5 star review and share it with someone you love! <3 

Connect with Theresa:

• EFT Tapping & membership: livingrootswellness.com/tappingwitht
• Instagram: @theresapiela
• Blog: livingrootswellness.com/blog
• Contact Theresa: [email protected]

I'm delighted to share this episode with Patrick Ussher.

Patrick is an Irish ME/CFS patient, ill seven years. Initially he was more severely ill, including with life-threatening symptoms but, in the last three years, he has become more functional, sharing the research, protocols and strategies he's finding helpful in mitigating the symptoms. Patrick is robustly active in his advocacy work for ME/CFS, and has written a profoundly helpful book: "Understand ME/CFS & Strategies for Healing." 

You can follow along with Patrick's work:

Patrick’s website (music, consultations, patreon/discord community etc): www.patrickussher.com

Patrick’s ME/CFS book, Understanding ME/CFS & Strategies for Healing https://a.co/d/66f5F4W (book is also available on other leading online stores asides from Amazon - search your preferred store)

Free book on thirst: www.themythofprimarypolydipsia.com 

YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@me-cfs-strategiesforhealing

All Patrick’s links: https://linktr.ee/patrickussher

Connect with Theresa:

• EFT Tapping app & membership: www.tappingwitht.com
• Instagram: @livingrootswellness
• Blog: www.livingrootswellness.com
• Contact Theresa: [email protected]

Libby Wescombe is a women's physique specialist and behaviour change expert.
She helps women lose fat, improve their metabolism, build muscle, get body recomp results & maintain them long-term.

One of my favorite things about Libby Wescombe is that she is always challenging the dogma in the realm of fitness and fat loss.  Her approach empowers women to tune into their bodies, get to know their hunger and fullness cues, and eat without fear and rigidity instead of perpetually tracking macros and pre-portioning out foods they think they "should" eat.

Libby shares about her past growing up in a cult, her journey from crossfit to training and coaching in her own unique way, and dispels some misunderstandings about movement, exercise intolerance, and fat loss.  Go ahead and like and or share this episode if you found it to be helpful!  

Connect with Libby Wescombe:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/libbywescombe/?hl=en
• Lifestyle Lean: https://libbywescombe.com/lifestyle-lean?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAadla5UW_5BFJHxnJWG2NqdpHVQID9dDY3_gj0Crao27sk2H__kib6ssKUg_vA_aem_-sDvBlfCV2nGXbickIbD1w
• Private Podcast: https://podcasts.helloaudio.fm/subscribe/31d43a1d-8f33-436a-8280-307b8b3d624c/ZIiQHE3z0a

Connect with Theresa:

• EFT Tapping app & membership: www.tappingwitht.com
• Instagram: @livingrootswellness
• Blog: www.livingrootswellness.com
• Contact Theresa: [email protected]

Vanessa Azelis is a Nervous System & Grief Guide with over 10 years personal experience with debilitating chronic illness. She is a certified Bereavement Educator and Grief Somatic Practitioner. While on her deathbed with no hope, God found her and He guided her to the mind body world where she found healing. Through her faith, brain retraining, nervous system regulation, somatic work and grief work, she got her life back. She shares her story to raise awareness, to bring hope, and open minds to the idea that healing is possible, and it's available to us all.

She supports thousands in the chronic illness community through her membership HAVEN for Nervous System Regulation & Grief processing, 1:1 coaching, workshops, her live monthly grief Somatic Class, Instagram and Youtube. She is passionate about everything mind-body, nervous system and grief because she has seen lives changed through this work. 

LINKS:

Website: www.yourgratefulguide.com 

Monthly Grief Class: https://yourgratefulguide.com/monthly-grief-somatic-class

HAVEN Membership: https://yourgratefulguide.com/join-haven/learn-more

Instagram: @YourGratefulGuide https://www.instagram.com/yourgratefulguide/?hl=en 

YouTube: “Your Grateful Guide” https://youtube.com/channel/UCHdz1yVx7IK4cTi1IZa9SnA

Connect with Theresa:

• EFT Tapping app & membership: www.tappingwitht.com
• Instagram: @livingrootswellness
• Blog: www.livingrootswellness.com
• Contact Theresa: [email protected]

Dr. Keith Ellis is a Scientist and Associate Professor of Medicinal Chemistry that is using his knowledge & expertise in medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, and natural products to research the biological mechanisms that cause Long Covid and create custom-formulated, over-the-counter solutions for Long Covid that are safe, inexpensive, accessible for everyone.

Long Covid Research, Social Media Links, and LinkedIn Profile can be found at www.keithcellisphd.com.

Order CircuGuard at circuguard.com

In this episode we discuss:

• the physiology and mechanisms causing long covid symptoms
• potential treatments for long covid
• hypercoagulation: causes + remedies
• Long covid's connection to Lyme, CFS, fibromyalgia, and autoimmune conditions

Connect with Theresa:

• EFT Tapping app & membership: www.tappingwitht.com
• Instagram: @livingrootswellness
• Blog: www.livingrootswellness.com
• contact Theresa: [email protected]

When it comes to supplements, there are several that I believe are necessary when it comes to restoring proper motility, absorption, and overcoming chronic fatigue.

Thiamine deficiency is often overlooked in complex cases of SIBO, idiopathic constipation, post-exertional malaise, and even long hauler syndrome.

In this episode I discuss:

• My personal experience overcoming 13+ years of constipation, brain fog, and chronic fatigue
• functions of thiamine & co-factors
• Different forms of B1 & which are best for constipation
• malnutrition induced B1 deficiency
• Functional deficiency of B1 and warning signs
• Paradoxical reactions to B-vitamins
• The importance of magnesium 
• Thiamine's role in estrogen detoxification... and beyond!

Connect with Theresa:

• EFT Tapping app & membership: www.tappingwitht.com
• Instagram: @livingrootswellness
• Blog: www.livingrootswellness.com
• contact Theresa: [email protected]

I am honored to share this conversation with Christina Rice.  She played a critical role in my own healing story and continues to be a person that inspires me to challenge my own thinking and to take full responsibility for living the life of my dreams: no excuses.

Intuitive Channel, Best-Selling Author, & Founder of Ahai 7D Energy Healing
Christina is an intuitive channel, energy healer, and founder of Ahai 7D Energy Healing. She is a two-time best-selling author of the books Manifestation Mastery: How to Shift Your Reality & Co-Create with the Universe and Pain, Love, & Purpose. She is also the host of her own podcast of 7 years, Christina the Channel. Christina has worked with countless CEOs, founders, celebrities, & professionals looking to optimize their performance, find full alignment, and create freedom in their lives by mastering the energetics of money, health, and relationships.
After battling multiple chronic illnesses - and becoming a Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner to help herself and others heal through nutrition - Christina realized there was still a missing piece to her healing journey: spirituality. She was able to transform her life and build a 7-figure business by 25 through energetic work, rewiring her brain, and manifestation, and she went on to download Ahai 7D - a powerful new form of energy healing.
Christina has helped thousands of people master manifestation, reconnect with their intuition, and reach their highest potential through her monthly membership, live workshops, and transformational programs.

Christina's Books:
manifestationmasterybook.com
http://painloveandpurpose.com/
Free 5D Ascension Activator Course: https://members.christinathechannel.com/30-days-3d-to-5d
Website: https://christinathechannel.com/
Instagram: @christinathechannel
Podcast: Christina the Channel
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/christinathechannel

"Jessica Ash is a functional nutritionist, integrative health coach, and creator of Fully Nourished, an online course providing women with the complete blueprint to eating for hormone and metabolic health. Jess teaches simple, no- nonsense approaches to health and wellness that help burned-out and overwhelmed women regain energy and clarity in their lives.
Jessica has multiple holistic nutrition certifications from respected institutions and has spent hundreds of hours studying biology, anatomy, endocrinology, and nutritional biochemistry – first to heal her own health challenges with PCOS, hypothyroidism, and autoimmune issues, and now to help more women start celebrating their unique needs. Jessica lives a nomadic lifestyle exploring different locations across the US in her RV with her dog and her fiancé.In this episode, we dive into:

• dehydration: common causes & fixes
• protein digestion
• symptoms as a sign of healing
• the wisdom of traditional diets 
• "seeding & weeding" as medicine
• heat & cold exposure
• the benefits of flow
• doing 150% vs. 70%
• "soul crisis" & burnout recovery
• what true relaxation looks like
• food frequency & seasonal shifts
• fascial constrictions in the GI tract: structural constipation
• ideal movement patterns
• the power of dance

You can find Jessica on Instagram @jessicaashwellness and at her website/blog www.jessicaashwellness.com."Jessica's LINKS:

1. Instagram: @jessicaashwellness
2. Website: www.jessicaashwellness.com
3. Her monthly membership subscription, Nourished Circle:

https://programs.jessicaashwellness.com/offers/suAgFDTY

1. Sign up for her email list- she sends a weekly email on Sundays that contains content she doesn't post anywhere else.

https://www.jessicaashwellness.com/email-subscribe

Connect with Theresa:

• EFT Tapping app & membership: www.tappingwitht.com
• Instagram: @livingrootswellness
• Blog: www.livingrootswellness.com
• contact Theresa: [email protected]

When it comes to deeply understanding minerals and their unique cascades throughout the entire system, Barbara's content has blown me away. Beyond that, she's artfully tied together sex-positivity, balancing the feminine vs. masculine (we need both!), and how nutrient-density and quality can help shift someone back into balance.  Barbara is a Functional Health Coach with a focus on HTMA Testing and women's metabolic disorders. Her interest in this all began with her own journey with a 16+ year struggle with an eating disorder and hormonal imbalances, and now strives to empower women with education and body literacy.
Join us as we talk about:

• Barbara's story questioning western medicine
• healing an eating disorder & osteoporosis
• HTMA testing: for who and why?
• common mineral patterns & deficiencies
• how anger & fear presents in symptoms
• copper for nervous system health
• copper toxicity vs. dysregulation
• supplements vs. food
• ideal period vs. "normal" period
• low estrogen vs. high estrogen states
• gluten avoidance
• supporting liver function
• importance of protein consumption
• what is ceruloplasmin?
• heavy metal mobilization

Barbara's Links:

• Instagram

Connect with Theresa:

• EFT Tapping app & membership: www.tappingwitht.com
• Instagram: @livingrootswellness
• Blog: www.livingrootswellness.com
• contact Theresa: [email protected]