Unveiling the Secret to ME/CFS Recovery: Mind/Body Healing with Rebecca Tolin

I always love listening to both of you. I recently watched a video with Wim Hof explaining how a cold shower in the morning calms the nervous system for the day. So I decided to devote the month of March to cold showers first thing after I wake up and I have to say the last 6 days have been really good. I hope to share my story one day but I’ve gone from bed bound and suffering from about 40 symptoms about three years ago to taking my kids fishing today. Still have a ways to go but I’m slowly getting my life back!

Yes, Raelan, you are helping people and saving lives. I can’t thank you enough.

Have to attest that knitting saved my sanity. I used to sew everything but when I got CFS in 1995 I couldn’t sit up and hunch over a machine anymore so I took up an old hobby of knitting. Not only was it meditative with the repetitive stitches but I felt like I was still contributing something. I was bedbound for a very long time and had 4 year old twins so being able to at least knit them sweaters felt like something I could still do for them. When I was too exhausted to do that and my arms were too weak, I spent the days looking through my knitting magazines. It gave me something to look forward to. The smallest accomplishments became huge to me. I still knit, but go out to regular knitting meetings, and travel with friends on knitting retreats. It’s been my friend through all of this. I still am not “normal” but a lot of it relates to scoliosis which is affecting the way I move. CFS wise, anxiety is still there but I would say I’m 80% and with all this new knowledge I’m positive I’ll get to at last 95%. In 1995 we still has to read about CFS from library books so we’ve come a long way.

The more i watch all these cfs videos the more i am convinced its core is about calming the CNS and brining the parasympathetic system to the front as opposed to sympathetic fight or flight. Gupta, TMS and all these programs are all the same in the core: calm the central nervous system and take away triggers like stress work, lifestyle (diet, exercise ect.)

Wonderful interview!!! You are both amazing ladies and I continue to see how people who get CFS are, for the most part, truly lovely people. When Rebecca said animals, it is so true. I adopted five wild horses (a lifelong dream) and I knew I still had a way to go to recover, but I find they bring me peace, and motivation to be grounded and healed. Thank you awesome ladies!!!!🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

1000% agreed about knowing which state we are in. As soon as I realized my brain and body were holding on to old unprocessed traumas, I made the link that they were all based on being in freeze mode. I worked on all of those and improved dramatically. In addition to many other mind body elements, now it’s healing some of the other stuff and I’m getting back to work slowly. Great interview.

I loved this interview...a great topic to discuss 💖 I really think these non recovery story videos hold so much value You've covered most topics but I'd like to see more talked about relationships...how we navigate that during our recovery with friends, family and partners...or how we don't navigate it successfully in some instances! Also how we navigate things during what I call the re integration phase...starting to socialise/ build new friendships etc etc. Hope that makes sense 🙂

This is your absolute best interview. Rebecca is explaining the theory so well. Makes me understand why things has worked for me and also why I have been stuck. I now understand what I shall prioritize to finally get 100% well

I absolutely love Rebecca Tolin's interviews

So happy to see another interview with Raelan and Rebecca! Always learn something new! I follow TMS approach and also see the connection with phobias but also anxiety and panic disorder x eg: if you’re having a panic attack and use that somatic tracking approach by just feeling the symptoms as a neutral curious observer its like your brain just goes ‘oh she’s ok, i dont need to send danger signals then’ and you calm down so much quicker x thanks for your clear explanations rebecca, always love your videos ❤

really helpful to distinguish between symphonic and dorsal nervous system, and that they both need different input. I also feel inspired by taking a position of 'tracking' the sensations in the body rather than using it sensation awareness to fuel my worry and mistrust of my body by trying to determine if the sensations are a message something is going wrong. In the end it seems all common sense as we all know how to help an anxious child or animal to re establish their equilibrium.

Greetings everyone, Drbeen Medical Lectures (Mobeen Syed Md) sent me here! Thanks for sharing this info to help others... Stay safe and take care of you and yours.

I am from Nepal🇳🇵 and you are angel for us mam. You inspirr heal million people around world❤ keep uploading video👍

Incredible! Thank you for sharing!

Love this interview. I am doing all the mind/body practices mentioned here, in the #primaltrust program by Dr Cathleen King, who I discovered on this channel❤! We also go into the science behind what is happening and why the practices are important. The only difference is that this program is designed for all chronic illness which is a result of a maladaptive/chronic stress response. This interview just confirms that the mind/body approach (with somatics) is a major part of the healing process.

Yes I get burning and say to myself, we are safe

I loved this interview ❤ thank you

This was such terrific interview and one I will probably go back and listen to again!

I love what you do, thank you raelan

Thank you for talking about life after recovery! I don’t consider myself fully recovered YET but I’ve made leaps and bounds since working with a coach. I’ve recently discovered that my job may have been a contributing factor to my illness. Not the cause, but a huge anchor and I actually just put in my 2-week notice. I thought I loved my job, but there is a correlation between symptoms and when I started. My coach and I are interested to see what my symptoms do after my last day. 😅 Even so, I am rediscovering my true self during this journey, and my job wasn’t tending to that. To my utter surprise. So in this regard, I am thankful for this TMS journey.