The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Episode #16: Putting Together The Steps of the Autoimmune Wellness Journey

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Welcome to The Autoimmune Wellness Podcast Season 1! We’ve created this podcast as a free resource to accompany our upcoming book, The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook: A DIY Guide to Living Well with Chronic Illness.

Episode #16: Putting Together the Steps of The Autoimmune Wellness Journey starts with a look at how our personal healing timelines unfolded. We discuss how long each of the seven steps; inform, collaborate, nourish, rest, breathe, move, and connect, took us to implement as we sought wellness. The second half of this episode is about the “big idea” we are hoping to convey with the book and podcast series, the ebb and flow nature of a healing with autoimmune disease, ditching perfectionism, and shifting what we see as “normal” in order to focus on health. The very best part of this episode comes in the last 15 minutes where we share loads of inspiration on joining the community.

If you’d like to go more in-depth, check out the “Conclusion” section at the end of The Autoimmune Wellness Handbook. It will help solidify this exciting, renewing process for you and add depth to our chat during this episode.

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Show Notes:

• 0:00 Intro
• 1:30 Welcome to the final episode
• 2:57 We talk about “healing timelines”
• 3:29 Mickey shares how long the Inform step took her
  • One year
  
  
• 5:14 Angie shares how long the Inform step took her
  • 11 years (She had a complex situation.)
  
  
• 6:36 Angie shares how long the Collaborate step took her
  • One-two years
  
  
• 7:44 Mickey shares how long the Collaborate step took her
  • She’s still working this step
  
  
• 10:22 Mickey shares how long the Nourish step took her
  • Three-six months
  
  
• 11:28 Angie shares how long the Nourish step took her
  • Overnight
  
  
• 12:32 Angie shares how long the Rest step took her
  • Roughly one year, but there were big improvements immediately with dietary changes
  
  
• 13:37 Mickey shares how long the Rest step took her
  • Roughly a couple months with a breakthrough following some neurotransmitter testing and supplementation
  • Has required continual maintenance
  
  
• 15:31 Mickey shares how long the Breathe step took her
  • She’s still working this step
  
  
• 16:13 Angie shares how long the Breathe step took her
  • She’s still working this step, but there were big improvements immediately with diagnosis, because unexplained illness was a major source of stress
  
  
• 17:50 Mickey shares how long the Move step took her
  • She had a routine within one month, but it took longer for her to transition the way she thought of it
  
  
• 19:21 Angie shares how long the Move step took her
  • She’s still working on this step
  
  
• 20:33 Angie shares how long the Connect step took her
  • She was able to dial in this step immediately
  
  
• 21:44 Mickey shares how long the Connect step took her
  • She had some initial stumbles with her friends around socializing
  
  
• 23:40 The big idea of this episode is that the process takes time and looks different for every individual
• 24:30 The Autoimmune Wellness Journey is a journey of ebbing and flowing
• 25:05 Mickey shares personal examples of ebb and flow
• 26:33 Angie shares personal examples of ebb and flow
  • Over time we can learn to proactively use the protocol to support ourselves through things we recognize as likely health challenges
  
  
• 29:29 Learning to spot “engine trouble”
• 30:20 Perfectionism has no place in the Autoimmune Wellness Journey
• 32:20 Being open to shifting what we see as “normal”
• 34:08 Joining the Autoimmune Wellness community
  • Community groups
  • Online groups
  • Social media (hashtags: #autoimmunepaleo #autoimmunewellness #totesaip #bonebrothheals and specific disease tags, like #celiac)
  • Consider starting a blog or social media account to share your story and inspire the next person to change their life
  • Talk to your doctor about your diet and lifestyle
  
  
• 45:10 Our hopes for your healing journey
  • Empowerment
  • Action
  • Wellness
  • Vitality
  
  
• 47:15 Outro

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