Laura Rasines, 41, from Spain shares her Chronic Lyme & severe chronic fatigue recovery story. At 34, she became bedbound and wheelchair bound after a series of hits to her immune and nervous system. She shares her 3.5 year journey back to 90% plus health. She now works, travels, dances, and roller-skates with ease, and is living a more authentic life. Starts at 0:23. TIMESTAMPS below:
TIMESTAMPS:
0:23 Interview starts, a brief intro
0:46 Laura's purpose for sharing her story
1:10 Laura's active life right before chronic illness
1:40 How Laura's childhood may have set the stage for her onset of chronic illness in her 30's. She experienced this at age 19.
3:00 The infection & medication for it that was the beginning of her Perfect Storm
3:46 This is not the first time I heard about this chronic illness trigger
4:05 What were some of Laura's initial key symptoms after the infection & medication reaction?
4:33 What Laura read in a forum that made her say "This has to go away!"
4:50 The very last rub that led to these scary symptoms. Being bed & wheelchair bound at age 34.
5:19 I talk about my own experience with amalgam removal and provide a disclaimer.
6:13 A hot mess, and western medicine said this.
6:40 Searching for answers in forums led to THIS
7:05 Laura decides functional medicine is going to be the best route. She starts a crowdfunding campaign that made the local newspaper. I include the article!
7:45 Taking herbal remedies - did she get results?
8:10 Back to the forums. She finds an American lady taking about neuroplasticity, but puts it on the back burner.
8:58 She makes a big decision. An emotional reaction.
9:45 Did she see improvement? Using her creativity.
10:20 Laura's first major breakthrough after 6 weeks
10:35 Liz explains what "brain retraining rounds" are and how they impact our health
11:20 Did Laura have any setbacks?
11:40 Being all in. And having THIS.
12:30 How long she stuck with DNRS and finding a coach who understood the somatic side... you might know her! Going back to her body.
13:12 Laura explains difference between a somatic approach vs. DNRS's top-down approach in a simple way.
14:40 How Laura was an early adopter of Primal Trust in the pilot and what she learned
16:00 Learning how to not Fear THIS
16:30 Laura talks about her journey living her values
17:00 Doing what she loves! Understanding Primal trust in a deeper way.
17:45 Our nervous systems know when we are living like this.
18:31 I want to ask a question that I think is on everyone's mind.
19:15 Using her tools like this. Toilet rounds. Moshpit?
19:55 If she can just deal with THIS, that's your window of tolerance (in Laura's opinion)
20:26 Why I think this is an interesting perspective
20:53 Laura says how long it took her to get back 90% of her health.
20:35 Hormonal stuff. Dealing with it from a new perspective.
22:32 Laura talks about her path to becoming a mentor.
24:10 Laura's life now beyond her work helping others.
24:30 Living a normal life through her values. What it really feels like.
25:42 Laura's super powerful final message
26:44 Goodbyes!
27:20 Pics of her life now, outtakes
Friendly reminder: Nothing we share is medical advice.
Find Laura on Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/laura_rasines_neurovital/
Mentioned in our interview:
Primal Trust: https://www.cathleenking.com/membership/?ref=41525-Heal-with-Liz
Interview with Dr. Cat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0di_OIourO0
DNRS: https://retrainingthebrain.com/?wpam_id=57
Find me on Instagram for more inspiration:
https://instagram.com/healwithlizc
My blog:
https://heawithliz.com
**New** independent CFS (and related chronic illnesses) Recovery Programs Guide: https://healwithliz.com/programs-guide/