Mika's FULL recovery from CFS, Lyme, Severe MCS, Fibro, and more!

Mika, 39, shares her FULL recovery story from CFS, Lyme disease, Fibromyalgia, Severe Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), Mast Cell (MCAS), POTS, and more. In her early 20’s, she had a big job in NYC and was the star of a TV show. Then a chemical injury at work caused her health to unravel. TIMESTAMPS BELOW:

TIMESTAMPS:
0:50 Reason for sharing her story
1:48 Life before chronic illness
3:00 What life looked like in NYC with a new TV show and big job
4:56 Chemical injury at work and health collapse (Photograph at 6 min 17 sec ©Patrick McMullan)
9:36 How this affected her relationships -- what symptom made social contact nearly impossible
13:44 Experience with mainstream doctors and initial functional doctors. What lab tests always came back low.
15:14 Moving to LA for functional medicine support. The long list of diagnoses she received.
16:35 Did any functional treatments help? Mika’s answer.
18:23 Not giving up her cats
19:58 We talk about validation from functional doctors.
21:47 Incident that leads to Mika's path out.
25:39 Big turning point: Bruce Lipton’s book. Exploring Joe Dispenza meditations, but getting this side-effect.
31:51 Where improvement started: Applying Phil Parker’s book.
32:22 Dancing at college roommate's wedding!
32:50 Mika explains more about the brain retraining she did and a couple setbacks.
34:40 Attachment wounds, her first panic attack, hit by car, fiancé leaving. A new rock bottom! (though she healed her former chronic illness related symptoms). What she believed happened when her thyroid meds were lowered.
41:06 A full circle moment to initial Bruce Lipton book she read.
44:13 How is Psych-K different than therapy or somatics practices?
46:15 Mika was an early pioneer / advocate spreading the word about brain retraining. Some friends from functional clinic IV rooms were skeptical.
50:45 How subconscious beliefs affect our limbic system. More about Psych K.
55:25 Learning compassion (vs empathy).
1:00:16 Go down the rabbit hole! (some) Note: Nothing is medical advice.
1:01:53 Closing reflections.

Overview:
Mika was an NYC it girl seemingly on top of the world, until her health came crashing down.

Mika spent over 5 years with debilitating chronic illnesses, the last year of which was spent mostly crawling around her house in solitude with her cats. Before finding her way out, she spent $$$,$$$ trying every functional medicine treatment under the sun. While some treatments were supportive, she took things way too far, and her world became smaller and smaller.

Then she found her path out. Mika was one of the first pioneers to apply brain retraining (aka neural retraining / limbic system retraining) to heal chronic illness including her severe chemical sensitivities. She healed all her physical symptoms this way rather quickly. However, then the panic attacks (which she never had before) began. And then she was hit by a car in Santa Monica. And then life threw her another lemon. She eventually found a new modality, and found the connection it provided to be very healing for her childhood attachment wounds.

Now 39, after first helping many people for free and seeing it works, she has been helping others for the better part of a decade as both a limbic brain retraining and Psych-K coach. You can reach her at https://meadowhealing.com.

For more inspiring recovery stories:
https://healwithliz.com (Written transcript of our interview coming soon!)

Books mentioned:
1. Bruce Lipton’s book Biology of Belief:
https://www.amazon.com/Biology-Belief...
2. Dr. Phil Parker’s book: https://www.amazon.com/Get-Life-You-L... (think it was this one -- this one includes the LP steps; he has other books, too.)

Programs mentioned (she didn’t do these, but recommends them):
DNRS https://retrainingthebrain.com/?wpam_...
Gupta https://guptaprogram.com

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