Welcome to season 3 of post viral podcast! Lindsay starts off the season with a chat between her and long time ME/CFS coach Simon Pimenta. Simon also suffered from ME/CFS for many years and now has a popular Facebook group called CFSexplored where he shares tons of free resources. He also has programs and coaching available on his website. https://www.instagram.com/mecfsexplored?igsh=MXJraWJ5a3E0cjB4Ng== In this episode Simon and Lindsay chat about their top 3 lightbulb moments during...

Ashok Gupta is the creator of the Gupta Program and a pioneers in ME/CFS recovery programs and brain- retraining. In this episode Lindsay and Gupta discuss the biological nature of the illness and how he has found the insula and amygdala in the brain are at the root of the problem . Lindsay challenges Ashok on the cellular issues and how the vagus could be central to what’s going wrong in the body. They also discuss how pacing, somatic work, and parts work relate to healing. Ashok has had...

For our final episode of season 2 we catch up with Stuart Bryan (season 1 cohost and editor extraordinaire). Stuart has made incredible progress since the start of this season and today we talk about how he did it! We talk about environmental changes, microimmuno therapy and biobran. Lindsay shares what she’s been up to lately and her goals to make the fatigue healing community more inclusive and accessible. To harken back to season one, this episode also has animal facts and a poem. If you...

In this interview, Lindsay speaks to the creator of Eutaptics Faster EFT, Robert Gene Smith. Robert is a life coach and international speaker who tried many modalities before developing this unique healing method. Eutaptics Faster EFT is a healing method that involves changing the emotions associated with traumatic memories and using Neuroplasticity to address thought patterns. EFT ( tapping) is just one element of the process. Lindsay and Robert discuss how the brain works, why some...

In this episode Lindsay talks to Dr. Scott Resnick, medical doctor and functional medicine specialist. Dr. Resnick suffered from ME/CFS himself and he discusses some of the key elements that have helped him and his patients heal. Lindsay and Dr. Resnick get into nutrition, vitamin depletion, sleep, how cortisol testing and treatment can be helpful with ME/CFS recovery, and what he recommends for high vs low cortisol results. They also discuss how to detox from different things and why mind...

Dr. Jilll Crista is a Doctor of Naturopathic medicine, an author, speaker and one of the leading world experts in mold-based illnesses. Lindsay and Dr.Crista talk about the characteristics of mold, the difference between spores and mycotoxins and how they can affect you without you knowing. How they affect the immune system. Why some people get sick from mold and other don’t. Who should be getting tested for mold. What you should do about it if you are exposed. Dr.Crista is working on a...

What an honour to have Deb Dana, LCSW, on the podcast to explain polyvagal theory and provide some tools! She is a clinician, consultant, and author, who teamed up with the creator of polyvagal theory, Dr. Stephen Porges to make his genius discoveries translatable to therapists, doctors and interested people around the world! Consequently, her simple and straightforward explanations of have helped change how trauma work is practiced today. The understanding of the nervous system that she...

Todays episode is with Theresa Piela, coach, podcaster, blogger and creator of the popular app “Tapping with T”. Theresa tells her dramatic story of extreme Illness to full health using diet, brain retraining and EFT tapping and how she found purpose in it all. Lindsay and Theresa talk about what the Pro-metabolic diet is, and how the work of Ray Peat helped Theresa heal. Additional topics include learning how EFT tapping works and why it can create healing, as well as the similarities and...

Today Lindsay speaks with Nkem Ndefo, Nurse, Nurse Midwife, the Founder of Lumos Transformations and the creator of the Resilience Toolkit. Nkem is highly trained in trauma informed healing practices and has created an organization to train individuals, companies and change makers using the inclusive toolkit that she created. This chat starts by exploring Nkem’s journey with ME/CFS and how a parasite was found after decades of illness. It then explores disability justice work, trauma work...

In this episode Lindsay interviews the incredible Nicole Sachs (LCSW)! Nicole is a speaker, writer, podcaster and psychotherapist who has dedicated her work and her practice to the treatment of chronic pain, symptoms, syndromes and conditions. Her work builds on the work of Dr John Sarno who found the connection between chronic pain and other conditions like ME/CFS and repressed anger in his patient. Nicole has gone the extra mile, providing practical tools (described in this podcast) for...

There are now many studies linking Vitamin D levels to Covid outcomes. Lindsay and Stu both felt healthier and were able to heal more when spending winters in sunny countries.. What’s the deal?! In this episode Lindsay chats with Nutritionist, founder of Necessary Nutrition Inc., and Vitamin D supplement creator, Robin Allen. Robin has been featured on countless media outlets including CNN and won multiple entrepreneurship awards for her company! Lindsay asks her about Vitamin D dosing,...

Known as the compassionate somatic coach, Marina Yanay-Triner is a trauma informed coach who uses somatic tools and somatic experiencing to help her clients heal from illnesses like ME/CFS. She has a background in conflict transformation, a certificate in integrative somatic trauma therapy and a certification from the Institute for Coaching Mastery. In this chat, Marina does an amazing job explaining the theories around trauma being stored in the body and how chronic illnesses like ME/CFS...

In this Episode Lindsay talks to James Wythe who has created hundreds of quick, easy and tasty, allergy-friendly recipes with few ingredients and shares them with the world through his popular blog, instagram and book “ Healthy Living James”. James has struggled with ME/CFS for 12 years and is now at about 90% recovered thanks to the many of the factors discussed in the episode. Lindsay and James discuss James’ health journey and how cooking became a meditative process for him, that got him...

You aren’t going to want to miss this episode. Lindsay interviews Dr. Ashkan Jalili (Dr.Ash), a functional neurologist (US designation)/clinical neuroscientist (here in Canada), who combines the traditional chiropractic approach with state-of-the-art technology, active neurological rehabilitation to maximize Mind-body restoration and healing. Dr.Ash explains what functional neurology is and what illnesses it can help with; what is happening in the brain when you get ME/CFS, POTS and other...

In this interview Lindsay “fan girls” a bit while speaking to one of her heroes, Sharon Salzberg. Sharon is a world-renowned meditation teacher and a New York Times best-selling author with 12 best selling books. She hosts her own podcast, The Metta Hour, which features more than 100 interviews with some of the top leaders and voices in the meditation and mindfulness movement. Her latest book “Real Life: the journey from isolation to openness and freedom” is available for pre order now at...

In today’s episode, Lindsay talks to Dr. Eleanor Stein about neuroplasticity and how it can help us heal. Dr. Stein is a professor and psychiatrist MD with over 22 years of working exclusively with patients with ME/CFS and other system sensitivity disorders. She also has struggled with ME/CFS, Fibro and MSC herself since 1989. Because of her experience with Neuroplasticity she had made it her focus in research and now offers a course dedicated to it at her website...

In this episode Lindsay speaks to writer Michael Towers, author of the popular Chronic Fatigue Superhero comic book. Michael struggles with severe ME/CFS as well as Fibromyalgia, POTS, MALS, TOS and other related issues. Topics covered include finding motivation, how to make progress, fear, trauma of the illness, fostering purpose and a passion. He talks about how writing his book has not only helped him heal, but also brings comfort and advocacy for those who can relate. You can follow...

On todays episode I talk to Daniel Maté, co-author with Dr. Gabor Maté of the book The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness and Healing in a Toxic Culture. He is a lyricist, composer, playwright and a Mental Chiropractor, helping people gain perspective on their issues and get unstuck. You can book a walk with Daniel at his website https://www.walkwithdaniel.com/ We have a fascinating conversation about topics such as intention, how to get unstuck, purpose, the like between mindset...

In this chat Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum discusses all the parts of his SHINE protocol which he has used to treat thousands of people with ME/CFS and other system sensitivity disorders. Jacob Teitelbaum, M.D., is one of the most frequently quoted integrative, pain and fibromyalgia medical authorities in the world. He is the author of the best-selling From Fatigued to Fantastic!(Penguin/Avery 2021). He is the lead author of 8 studies on effective treatment for fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue...

Before we get deep into expert interviews we wanted to share the recovery interview Lindsay did on “Our Power Is Within” Podcast. In it Lindsay shares the details of how she’s gotten to where she is after 7 years of struggle with ME/CFS. As discussed in the episode, Lindsay and Liz Carlson have an ME/CFS programs guide that you can get here: https://healwithliz.com/programs-guide/ And Visit Lindsayvine.com for her help with your recovery. ...

In this episode Lindsay speaks to Alex Howard, creator of the Optimum Health Clinic, Therapeutic Coach, speaker, and the author of Decode Your Fatigue (2021). Lindsay and Alex cover some of the things that are important to know when approaching ME/CFS and a Long Covid recovery including, What are the stages of recovery? When to do what?, What is the role of trauma work in recovery? and, What to do if you feel you’ve tried everything? Listen until the end to learn what animal Alex would be! ...

We’re back! In this Episode Lindsay and Stu catch up about their health journeys over the past year- The good, the bad and everything in between. They also discuss what’s ahead for the podcast- Things will be different this season, but we hope you will enjoy and learn a lot from what we have planned! And of course, Lindsay has some fascinating and relatable animal facts to share and Stu reads a lovely poem. Rate and Review on whatever podcast app you use to help us...

Hi friends! This is just a little update to let you know what’s happening. There will be exciting new episodes coming soon, including an update episode from us both. Also, Lindsay has a business helping people navigate the best programs or tools for their recovery. You can visit Lindsayvine.com for more info, or her new instagram page CFSprograms_Navigator for lots of free tips. She also has a CFS Recovery Programs Guide out! It’s packed with useful info for your journey. Thank you all for...

In our final episode of the season, we talk about how to handle and overcome setbacks, flare ups and crashes. Sadly, if you live with chronic fatigue, it’s a topic you’ll be familiar with, but it’s also what makes us such a resilient community.  Sharing our experiences, we talk about some serious topics like suicide, so if you don’t feel like you want to listen to right now, you can skip minute 18.40 to minute 26.40. We also talk about how finding our passions while we're unwell is one of...