The Chronic Comeback
Welcome to the Chronic Comeback Podcast channel. This podcast was set up by me, Phil Hadfield, as a way of focusing on the positives and steering away from the negatives of chronic illness. Comebacks are totally possible in any situation and in fact, your life can become better as a result of your setback and this podcast is all about interviewing those who have proven this...
The Chronic Comeback
Kimberly's Journey from Lyme, Mold and PoTS to finding Joy and White Water Rafting!
In this episode we have Kimberly Harter. Kimberly's health first became a problem in her life when she suffered an anaphylactic shock in 2006, which she later found out was due to Lyme, which she was later diagnosed with. This set off a worsening of many symptoms for Kimberley, leaving her in extreme pain, bed-ridden, with extreme sensitivities and a very limited diet.
What followed were many ups and downs in her recovery journey, and it was through a whole host of techniques surrounding mindset, including brain retraining, breathwork techniques, cold therapy etc that she finally started seeng improvements, leading her to make huge changes in her life, including become a white water raft instructor and starting her own business.
In this episode, Kimberly shares many insights she has had over the course of her recovery journey, and we discuss the importance of finding joy and play in your recovery, how powerful change can be and the importance of not becoming identified with being "sick."
0:00 - Intro
01:05 - Kimberly’s first turning point in her health when she had an anyphalactic shock in 2006
05:39 - Kimberly’s diagnosis of Lyme disease
08:03 - The treatments Kimberly went on
08:44 - How her body reacted to these treatments and how this resulted in an emergency surgery
09:18 - Turning to naturopathic versions of treatment and the many things Kimberly tried
11:01 - Going to a treatment centre in Arizona for 15 weeks
11:37 - How after initially feeling some improvement, Kimberly had a bad crash
14:30 - How Kimberly was told it must be in her head or she must be exaggerating her symptoms
15:41 - How Kimberly came across brain retraining in 2017 and her initial scepticism
16:40 - Kimberly’s experience with stem cell treatment and how it positively impacted her vision
18:15 - Kimberly’s experience with brain retraining
18:41 - How Kimberly also started implanting cold therapy and breath work
20:04 - Kimberly’s change in mindset, and how things started to turn around for her and her health
20:16 - Kimberly’s experience with mold
24:06 - How long it took for things to shift once Kimberly started feeling better
25:26 - How Kimberly became a white water raft guide, and how this big change in her life was key to her recovery
32:13 - How recovery can be slow, and how Kimberley dropped a lot of her practices when she moved away but how this didn’t negatively impact her health, and actually reinforced that she was not a “sick person.”
38:35 - Phil’s experience with Primal trust, and the importance of finding joy in your day
39:57 - The importance of play in neutroplasticity
48:39 - How Kimberly wouldn’t trade the years she lost to illness, because of the positive changes it has brought about in her life
54.44 - Kimberly’s advice to others going through chronic health issues now
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