Today on Lyme Voice I am joined by Scott Forsgren. In 1997 Scott was in his twenties and became violently ill. It was the scariest thing he had ever experienced. Overnight, his body was ravaged by an unknown illness. He had difficulty walking, balance problems, blurred vision, low-grade fevers, rapid heart rate, burning sensations in his arms and legs, severe joint pain, nausea, digestive disturbances (we'll leave it at that), brain fog, muscle spasms, numbness, tingling, skin-hypersensitivity, ...
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 137
Advocating for yourself within the realm of an unrecognized illness is an immense challenge. Advocating for yourself as a minor, with an unrecognized illness, when you are dependent on the adults in your life is the topic of today's episode. Meet Ben S... in addition to navigating adolescence, he faces the daily reality of debilitating GI issues, autoimmune dysfunction, the ebb and flow of chronic Lyme disease, and the continued challenges of finding adequate treatment. Kids often need ongoing p...
Aug 24, 2021•58 min•Ep. 136
Since launching Lyme Voice in 2015, getting reinfected with Lyme, conducting over 300+ coaching calls for patients and caregivers, and conducting over 100 interviews...you all have walked through hard seasons of life with me. We have cried, we have been inspired, we have survived together through aspects of life that have been few people understand. In this personal and solo episode, I talk about the transitions within my own life and my plans for Lyme Voice moving forward. Sponsors: Envita Medi...
Aug 10, 2021•56 min•Ep. 135
Chronic fatigue in his early 20's was threatening Dr. Nichol's ability to finish school. He was also confused as to why he was having a hard time "getting out of bed in the morning." While his tests at multiple doctors were "within range" the way he felt was less than optimal and not sustainable. Talking Points: -Using breathing techniques to regulate the nervous system -Buteyko and Win Hof breathing methods -Cold exposure therapy -Peptide therapies to stimulate tissue repair -Resetting your chr...
Jul 20, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 134
With depth and understanding of both the emotional and biological aspects that impact relationships, Dr. Brad speaks from the heart about the health and toxicity of our most intimate relationships: -How illness and stress impact our hormone levels. How our beliefs shape our nervous system and how all of this plays out hormonally and sexually. -We address the topic of Medical PTSD within the context of hormonal realities. -There is a deep understanding within this episode that I can't fully artic...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 133
Today's guest is my co-host Author Suzanne Burden. There is so much depth, insight, tenacity, grace, and hope within this episode. And I'm really proud to bring you authentic truths that can help to shape your healing journey. Suzanne will attest to the hard realities of life with Lyme but also explain how you can simultaneously accept the invitation to restore your life! "Heroes in myth, literature and real life-take journeys, confront dragons (i.e., problems) and discover the treasure of their...
Jun 22, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 132
What does it mean to Live In Alignment physically and emotionally? It's about truly inhabiting your body, noticing your own patterns of behavior and beliefs. And then...here is where it gets good...anchoring yourself into the PRESENT and finding PEACE within your BODY. Emily knows what it is like to feel insecure, ashamed, tired, overweight, & constricted in your body. Because of her own story, Emily is passionate about supporting women through the path from disliking their bodies to loving ...
Jun 15, 2021•56 min•Ep. 131
“Knowledge is power”, and after discovering just how different I was in an EMF-free environment, I felt powerful. It was as if I had been living in black and white my entire life and someone flipped on the color. Discovering that man-made EMFs are actually harmful changed my life. What are EMFs? Simply put, EMFs or Electromagnetic Frequencies are a form of radiation comprised of four categories: 1. Electric Fields 2. Magnetic Fields 3. Radio Frequencies 4. Dirty Electricity Book link: https://ww...
Jun 08, 2021•47 min•Ep. 130
Breaking the Chronic Nightmare of Lyme Disease brings a common-sense reality into the subject of Lyme. It explains what is going on with the body processes that cause all of the problems that arise with Lyme disease. Once the interactive breakdown of body processes is identified and understood, these same processes can be tested for the best support to nurture healing and recovery. It is working with the body to heal that restores health. Talking Points: -Diagnosis, the double edge sword (IgG vs...
Jun 01, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 129
**This Is How I Save My Life with Amy B. Scher** When doctors have all but given up, when a diagnosis eludes you, and when every test result raises more questions than answers, how do you save yourself? Like so many survivors they make one choice, and one action step after the other... Talking Points: -This was Life or Death, not Eat, Pray, Love. -We all deserve to be happy and free. -Blame vs. Responsibility -Healing FOMO -Depression, uncovering who we really are By the time Amy B. Scher was tw...
May 25, 2021•50 min•Ep. 128
After spending a decade endlessly searching online to help family members cope with medical conditions. Yael Elish (a core member of the Waze founding team) found that... time and again, other people were the key to discovering the most effective treatments. An idea was born... StuffThatWorks helps people learn which treatments work best for their condition using smart, AI-based crowdsourcing. You know your condition best. How it feels. What aggravates it. Which treatments work. (And which ones ...
May 18, 2021•49 min•Ep. 127
In this interview, Dr. Diane Mueller turns the microphone on Sarah for an energetic and experiential conversation about (seemingly teeny-tiny) ways to stack your daily habits towards hope, recovery, and transformation. This episode is just one of the 30+ interviews by speakers and international experts for this FREE... Body, Mind, Mold, and Lyme Summit May 17-21. A whole BODY, whole MIND training, and support SUMMIT for practitioners and survivors. Link: https://lyme-disease-and-mold-illness-sum...
May 11, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 126
Transforming PAIN into EMPOWERMENT with transformational MINDSET coach Limor Lihi Debbie! -Turning your biggest pain into your greatest gain -Disease=Low energetic vibration -NLP: Neuro Linguist Programming (the language of the brain) -Pain vs. Gain (How to reconcile) -Viewing her experience as a gift -Being conscious of what we are putting into our body and our soul -Coming out of Egypt (slavery...limiting beliefs, fears, anxiety, thoughts, illness) -Feed your subconscious Sponsors: Envita Medi...
May 04, 2021•1 hr 15 min•Ep. 125
Gregg Kirk has been practicing Reiki, Theta Healing, Human Tuning, Past-life Regression, and Remote Energy Healing for more than two decades. He also firmly believes that the label of "healer" is a misnomer -- he doesn't do the healing. He holds space and facilitates love and healing energy from a higher source outside himself. Guest Links: Remote Reiki Energy Healing Session: https://greggkirk.com/healer/ Ticked Off Foundation: https://www.tickedofffoundation.org/contact-us/ (Our mission is to ...
Apr 20, 2021•57 min•Ep. 124
Merry Lynch, a Lyme warrior who uses her skills as a human behavior specialist and an emotional intelligence trainer with over 25 years of experience, teaches others how to look inward for the clues that life leaves us. IT’S NOT ABOUT THE VISION BOARD is about who you must to become, in order for personal growth. It’s also about the pieces of you that you must leave behind. Merry takes women from around the globe on a five-week online journey called Laying the Foundation Vision Board Mastery to ...
Apr 13, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 123
Products like apple cider vinegar or even stevia can kill a Lyme spirochete. So, why are people so sick? Why is this illness endlessly complicated? • Let’s talk biofilms, or in official terms, Amino polysaccharide. • Did you know that the Lyme spirochete has the ability to create its own protection in the form of what is called a biofilm, much like a spider, creating a web? • A misconception about biofilm is that it is floating around each bacterium, that’s not how it works. Just like a spider t...
Apr 06, 2021•52 min•Ep. 122
Sex, Intimacy, and Love are mysterious and fluid aspects of life even within a healthy body and a healthy relationship. Whether you are parenting a sick child, have a sick spouse, or you yourself are struggling with ever-changing symptoms within your own body. Chronic illness (with all of its losses and lessons) becomes a 3rd party within your intimate relationships. In this raw and intimate interview, I talk with Reid Richardson, a breakthrough and relationship coach and co-founder of Super-Pow...
Mar 30, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 121
"I felt as if I was trapped within my own body, watching the world pass by." Living with one chronic disease is difficult, let alone three. Author Brian R. Humrich, Ph.D. discusses the journey taken to discover that he had MOLD illness, Lyme disease, and EHS. He discusses the confusion of symptoms experienced, treatments attempted to cure the diseases, and a step-by-step guide detailing his journey, discoveries, and how he rearranged his entire existence in order to heal. Highlights: ~Finding tr...
Mar 16, 2021•46 min•Ep. 120
In this interview, Sarah Walton reflects on her own experiences in a marriage that has faced chronic illness, the after-effects of abuse, financial difficulties, and a child with neurological challenges. Sarah Walton is the co-author of Together Through the Storms. A Biblical Encouragement for Your Marriage When Life Hurts. She is also the co-author of the award-winning book Hope When It Hurts and blogs at setapart.net . She lives with her husband, Jeff, and their four children in Colorado Sprin...
Mar 09, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 119
Getting accurate testing and figuring out what is really going on in your body can be a really hard aspect of life with a chronic illness. Technology is changing things rapidly and today we talk with Dr. Fry, the founder of Fry Laboratories LLC, about those changes and what that means for patients. *Fry Labs is a CLIA clinical diagnostic laboratory that participates in CAP and API validation systems. Dr. Fry founded the Southwest Center for Chronic Disease to help fund basic medical research. Th...
Mar 02, 2021•59 min•Ep. 118
Journeying through the land of chronic pain and chronic illness often includes an unfathomable amount of prescription medications. It is often one of the few solutions offered for chronic conditions within western medicine. Those prescription drugs consistently bring with them toxins and unwanted side effects. Long before any of us were around, Mother Nature began providing her own medications. But for reasons, we will explore, some true and some false, people can be hesitant or unaware about th...
Feb 23, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Ep. 117
Mysterious and unrecognized symptoms can leave you feeling overwhelmed and confused about what protocols to implement, whom to trust and where to put your resources. Dr. Diane Mueller believes that "there is NO one size fits all in medicine" and that different people respond to different therapies and approaches. She speaks from both experience and education ! This episode is packed with practical advice about: -Doctor Hopping-"When to hop and when to stop." -Mindset (Fight) + Action (Heal) -Med...
Feb 16, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 116
In order to truly heal physically, mentally, and emotionally you have to dive in and address something that comes up... your inner critic . When your identity, finances, and relationships change because of trauma, loss, or illness, the inner critic can be the only voice you hear. Today I talk with Author, Radio Host, and Hypnotherapist Dr. Kelly Rae Brown about: -Medical PTSD -Limiting beliefs -Mental and emotional release techniques -Finding balance -And resolving life's issues Lyme disease can...
Feb 09, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Ep. 115
Products like apple cider vinegar or even stevia can kill a Lyme spirochete. So again, why are people so sick? Why is this illness endlessly complicated? • Let’s talk biofilms, or in official terms, Amino polysaccharide. (10:00) • Did you know that the Lyme spirochete has the ability to create its own protection in the form of what is called a biofilm, much like a spider, creating a web? • A misconception about biofilm is that it is floating around each bacterium, that’s not how it works. Just l...
Jan 21, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 37
Developing Ninja-Skills & Doing Hard Things With author Suzanne Burden Today's guest is my co-host Author Suzanne Burden. There is so much depth, insight, tenacity, grace, and hope within this episode. And I'm really proud to bring you authentic truths that can help to shape your healing journey. Suzanne will attest to the hard realities of life with Lyme but also explain how you can simultaneously accept the invitation to restore your life! "Heroes in myth, literature and real life-take jou...
Dec 19, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 36
"Chronic disease was a forest fire that burned my life to the ground. Once I stopped fighting the fire and let it burn away the things I had once thought valuable, I began to learn from it and accept where I was. The empty spaces gave me room for new growth and my life moved in a different direction." -- Gregg Kirk (from the book "The Gratitude Curve") Key Takeaways about Enemas: I (Gregg Kirk) stumbled across information about the Gerson Institute and their well-known Gerson Therapy that had be...
Nov 13, 2020•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 35
With empathy at the forefront of our daily mission, Medical Bill Gurus is dedicated to being in the trenches with patients and raise awareness for the daily challenges facing them. From medical billing errors to raising awareness for their diagnosis, Medical Bill Gurus takes pride in speaking with patients every day and helping them find guidance on how to navigate our broken healthcare system Daniel Lynch is originally from Sunrise, Florida and currently lives in Denver, CO. He is passionate ab...
Nov 01, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 34
From farm town girl to Olympic Swimmer, to bedridden and beyond, therapist Katrina Radke uses her inspirational story, professional experiences, and powerful yet simple tools to help you find what drives you to be your best while feeling deeply satisfied in all areas of your life. Key Takeaways: Chronic fatigue, insomnia, and 15 doctors later is when I finally found a practitioner that was helping. I went on a HUGE spiritual journey, as my titles and roles shifted. I had to look at life very dif...
Oct 22, 2020•57 min•Ep. 33
Treating patients with Ketamine for 5 years now, almost 2 years at his own clinic, Jonathan Evertsen and the staff of Urbane Medical, are dedicated to serving the Lyme community and have seen some of the most amazing stories of healing, fortitude, love, and strength and have seen some miraculous improvements from IV Ketamine Therapy. Key Takeaways: Ketamine promotes a sense of mental well-being! Ketamine treatments are helping those who suffer from chronic symptoms. Helps to alleviate chronic re...
Sep 24, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 32
Bio-From Grad Student and workaholic to bed-bound Lyme patient, Lauren started Lyme Warrior four years ago when she learned the struggle of Lyme first hand and knew she had to help. Lauren holds a Masters in Analytics and has years of experience in promotion and the legal field. She is working to empower those with Lyme Disease and help others to join together to make a change while still fighting her personal battle with Lyme Disease. To date, Lyme Warrior has given over $70,000 to Lyme researc...
Aug 31, 2020•49 min•Ep. 31