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In this video, clinical professor Dr. Howard Schubiner, MD takes Raelan through a live EAET (Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy) session on camera, and what came up surprised them both.
INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
π My first interview with Dr. Howard Schubiner: https://youtu.be/cd1d999Oe6M
π My second interview with Dr. Howard Schubiner: https://youtu.be/WydXRFyVFxs
π My interview with Lalita Holmes: https://youtu.be/t1oprwSf3Mc
ALSO MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
π§ Time Traveler Visualization (the exercise from this video, free): https://unlearnyourpain.com/time-traveler-visualization/
π Unlearn Your Pain: The Science of Recovering from Chronic Pain, Fatigue, Anxiety, and Depression by Dr. Howard Schubiner: https://amzn.to/4fdiE4V
π ATNS (Association for Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms): Find a practitioner - https://neuroplastic.org/practitioner-directory/
πΒ Read the science: Annotated Bibliography for Neuroplastic Symptoms - https://neuroplastic.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/atns-annotated-bibliography-october-2026.pdf
CONNECT WITH DR. HOWARD SCHUBINER:
π Website: https://unlearnyourpain.com
π Cormendi Health: https://cormendihealth.com/meet-dr-schubiner
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Support the show Why Brain Retraining Stops Working on High Symptom Days (ME/CFS, Chronic Fatigue, Long Covid)
22/10/2026 | 23 mins.Send us Fan Mail
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In this video, I share the well-intentioned mistake almost everyone makes on a high symptom day, and three simple tools, written by two women who went through my program, that are a way through it.
ALSO MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
π§ Use This Visual to Rewire Your Brain for Recovery: https://youtu.be/r-_l_0GdVsk
ποΈ The Best Brain Training Tool Is So Simple You'll Miss It: https://youtu.be/YVXqE61-0Eo
π The Way OutΒ by Alan Gordon: https://amzn.to/4zxN6hEΒ
π My Interview with Zara Dureno (Occupational Therapist): https://youtu.be/ZF51Y1sKjTg
π My Interview with Melanie Murphy: https://youtu.be/DHkoqmvCzlE
π My Interview with Alan Gordon: https://youtu.be/MmHcZ8M5edY
π My Interview with Dr Schubiner: https://youtu.be/WydXRFyVFxs
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 π«οΈ When None of It Is Working
02:16 π Why Repetition Is the Work
03:57 π Anatomy of a High Symptom Day
05:23 π The Reassurance Loop
05:48 β οΈ Good Tools, Wrong Job
06:46 π’ Somatic Tracking and the Sea Turtle
08:09 π― What Outcome Independence Really Means
08:57 7οΈβ£ Dr. Schubiner's Seven Fs
10:11 π‘ A Symptom Is a Training Moment
10:52 ποΈ Severe Days Are for Comfort
11:48 π§° Three Tools for Hard Days
12:01 π« Tool 1Β
13:28 π¬οΈ The Long Exhale
14:13 β Chest Tapping and the Yellow Light
16:13 π€± Rocking and Self-Soothing
17:08 π΅ Humming for the Vagus Nerve
17:52 π Tool 2Β
19:56 π€² Tool 3
21:08 π Joyful Movement Counts
21:36 βοΈ Point Your Attention Toward Comfort
22:15 π You Weren't Doing Anything Wrong
23:03 π§‘ Try Brain Retraining 101 for Free
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In this video, Yale neurologist Dr. Dario Zagar, who has spent 20+ years seeing sufferers with long COVID, fibromyalgia, FND and chronic fatigue whose tests all come back normal, shares what those normal tests are missing and why fully believing the science still leaves some people stuck.
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BOOKS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:Β
π Unlearn Your Pain: The Science of Recovering from Chronic Pain, Fatigue, Anxiety, and Depression by Dr. Howard Schubiner:Β https://amzn.to/4fdiE4V
π Healing Back Pain: The Mind-Body Connection by Dr. John Sarno, MD - https://amzn.to/3UVJ5BB
INTERVIEWS MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
π Alan Gordon: Fatigue, Pain, Nausea, Anxiety: Here's How to Turn Them Off: https://youtu.be/MmHcZ8M5edY
π Devon Carter interview: https://youtu.be/u8WrDlkzFuQ
ALSO MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO:
π Association for Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms (ATNS) find a practitioner: https://neuroplastic.org/practitioner-directory/
π Lin Health: https://lin.health
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βΆοΈ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dariozagarmd
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Support the show 234: The Most Overlooked Piece in Chronic Fatigue and Pain Recovery | Therapist Jean Itier
14/09/2026 | 37 mins.Send us Fan Mail
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In this video, therapist Jean Itier shares how he spent years in chronic pain, telling himself he was fine; until he discovered what was actually missing.
π Jean Itier's website: https://paintherapycoaching.co.ukΒ
βΆοΈ Jean Itier's YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chronicpaintherapist
π§ Jean Itier's guided practice you can do while lying down: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdWXME2RtAU
π Playlist: Health professionals insights: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNX_MIJ_pJAbnyruhZZQlmBy8smx8DXgH
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 π Meet Jean Itier
01:16 π "I'm fine" story
03:06 π§ Absolutely not "all in your head"
05:06 π‘ The phantom limb example
06:12 β "I get it. So why am I still sick?"
06:35 β οΈ Trying hard implies threat
07:33 π² The bicycle analogy
09:26 π΄ The sleep example
10:35 π What safety feels like in your body
12:33 π Naming emotions vs feeling them
13:49 π A master at masking emotions
15:20 π How to find emotions you don't know you have
16:58 π« You don't need to dig for the "right" emotion
17:37 π Permission to feel
18:23 π§± Somatic tracking is too advanced for many
19:12 π Thoughts are suggestions, not truth
21:50 π "How do I tell my brain I'm safe?" (the wrong question)
23:05 π Why journaling didn't work for Jean
25:17 π Finding the way in through sadness
26:09 π If a tool isn't working for you
27:20 β³ His best tool: Schedule your worry time
28:30 π Your body is a place to live in (and not manage)
29:56 β Let the body do the thinking
32:19 π Selective attention training for recovery
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Support the show233: A Doctor Recovered From Chronic Fatigue. Here's What She Has Her Patients Do | Dr Anna Smith
14/09/2026 | 34 mins.Send us Fan Mail
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In this video, Dr. Anna M L Smith, a UK family doctor and SIRPA practitioner, explains how the brain and nervous system can generate real physical symptoms, and shares the practical tools she uses with her own patients to help them recover.
RESOURCES MENTIONED:
π Polyvagal chart (to print out and put on your fridge): https://themovementparadigm.com/how-to-map-your-own-nervous-sytem-the-polyvagal-theory/
π Polyvagal flip chart (if you want it on your desk): https://amzn.to/4xVPZHY
π§ SIRPA (Stress Illness Recovery Practitioners Association): https://www.sirpa.org
π Insights from Medical Doctors Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNX_MIJ_pJAY-9MKjsvq5TrVILneZ9bM0
π A Doctor Recovered from Long Covid (Dr Paul Garner) - https://youtu.be/zvGkiIF9jAI
CONNECT WITH DR. ANNA SMITH:
πΈ Follow Dr. Anna Smith on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healthwellnessgp/
π Her website: https://www.healthwellnessgp.co.uk
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TIME STAMPS:
00:00 π§ Normal test results don't mean nothing's wrong
01:43 π Anna's own health collapse at 19
03:00 π What is SIRPA?
04:07 π The question no doctor asked her
07:07 π©Ί How patients respond
08:35 π Are doctors to this approach?
10:30 π§ Where the recovery starts
12:33 π The nervous system chart check-in
16:02 π¨ How to respond to symptoms
18:14 πΆ Safely expanding activity
21:44 π Why emotional work matters for recovery
23:13 π§© What is Internal Family Systems (IFS)?
27:27 π± The most important thing
28:44 β Building a daily practice
31:34 π Can everyone recover?
32:31 π Where to find Dr. Anna Smith
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About The Raelan Agle Podcast
Here you will find recovery stories, strategies, and resources for ME/CFS and Long Covid. Raelan lived with chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) for ten years before finally fully recovering. After countless fruitless doctors' visits and tens of thousands of dollars spent providing little relief from her illness, she eventually realized that she would have to look within herself and listen to her body to find her path back to health. And thankfully she did finally fully recover!Since her full recovery about four years ago, Raelan has become passionate about spreading hope for others facing chronic illnesses such as ME/CFS, Long Covid, and Fibromyalgia. She is the author of Finding Freedom: Escaping from the Prison of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, has built a successful YouTube channel full of resources for health and healing, and designed online courses, accessible at raelanagle.com, to aid others on their journey towards health and happiness.
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