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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 fro

New episodes: Weekly
Typical length: 41 min
Latest: 14 Sep 2026
Language: English

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14 Sep 2026 · 38 min

The Most Overlooked Piece in Chronic Fatigue and Pain Recovery | Therapist Jean Itier

Send us Fan Mail 👉 Get key recovery takeaways in my FREE weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/3bd95045319b/raelan-agle 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. 🌐 Jean Itier's website: https://paintherapycoaching.co.uk ▶️ Jean Itier's YT channel: https://www.youtube.com/@chronicpaintherapist 🧘 Jean Itier's guided practice you can do while lying down: https://www.youtube.co...

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14 Sep 2026 · 34 min
A Doctor Recovered From Chronic Fatigue. Here's What She Has Her Patients Do | Dr Anna Smith
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Get the key takeaways from the latest recovery interview in my FREE weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/3bd95045319b/raelan-agle 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: 👉 Polyvagal chart (to print out and put on your fridge): https://themovementparadig...
3 Sep 2026 · 43 min
Alan Gordon: Fatigue, Pain, Nausea, Anxiety: Here's How to Turn Them Off
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Get Alan Gordon’s The Way Out ebook for just $1.99 on Amazon US! 🎉 5-year anniversary sale, Aug 31–Sept 4: https://amzn.to/4zxN6hE 👉 Struggling with long videos? ✅ Get the key takeaways from the latest recovery interview in my FREE weekly newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/3bd95045319b/raelan-agle In this video, Alan Gordon, co-creator of pain reprocessing therapy, and author of The Way Out, explains why chronic fatigue and other symptoms respond to the same approach as chron...
10 Aug 2026 · 20 min
The 5 Phases of Recovery #longcovid #mecfs #fibromyalgia
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Use this FREE tool - https://mailchi.mp/raelanagle/symptom-investigator In this video, I share the five phases of neuroplastic recovery and how to tell which phase needs your attention right now. ✅ Recovery is possible and you don't have to figure it out alone. 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101 Bite-size lessons + weekly live group calls with coaches who've been there. MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: 📗 Unlearn Your Pain: The Science of Recoveri...
13 Jul 2026 · 49 min
230: I Taught Psychology But Ignored My Own Nervous System Warning Signs | Jan Rothney
Send us Fan Mail 📘 Breaking Free by Jan Rothney (Updated Edition) - https://amzn.to/4f0mbTE In this video, Jan Rothney shares how she recovered from ME/CFS after being bedridden, relapsing, and being told by specialists that recovery was impossible. She explains how chronic symptoms can become stuck in brain-body loops, why safety, self-agency, emotional work, and supportive community matter, and how tiny “green shoots” can help rebuild confidence in recovery. ALSO MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: ...
S1 · E229 · 6 Jul 2026 · 41 min
229: After 26 Years, Dr. David Mickel Says Recovery Starts Here
Send us Fan Mail 🧠 Understand Your Natural Wiring and Work With It: Not Against It — https://www.mickeltherapy.com/a/2148294302/ZaxaFeeq Wired for Wonder™ is designed for people who are naturally highly responsive, deeply feeling, creatively driven or identify with ADHD, neurodivergence or high sensitivity; Wired for Wonder™ helps you work with your nervous system rather than against it. Instead of trying to become “normal,” you’ll discover how to harness your natural way of being so ...
S1 · E228 · 29 Jun 2026 · 29 min
228: The Mistakes Keeping You Stuck With Long Covid | Björn Borgers
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Use code BJORNFIFTY to save $50: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining-101 ✅ Tired of trying everything? Brain Retraining 101 gives you a clear path. 👉 https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101 Bite-size videos + weekly live calls + a community that gets it. ALSO MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: 👉 Watch the interview with Devon Carter: https://youtube.com/live/ugp4nwhv8Tc 👉 Watch the interview with Dr. Howard Schubiner: https://youtu.be/cd1d999Oe6M 📘 Unlearn Your Pain: The Science of ...
S1 · E227 · 9 Jun 2026 · 41 min
227: An Occupational Therapist's 3-Step Framework for ME/CFS Recovery | Zara Dureno
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Join Zara’s Regulate and Rewire: A Holistic Brain Retraining Program: https://payhip.com/b/VOYo8/af6a268022c2840 🧘 Free Meditations from Zara / Uplift Virtual Therapy: https://www.upliftvirtualtherapy.com/free-meditations 📚 Zara’s books and workbook: https://www.upliftvirtualtherapy.com/bookonline-course In this episode, Zara Dureno shares why recovery from ME/CFS, fibromyalgia, long covid, POTS, MCAS, chronic pain, and other centrally sensitized symptoms is possib...
S1 · E226 · 3 Jun 2026 · 46 min
226: The Tinnitus Recovery Conversation No One Is Having | Dr. Marcia Dewey
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, clinical audiologist Dr. Marcia Dewey explains how symptoms like tinnitus, sound sensitivity, dizziness, and other ear-related issues can be linked to the brain's ability to adapt and change. She also shares how gentle, safety-focused strategies can help people gradually return to everyday activities and feel more confident in their lives. CONNECT WITH DR. MARCIA DEWEY 🌐 Froedtert Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Program — https://www.froedtert.com/tinnitus 👩‍⚕️ F...
S1 · E225 · 3 Jun 2026 · 31 min
225: Your Flare-Up Wasn’t Caused by What You Think | Olga Keller
Send us Fan Mail 📚 Free emotional processing guide: https://www.cfsrecovery.co/emotional-processing-guide?el=yt-raelan508&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=optin 👉 Free Nervous System Health Assessment link: https://cfs-test.com/raelan?el=yt-raelan509&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=optin OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES: ✅ FREE Recovery Masterclass — https://cfsrecovery.co/recovery-foundations-849513?el=yt-raelan052&htrafficsource=youtub...
S1 · E224 · 3 Jun 2026 · 1 hr 6 min
224: The Quickest Way to Get Better from Chronic Illness | Dr. Howard Schubiner, MD
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Dr. Schubiner's new book 📘 Unlearn Your Pain: The Science of Recovering from Chronic Pain, Fatigue, Anxiety, and Depression: https://amzn.to/4fdiE4V 📱Try Curable App — 6 weeks FREE — https://www.curablehealth.com/deal/raelannewsletter 👉 FREE Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy (EAET) Handout – https://drive.google.com/file/d/115lZAWyEOIHNCsxxLfd21HyzZMA2Jimg/view?usp=sharing In this video, Dr. Schubiner shares how neuroplastic symptoms can keep chronic pain, chron...
S1 · E223 · 21 May 2026 · 29 min
223: The Nervous System Advice That’s Not Actually True
Send us Fan Mail ✅ Recover now with Raelan 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101 Includes bite size videos, weekly live group coaching calls + support group. In this episode, I share why some of the most common ways we talk about fight-or-flight, freeze, fawn, and symptom meanings may be oversimplified or unsupported by current research. 👉 ✅ Recover now with Raelan 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101 Includes bite size videos, we...
S1 · E222 · 4 May 2026 · 27 min
222: Who Gets Sick with Long Covid, ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain?
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I share what the research says about why certain people are more susceptible to conditions like ME/CFS, long covid, and fibromyalgia — and what that means for your recovery. 👉 Join my Brain Retraining 101 program for ME/CFS and long covid recovery -https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101 Includes bite size videos, weekly live group coaching + support group. RESOURCES MENTIONED: 📄 2025 ATNS (Association for Treatment of Neuroplastic Symptoms) Conference - htt...
S1 · E221 · 22 Apr 2026 · 40 min
221: A Doctor’s Recovery Blueprint for ME/CFS, Long COVID and Chronic Pain | Dr. David Schechter, MD
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Dr. David Schechter shares the hard-won insights from over three decades and more than 4,500 patients treated using a neuroplastic approach to chronic symptoms. BOOKS BY DR. DAVID SCHECHTER: 📙 Think Away Your Pain by Dr. David Schechter — https://amzn.to/42jrar6 📘 The Lessons Dr. Sarno Taught Me by Dr. David Schechter — https://amzn.to/3Qy0Fvs WORKBOOKS DR. DAVID SCHECHTER: 📒 The MindBody Workbook (Volume 2) by Dr. David Schechter & Justin Barker, PsyD ...
S1 · E220 · 22 Apr 2026 · 36 min
220: The 1% Shift That Changed Her Recovery (ME/CFS, Long Covid, POTS) | Dr. Crista Taylor, DPT
Send us Fan Mail 📚 Free emotional processing guide: https://www.cfsrecovery.co/emotional-processing-guide?el=yt-raelan508&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=optin 👉 Free Nervous System Health Assessment link: https://cfs-test.com/raelan?el=yt-raelan509&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=optin OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES: ✅ FREE Recovery Masterclass — https://cfsrecovery.co/recovery-foundations-849513?el=yt-raelan052&htrafficsource=...
S1 · E219 · 13 Apr 2026 · 51 min
219: It's All a Predictive Mistake: ME/CFS, Long COVID, Chronic Pain | Vanessa Blackstone, MSW, ACSW
Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Vanessa Blackstone, MSW, ACSW — Executive Director of the Pain Psychology Center — shares how pain reprocessing therapy helps the brain stop interpreting safe sensations as dangerous and move out of chronic protection and into lasting recovery. MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO: 📒 The Pain Reprocessing Therapy Workbook by Vanessa Blackstone - https://amzn.to/47e8qwe 🧠 Pain Psychology Center – https://painpsychologycenter.com/ 🧠 Mindbody Therapy & Coaching Center ...
S1 · E218 · 30 Mar 2026 · 26 min
218: "If they said it was my mind, I would've been pissed." (Liz's Long COVID Story)
Send us Fan Mail 📱Try Curable—6 weeks FREE — http://www.curable.com/raelanagle In this episode, Liz Kotin shares how she spent more than three years battling long COVID — including chronic fatigue, POTS, brain fog, and cardiac symptoms — before discovering the mind-body approach to recovery through books, therapy, and the Curable app. She explains why she was deeply skeptical at first, what tools actually helped her heal, and how the experience transformed the way she relates to herself and ...
S1 · E217 · 23 Mar 2026 · 24 min
217: How to Make Brain Retraining Dead Simple
Send us Fan Mail ✅ Recover now with Raelan 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101 Includes bite size videos, weekly live group coaching calls + support group. 📄 FREE A Way Forward .pdf - https://mailchi.mp/raelanagle/a-way-forward-understanding-mecfs-long-covid Or just download from here - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_uGKisxNiVA1pskXhtOwKO0W_wE6pY4H/view In this video, I share why recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome, long COVID, and similar chronic symp...
S1 · E216 · 16 Mar 2026 · 50 min
216: This Is What People Bedbound with ME/CFS Really Need | Junior Ky
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Free Nervous System Health Assessment link: https://cfs-test.com/raelan?el=yt-raelan509&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=optin 📚 Free emotional processing guide: https://www.cfsrecovery.co/emotional-processing-guide?el=yt-raelan508&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=optin OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES: ✅ FREE Recovery Masterclass — https://cfsrecovery.co/recovery-foundations-849513?el=yt-raelan052&htrafficsource=...
S1 · E215 · 16 Mar 2026 · 24 min
215: How to Start Exercising Again
Send us Fan Mail ✅ Recover now with Raelan 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101 Includes bite size videos, weekly live group coaching calls + support group. In this video, I share how to start exercising again after living with a chronic symptom syndrome, including what works, what doesn't, and why the approach looks completely different from typical fitness advice. 📌 Join my FREE 5-day brain retraining Email starter course - simple and actionable steps,...
S1 · E214 · 9 Mar 2026 · 34 min
Dr. Hansma: The Longer You've Had Chronic Symptoms, The Easier You CAN Recover
Send us Fan Mail In this video, Dr. Paul Hansma, Professor at UC Santa Barbara (The UCSB Physics Hansma Research Lab), shares why longer symptom duration can actually make recovery easier, and what the science reveals about the most effective ways to shift those patterns. CONNECT WITH DR. PAUL HANSMA 🌐 The UCSB Physics Hansma Research Lab - https://hansmalab.physics.ucsb.edu 🎥 Dr Hansma's YouTube (managed by his lab) - https://www.youtube.com/@ChronicPainScience 📚 STUDIES MENTIONED 1....
S1 · E213 · 9 Mar 2026 · 55 min
213: Key to my full Long Covid recovery | Devon Carter
Send us Fan Mail ✅ Join Brain Retraining 101 for Long Covid Recovery - https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining-101 Includes bite-size lessons + The Forward Together Week + Weekly live group coaching 👉 Get a $50 discount through Devon Carter’s website - https://www.devoncartercoaching.com/ In this video, neuroplasticity educator Devon Carter shares her full Long Covid recovery journey, from spending the worst day of her life on the ER floor to fully reclaiming her health, and the science-based to...
S1 · E212 · 9 Mar 2026 · 54 min
212: Stop Forcing Calm. Do This Instead.
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Laura's FREE Breathwork Sessions including Releasing Pain (use code FREE BREATHER) — https://www.feeltoheal.live ⭐ Laura's Free Yogic Breathwork Videos - https://www.youtube.com/@feel.to.heal.wellness In this video, Laura Haraka shares how she healed from years of intense pelvic pain and over ten diagnoses — including live exercises you can try right now that changed everything for her. Connect with Laura Haraka 🌐 Website: https://www.feeltoheal.live 📸 Instagram: https:/...
S1 · E211 · 9 Mar 2026 · 43 min
211: The Childhood Pattern Behind Slow ME/CFS Recovery | Teresa Hobbs
Send us Fan Mail 🎙️ Teresa's group program (starting March 11) "Anchor and Regulate" - https://www.monarchintegrativecoaching.com/group-support In this interview, Teresa Hobbs — trauma recovery coach and long-time ME/CFS recoverer — breaks down why so many people plateau despite doing all the right things, and what attachment style, freeze response, and childhood patterns have to do with why your nervous system is taking so long to feel safe enough to heal. CONNECT WITH TERESA HOBBS: 🌐 Tere...
S1 · E210 · 2 Mar 2026 · 47 min
210: 20% Who Don't Get Better | A Therapist's Perspective (Ellen Ronka)
Send us Fan Mail In this video, psychotherapist Ellen Ronka shares the hidden role shame plays in chronic illness - and why it's the missing piece that keeps so many people stuck even when they're doing "everything right". CONNECT WITH ELLEN RONKA 🌐 Website - https://www.chronictocured.com 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chronic_to_cured/ 📱 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ChronicToCuredwithEllenRonka 👉 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EllenRonkaLCMHC/ 🦋 TikTok -- https://www.ti...
S1 · E209 · 23 Feb 2026 · 20 min
209: The Hidden Trauma Behind Chronic Symptoms
Send us Fan Mail ✅ Recover now with Raelan 👉 Join Brain Retraining 101: https://tinyurl.com/brainretraining101 Includes bite size videos, weekly live group coaching calls + support group. In this video, I share what medical trauma is, why it goes unrecognized, and how it directly contributes to nervous system dysregulation in people with ME/CFS and Long Covid. I walk through the common causes of medical trauma, why addressing it is part of recovery—not separate from it—and the four-step dese...
S1 · E208 · 16 Feb 2026 · 47 min
208: Bedbound With PPPD: Symptoms Became the Solution | Sam Miller's Recovery Story
Send us Fan Mail In this video, Sam Miller shares how she went from severe PPPD (Persistent Postural-Perceptual Dizziness) and being bedbound to full recovery and why she believes many brain retraining approaches only address part of the picture. CONNECT WITH SAM MILLER 🌐 Website - https://thegreatallowing.co.uk/ 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/thegreatallowing/ 📱 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@thegreatallowing ALSO MENTIONED: 👉 Interview with Dr. Yo - https://youtu.be/ZH3I3Yy_d...
S1 · E207 · 9 Feb 2026 · 1 hr 23 min
207: Nothing Is Off Limits in This Conversation | Miguel Bautista
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Free Nervous System Health Assessment link: https://cfs-test.com/raelan?el=yt-raelan509&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=optin 📚 Free emotional processing guide: https://www.cfsrecovery.co/emotional-processing-guide?el=yt-raelan508&htrafficsource=youtube&hcategory=ambassador&hgoal=optin OTHER HELPFUL RESOURCES: ✅ FREE Recovery Masterclass — https://cfsrecovery.co/recovery-foundations-849513?el=yt-raelan052&htrafficsource=...
S1 · E206 · 3 Feb 2026 · 23 min
206: I Ran an NHS Long Covid Service, Then I Got Long Covid | Karen Wright's Recovery Story
Send us Fan Mail In this video, Karen Wright shares how long covid forced her to completely rebuild her life at 40, moving from a driven physiotherapist and high achiever to discovering a more sustainable way of living. CONNECT WITH KAREN WRIGHT: 🌐 Website - https://www.sagehealthandwellness.co.uk 📸 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sage_healthandwellness 📱 Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61571111125623 ALSO MENTIONED: 🌟 Interview with Rachel Whitfield - https:/...
S1 · E205 · 3 Feb 2026 · 55 min
205: Dr. Cathleen King: Your Mitochondria Aren’t Broken
Send us Fan Mail 👉 Dr. King's Daily Regulate 40-Day Program - https://smpl.ro/al/gZwGJ3mPkyBTQqUtK5TtQwkF/46631-Raelan-Agle In this interview, Dr. Cathleen King, Doctor of Physical Therapy, explains what’s behind the idea of “mitochondrial dysfunction” and why it doesn’t mean your body is broken. We explore how mitochondria respond to safety and threat signals, why nervous system regulation matters, and how people with ME/CFS and Long Covid often get stuck chasing the wrong explanations. 📗...

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Typical length: 41 min
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