In this episode, fellow health and life coach, Laura Bolton shares how she reversed eczema, IBS, depression, and later, fibromyalgia. She shares how she stumbled upon functional medicine during the first part of her healing journey, and later the importance of addressing the mind-body connection, and releasing stress and trauma from her body. This is a powerful episode and warrants note-taking! Please share with anyone you know who has fibromyalgia – or really, any common or chronic illness. SHOW NOTES  3 mins – Used to suffer from eczema, IBS, very low mood 4 – Discovered Functional Medicine 5 – Realised she could heal herself, didn’t take any meds 6 – A view we share about medications 8 – Once you discover this way, you can’t go back 9 – Symptoms of fibromyalgia 10 – Tenderness throughout her body, skin hurt, neuralgia, jaw pain, tears, brain fog 11 – Brain inflammation makes you feel tired and low, almost like sciatica, felt like nerves   12 – Lady Gaga’s contribution to her diagnosis (can you get this to Lady Gaga?) 13 – Fibromyalgia is just a label for symptoms 14 – Symptoms are messengers – very clever ones 15 – “When The Body Says No” – Gabor Mate 16 – It’s almost considered the norm that when we age, we take medications (a socially acceptable norm) 17 – We’re taught not to feel. “It normalises us to see so much illness.” 18 – Laura used to suffer from IBS thinking it was ‘normal’ – ‘one of those things’ 19 – “It’s normal to feel depressed” (It’s not) “There’s a bug going around” 20 – “Why is it that some people don’t catch this bug that’s going around?” 21 – My example of a strong immune system at an intensive 6-day Tony Robbins event   22 – How did Laura get rid of her Fibromyalgia? 23 – The effects of trauma & stress on the gut 24 – What Laura believes to be the trigger for the stress & impact on gut and nervous system 25 – The internal environmental impact on gut health 27 – Importance of rest (to rebuild) and TRE 28 – Healing Back Pain, The Mind-Body Connection 29 – We store stress at a cellular level 30 – The culmination of small traumas / little events can all add up, shaking to release trauma  31 – “We don’t allow ourselves to express emotion” – so this can lead to storage of trapped emotions leading to impacts on the nervous system  32 – Soundbite: “My belief is you can do all the amazing physical stuff, perfect diet, have an amazing environment, do every 'bio-hack' out there, but if you’re not releasing stress and trauma, your body will display symptoms at some point.” 33 – Small and larger traumas must be released! 34 – Trauma is stored as electromagnetic fields / balls of energy – which can affect / block the flow of electricity in the body 35 – There are different circuits in the body which can be compromised by trapped emotions / trauma 36 – Stored trauma & stress and the lens we see through. Fascia release. Dr Joe Dispenza reference 37 – Dr Joe says “we know that our mind can create disease, so why can’t the opposite not apply?”  38 – A couple of hours a day of meditations, the power of gratitude 39 – Importance of gratitude and truly feeling it. Feelings & emotions emit energy frequencies 40 – A clear intention combined with an elevated emotion is what creates healing 41 – So many different modalities that help – including sound healing. Kundalini. Kelly Brogan. Traditionally trained psychiatrist who also wrote “A Mind Of Your Own” – Healing depression through natural means & Kundalini 43 (Excellent Soundbite) – Joe Dispenza. Bruce Lipton, Gregg Braden – “trio” – Heart-Brain Harmony. 45 – Blindness, cancer, Parkinson’s, chronic pain – complete recovery – ‘Miracle or spontaneous remission 47 – Passion Bomb on Western Medication 48 – “When you experience this stuff / healing , you can’t go back.” We are naturally designed to be well 49 – Epigenetics states that it’s the environment that signals the genes, not the genes that trigger the illness. “One of the best things I’ve ever done for your mental health