Dr. Christine:
Yeah. And I will say it’s not just positive thinking. We can’t just repress all of our feelings and be like, “Think positive. Think positive,” because that just doesn’t feel right in our body. So, that’s not the answer either. We do have to acknowledge where we’re at and acknowledge our pain, and it is hard. It is a lot that we’re going through, but also, to be aware of our thoughts and our mindset and shift that when we can.
Dr. Christine:
And for me, after everything that I went through, it’s like I see the tick as my spirit animal now. It showed me so much, this whole journey that I was on, I would’ve never went on this journey if I didn’t have all of these illnesses. And it made me really dig deep and really look into my spirituality and emotions and mindset and all these other things.
Dr. Christine:
And now, I don’t let anything in my life if it doesn’t serve me, and so much so, I moved 13 times last year because I wasn’t happy where I was, and I wasn’t sure where I wanted to go. And I was like, “I’m going to explore until I find what I’m looking for.” And that’s what I did.
Dr. Christine:
So, it’s a lesson that I take with me now. And I know that if I don’t have certain boundaries, if I let things in my life that aren’t serving me, it’s going to make me sick in one way or another. I don’t know if it’s going to be Lyme symptoms coming back or another illness or what, but I think when we have physical symptoms, it’s a sign that something in our life is not in alignment with our soul.
Mimi:
But I do have to say, it is frustrating, though, as positive you want to be, the fact that Lyme is not recognized in the medical community, and there’s no cure, as far as one-fit-cure answer or even like, “What do you have?” So, you just feel like you’re on this … these rabbit holes that just kind of … And you just … There’s no … Like right now, it’s like, “Hey, I thought I was better,” but I am in so much pain because my pain has come back, that I can’t move my right arm. It’s frustrating because it’s like everything that I’ve been learning and talking to people, still nobody … And I have some of the best doctors in the country, and they still can’t figure out how to get rid of my pain or what even triggered it.
Mimi:
It is definitely frustrating that you’re like, “God, how … Why can’t this go away? I’m paying all this money to these doctors, and I still have pain. How is that possible?”
Dr. Christine:
For me, it was about … It was really about self-healing and finding practitioners that helped me kind of tap into my own self-healing, instead of giving my power away to others to fix me and to just to try to kind of think of things in a different way. And I don’t know. I guess I just kind of gave up on the medical system a long time ago.
Mimi:
But I’m talking about Lyme doctors too. I’m not talking about alternative. But even now, it’s like I’ve done … I have my laundry list of everything I do every day from ozone to coffee enemas, to my BEMER mat, to my … everything. I got my 15 things I do, and I’ve been doing it for the last month, and I still am in pain. And I’m like, “Okay. What else am I missing?”
Mimi:
It’s frustrating. It’s a frustrating disease, but yes, you do have to own it. And at least I’m out of bed, and I feel fine, but it’s just … It’s definitely a long process. Right?
Mimi:
As far as your mind-body connection, what do you recommend? Is there any program that you have used for people, or do you have your own program, as far as meditating or any of the other [inaudible 00:20:19] share or any of the other kind of programs that are out there?
Dr. Christine:
Yeah. I think it just kind of depends what resonates with a person. A lot of breath work and different meditation techniques can be helpful, things like tapping to kind of release energy and let emotions go through. I like Wim Hof breathing. Yeah. Just breath work, for me, being in nature, things like that. There’s also an active form of meditation called Inside Out that a colleague of mine developed, which I find really helpful. So, yeah. There’s a lot of different tools that just kind of depends what resonates with the person.
Mimi:
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. This is great. So, lymesupport.com, is where you could find Christine to work with her. And I have done the hyperthermia, so I recommend that.
Dr. Christine:
Yeah. That really helped you. Right?
Mimi:
Yeah. It really helped me with my neurological symptoms. I would say, it buys you months. I don’t think it was a forever thing, because of the life cycle of Lyme. But I do think it gave me a reprieve of six months of being like, “Oh my God. I feel so good,” so that you can catch your breath and kind of … But for me, it wasn’t like a … It definitely helped me reverse a lot of my neurological symptoms though, too.
Dr. Christine:
Yeah. Yeah. That’s huge.
Mimi:
Yeah. So, Christine, this has been awesome. Thank you so much for your time. lymesupport.com is where you can find Christine and work with her. Because I have a lot of people that reach out and saying, “Who should I work with?”
Mimi:
And I do think, there’s so many … You got to just have your personality fit. But I think finding somebody that’s had Lyme is huge, because they can understand what you’re going through and the innuendos of it and everything that kind of goes goes with it.
Dr. Christine:
Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. I did create a free training as well. So, if you go to lymesupport.com/heal, H-E-A-L, they can access that training. And it’s all about mindset work and things you can start implementing right away to notice shifts in your symptoms.
Mimi:
Okay. Good. Awesome. Thank you so much. I really appreciate it.
Dr. Christine:
Yeah, you’re welcome. Thank you.
Mimi:
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