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The 1% Shift That Changed Her Recovery (ME/CFS, Long Covid, POTS) | Dr. Crista Taylor, DPT

Raelan Agle

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In this video, Dr. Crista Taylor, DPT, shares how she went from being a full-time physical therapist to spending most of her days bedridden with Long Covid, ME/CFS, POTS, and suspected MCAS — and how one simple concept about the way she responded to symptoms completely changed her recovery.

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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 🥼 This Sounds Like Total Woo
00:28 🩺 Meet Dr. Crista Taylor, DPT
03:13 🏷️ Collecting Diagnoses
07:02 🎯 How You Respond is Everything
09:38 🤯 Why Responding with Panic Keeps the "False Alarm" Ringing
11:21 🛑 How to Handle Terrifying Symptoms
14:56 ⚖️ The "All-or-Nothing" Trap
17:09 🧠 How to Rewire Your Brain with "Gray"
20:35 😢 Why We Repress or Over-Express Feelings
22:14 🧘‍♀️ How to Safely Feel an Emotion
26:04 🧭 Why You Need a "North Star"
29:00 🌊 The "Messy Middle" of Recovery
30:23 ✨ Shifting from "I Have To" to "I Get To"
32:08 🐈 How to Make Unpleasant Tasks Feel Empowering
33:29 🍕 The Tax Strategy

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20 Comments

@RaelanAgle Creator 5 months ago Pinned

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@atelier27 5 months ago

I so appreciate these interviews and am glad to see the little ai graphics aren’t being used anymore. They were distracting, this format, direct, unembellished is so relaxing and clear.

@birgitlilliehook5139 5 months ago (edited)

My two absolute favourite persons on YouTube! I am doing both CFS Recovery and Raelans programme. Raelan was the first one to bring hope to my debilitated body and mind, and Crista answers questions inside the CFS Recovery programme so heartfelt and with so much warmth and insight I never thought was possible. I still have a bit to go but the tools work and above all I found hope that recovery actually is possible. Thank you to both of you❤️

@basvisser6875 5 months ago

Thanks for this and other videos! I hear things I hear in the words of Pema Chödrön and Thich Nhat Hanh. Not running from nor acting out on your thoughts and emotions but accepting them as friends. Calming and taking care of them. Long covid has been my start of a different approach of life, for which I am grateful. I have accepted fullheartidly that after 5 years my recovery is stabil at about 80 percent. I wish you all the best!

@timweberHB 5 months ago (edited)

I love your videos. I don’t hear much on depression, anxiety, caffeine, pain killers, gut,sugar, non stop looping!
Thank you!

@PRrose56 4 months ago

I went through so many of these feelings and stages while on the road to getting “me” back. Finding Raelan and others online was key. Noticing patterns and trying to understand this novel approach was hard and takes time and some resources, but I am grateful for these videos and hope it helps others.

@redrider8036 5 months ago

Great interview Raelan! I have found working with those suffering from chronic pain that although there are similarities to each journey there are also nuances unique to each individual. These personal nuances can be compared to the various colors and patterns that are displayed when looking through stained glass from different angles. Each person is unique and their lived experience is something that demands total presence and compassion to truly see what has made them the way they are. Although I don’t think we should make it our mission to over complicate the healing process, we also shouldn’t over simplify it. Finding that balance and unique healing path for each person is crucial for success. I really sense that you are great at finding that balance. You are a leading voice in this community! Thanks for all you do!

@AngiWallaceCreativePhotography 5 months ago

Thank you both. I'm a big fan of both your channel Raelan and of CFS recovery. I have been using techniques and tips from both for about 18 months. Thank you Christa, your words have helped me today and I will keep on working on that one percent forward.

@MindBodyCoachTheresa 5 months ago

Yeah, it’s interesting. How the field is evolving so fast and so many different names have come up for the condition and as we understand it, we’re fully those names will probably consolidate into something a little bit more clear but I personally like the mind body name probably because as a manual therapist in practice for 30 years and having the awareness of literally every single client that I have treated having some kind of emotional stress connection to their symptoms, I think it’s actually very apt. We do have perceptions of reality that can absolutely impact the stress signals that the body produces and then the stress, sympathetic, cascade and sequela absolutely lead to poor real physiological symptoms so treating the mind and the body together are super important most of all and amazingly so simple is to restore safety in our nervous system, and also not to stress the body chemically with toxic foods, lack of sleep over exercising things like that having also gotten licensed now in the parent technique I do believe there’s significant utility and understanding lymphatic function in the brain and central nervous system. That’s a wonderful conversation. Thank you so much!

@JDNative9-m4i 2 weeks ago

Thank you both so much for your time and sharing your healing journey with us. Yes, there were definitely golden nuggets along the way here and I’ve downloaded the emotional guide. Have a great day 💖

@carlyelisa8914 2 months ago

I’m excited to look back at this video and my comment knowing I’ve healed. This video is exactly my experience and what I am struggling with right now in my recovery.

@janmcguire5268 1 month ago

Wow, thanks for the litter box tip!

@taylor.i 5 months ago

Crista's tips were super helpful; thank you so much! Now that I know Crista is a cat-lover, I love her even more.😊🐈

@catherinescutt5125 5 months ago

Totally relate to clearing the litter tray being an important step along recovery.. from the days I just couldn't do it to the days it was no.1 priority over anything else such as teeth brushing etc to the days when I almost didn't notice I was doing it alongside other things. Pets are so helpful to life!

@carolinehaenni 5 months ago (edited)

Thank you Raelan and Crista, that was so helpful ❤

@HeiðrúnGisladóttir 5 months ago

Wow! I have never commented before but I am a huge fan of you channel. This episode 100% resonated with me! Thank you!

@michellemajek1553 5 months ago

Loved this interview! Love Crista and the way she explains things. I just wanted to ask you, Raelan, if you could please put out more content for those of us who are almost recovered but just can’t quite get there. I’m doing all the things and I’m very functional but when I get on a roll and everything is flowing easily I’ll hit a wall that I just can’t seem to get over, around or through, which makes staying consistent , or at least the appearance of consistency really difficult.