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Chronic Illness: What Makes Us Sick and How Do We Heal? with Christina P. Kantzavelos
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"Physician, Heal Thyself" or in this case, "Holisitic Psychologist".
Christina Kantzavelos says she never intended to become the person she is. It was through a traumatic health crisis that she gained wisdom and made the necessary lifestyle changes that have made her who she is today: the therapist she needed when she was struggling with chronic, debilitating illness.
On the podcast today we explore:
-Her timeline and how she came to be chronically ill
-The myriad of factors in becoming sick
-The lifestyle shifts she made that saved her life
-The way stress accumulates in our system over time
-Celiac, her experience in being gluten free
-Food as Medicine supporting relief from chronic illness
-The root causes of her illness and what it took to heal
And more!
Connect with Christina on IG @buenqamino or visit her website www.beginwithintoday.com
Christina Kantzavelos is a California-based psychotherapist, writer, advocate and artist. She received her Bachelor’s and Master's of Social Welfare (MSW) from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and her Masters of Library and Information Sciences from San Jose California State University (SJSU). She has visited over 30 different countries and documented most of it on social media. However, it was in completing the Camino de Santiago (500-mile pilgrimage across Spain) at the end of 2015, where she realized her strong affinity with writing. She decided to start BuenQamino, an award-winning, gluten-free and health-conscious lifestyle travel publication. In clinical practice (Begin Within Today), she treats those with chronic illness, including Lyme disease, and physical, developmental and age-related disabilities. She also published the Begin Within Daily Health Wellness Journals for chronic illness and mental wellness that she is now turning into an app, called WithinMe.
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