Episode #117- All About Me
This episode was part of a video I created to "Meet the Moderator" in the Tell Me About Your Pain Facebook Group. They had me answer some questions about myself and my healing journey, and I wanted to share that with you here. If you are want to spend some time learning with me, while you get to know yourself and how to rewire your symptoms, be sure and join my Virtual Retreat September 2 and 3, 2023. It will be an all day event both days- going through all of the modules and workbooks that I created for Alignment Academy- live! There will be time for Q& A and coaching on your questions. It's $149 or free for Alignment Academy members, so now is a great time to sign up! For weekly calls and community support integrating this work into your life, check out Alignment Academy: https://www.bodyandmindlifecoach.com/alignment-academy-membership Please subscribe and share this podcast with someone who might love it! For fresh content on healing chronic pain or disease, follow Betsy on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bodyandmindlifecoach/ Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvXZSYYGL2cfJl-oEOzqspA Website https://bodyandmindlifecoach.com *Free Nervous System Modules- 4 free videos explaining the nervous system, how it affects your health, and how to regulate it https://view.flodesk.com/pages/620ffa96e0eda1a0d870b5a6 *Curable App- 6 Weeks Free with this code http://www.curable.com/betsyjensen If you like this podcast, please give it a five star rating and review on Itunes https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-unstoppable-body-and-minds-podcast/id1493360543 Transcript- Automatically Generated: This is Betsy Jensen, and you are listening to Unstoppable Body and Mind, episode 117, All About Me. In this podcast, we learn to upgrade our brain and understand the power of our thoughts, to heal and to create the results we want in our life. Become the person in control of your healing and make peace with your life.Become Unstoppable Body and Mind. Hello, my loves. This episode is a Q&A that I recorded for a Facebook group that I moderate.So I'm a moderator of the Tell Me About Your Pain, Alan Gordon's Facebook group, and they asked each of the moderators to answer a few questions about ourselves. I thought I would use some of my questions and answers for you to also get to know me a little better on this podcast. So here we go.Hi, everyone. My name is Betsy Jensen, and I am here to introduce myself as a moderator. So first question, tell us a bit about yourself.Okay, my name is Betsy Jensen. I live in the US in the beautiful state of Utah, and I have four kids, three boys and a girl ranging from 21 next month down to 15. And I am divorced.I have two cats and one dog, a golden retriever. So cute. And I have been coaching for the last three years as body and mind life coach.Before that, I was a physical therapist for 20 years. Can you summarize your mind-body syndrome or pain journey in a few sentences? The condition that brought me to mind-body syndrome was actually an autoimmune condition called ulcerative colitis.As I mentioned, I was a physical therapist and really had some pains here and there, but didn't struggle a lot with chronic pain that was debilitating. But the digestive system for me was affected, and I had a lot of stress in my life, and most of the stress was generated by my own thoughts and pressure that I put on myself. Now I know the adaptive behaviors that my nervous system came up with, like flight, perfectionism, and fawn.I lived in most in my life, so it makes sense that my digestive system shut down. So at the time of my life that I discovered the mind-body approach, I was getting divorced. My symptoms were flaring.I was changing a whole bunch of things in my life, including moving out to an apartment with my kids all alone. You know, there was just a lot going on, and I was also very, very open to coaching. I had already been listening to coaching for a couple