1. ORIGIN STORY | Healing + Living with Chronic Illness in the Era of Climate Change

Do you ever feel completely overwhelmed living with chronic illness or chronic lyme? Do you feel helpless about your health and confused about how to navigate the endless sphere of health information? Do you love the outdoors and spending time in nature, but feel powerless to do anything about the global climate crisis when your own body is experiencing such chaos and distress? Join herbalist, nutritionist, and lymie Kelsey Conger on PLANET SPOONIE, the podcast for lymies and spoonies healing themselves and the world. In our very first episode, we'll explore what it means to be a lymie and spoonie, how the honeybee can guide us on our healing journey, and why all chronic illness is intimately linked to the climate crisis.I'll talk about my own personal journey with chronic lyme and how I went from feeling completely lost, helpless, and miserable, to feeling empowered and confident in my own ability to heal. Even on the bad days.  We'll talk about the core foundations of holistic nutrition, herbal medicine, nature connection, and everything in between. These are the same core foundations that helped me find healing while living with chronic lyme (years before I was even diagnosed). Ultimately, the goal of this pod is to help you feel empowered, embodied, and connected to yourself, your body, your community, your culture + heritage, your local ecosystems, and the world at large! When we remember and reconnect, when we begin to work with our bodies and nature, healing becomes inevitable.  Our bodies are a direct reflection of the ecosystems we inhabit, and just like this earth, our bodies know how to heal. This is what it means to be a spoonie living on a spoonie planet. The journey to healing is a mutualistic endeavor and I'm so grateful that you're here walking the path with me. Let's dig in!This episode is meant to be empowering and educational, but it is not medical advice. Please seek the support of your primary care provider or a qualified healthcare practitioner before making any changes. As you navigate life with chronic health conditions, my goal is always to provide you with foundational tools to support you and help you feel your best. In addition to these educational episodes, working with clients 1:1 is one of the most powerful ways to initiate change - ensuring that you receive deeply personalized, compassionate, and inclusive care.If you’re living with lyme disease or complex chronic illness and you feel ready to take your power back, begin healing, reconnect to yourself + nature, and find your *SHINE* again…Book a FREE Q+A call with me to learn about working with me in 1:1 herbal consultations! And to stay tuned with upcoming offers, sign up for my newsletter and  find me @kelseytheherbalist 🌼Thanks for tuning into the PLANET SPOONIE podcast 🌎Acknowledging that this podcast was recorded on the unceded land of the Kumeyaay (Iipai-Tipai-Diegueño) people, who have called this land home for 600 generations. This is now commonly called San Diego County in Southern California.