#70: Faith & the Power of Positive Thinking | I Choose Health: Ashley St. Fort

🧠Start healing today with our #sponsor BetterHelp and get 10% off your first month by going to:https://www.betterhelp.com/ichoosehealthIn this powerful episode of the I Choose Health Podcast, Stefan Lessie sits down with Ashley St. Fort— a woman who has navigated over a decade of complex health challenges with unwavering faith, resilience, and a smile. From lymphedema and endometriosis to an enlarged heart, blood transfusions, and a rare case of strep throat C, Ashley shares her extraordinary medical journey and what it truly means to choose health in the face of the unthinkable.Ashley also introduces her mentorship program U.P.L.Y.F.T. and their upcoming community wellness event — Walk a Mile in My Shoes — happening May 23rd in Brooklyn, NY.🚶‍♀️ Support Ashley's Wellness Walk — Walk a Mile in My Shoes (May 23rd, Brooklyn):https://linkly.link/2iaUO📲 Follow Ashley & U.P.L.Y.F.T.:https://www.instagram.com/u.p.l.y.f.t/⏱️ CHAPTERS0:00 - Introduction & Ashley's Story Begins1:12 - BetterHelp Sponsorship2:25 - Welcome to I Choose Health3:34 - Ashley's Background & Resilience4:44 - The First Diagnosis: Lymphedema7:07 - 9 Years to a True Diagnosis8:40 - Fractured Foot & Growing Complications9:19 - Rare Strep Throat C & Kidney Damage11:43 - Timeline of Diagnoses12:00 - Endometriosis & Bleeding Every Day15:56 - Blood Transfusions & Finding the Right Doctor17:13 - Iron Infusions, Holistic Remedies & Faith19:04 - DNC Surgery & Cancerous Polyps22:00 - Allergic to Anesthesia — The Skin Cancer Scare25:27 - IUD, Continued Bleeding & More Treatments27:06 - Conventional vs. Holistic Medicine29:05 - COVID, Hospitalization & an Enlarged Heart32:54 - Dr. Vladimir Friedman & the Heart Halter Monitor35:18 - Heart Stops While Sleeping37:35 - Is It All Connected? The Root Cause Question39:00 - Costochondritis & the Role of Stress40:39 - A Love-Hate Relationship With Food41:11 - The Power of Positive Thinking & Les Brown43:18 - Stefan's 20 Years of Public Speaking43:58 - The U.P.L.Y.F.T. Mentorship Program45:12 - Walk a Mile in My Shoes — May 23rd, Brooklyn45:57 - Closing Thoughts & Choosing Health🎙️ The I Choose Health Podcast is your source for holistic health, integrative medicine, and real stories of healing. Choosing health is choosing power, possibility, and purpose.📱 Follow us on socials for more content.🔔 Subscribe & Connect with I Choose Health:🎥 YouTube Podcast Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@IChooseHealthPodcast 💪 Fitness Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@mindcorefitness1 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ichoosehealthpodcast/🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ichoosehealthpodcast🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://anchor.fm/mindcore-fitness🛍️ Shop Merch: https://linkly.link/2ii1x#IChooseHealth #AshleyStfort #ChronicIllness #Lymphedema #Endometriosis #WomensHealth #FaithAndHealth #MedicalMysterySolved #HolisticHealth #ChoosingHealth #BlackWomensHealth #UPLYFT #WalkAMileInMyShoes #PositiveThinking #ChronicPain #IntegrativeMedicine #HealthPodcast #ResilienceStory #YouAreNotAlone #PowerOfFaith