Resilience from Curing Lyme Disease: Alayna's Story | Healing Heroine

Alayna Bellquist was bitten by a tick on a trail ride in San Diego. The ER doctor gave her two pills and sent her home.What followed wasn't just a year in bed. It was a time when Alayna's life was abruptly halted, forcing her to reckon with everything that had come before it.Alayna is a marine scientist, author, and speaker who spent two decades studying how ecosystems collapse and how they bounce back. Then her own body became the ecosystem in crisis. A chronic Lyme diagnosis forced her to stop racing, stop achieving, and start looking backward at a childhood that had quietly shaped her into someone who never asked for help and never took days off. What she found on the other side wasn't just recovery. It was a completely different way of understanding what healing actually requires and how the words we use to describe our healing journey carry the most weight of all.What You Will Learn[00:14:30] Alayna's life scheduled to the minute, always racing[00:18:00] What parentification explained about her patterns[00:28:00] Three years of symptoms she called "stress"[00:34:00] Hiding Lyme disease from her family for months[00:37:30] Calling on a psychic out of pure desperation[00:45:30] Addressing Alayna's true vulnerabilities, not the tick[00:56:00] Why Alayna says "cured," not "in remission" when mentioning her experience with Lyme disease[00:59:00] A simple perspective on what healing can actually look likeResources MentionedResilient by Nature: A Memoir of Curing Chronic Lyme Disease by Alayna BellquistMia Magik - Alayna's Intuitive AdvisorLet’s Connect!Alayna BellquistWebsite | Instagram | LinkedIn | Facebook | YouTubeChandler StroudWebsite | LinkedIn | InstagramHappiness Academy is now Healing Heroines, a signature space for women who are ready to feel more grounded, more peaceful, and more aligned — inside and out. Download a complimentary Healing Roadmap to discover our Past, Present, and Possible framework.Want personalized guidance for your healing journey? Book a call with Chandler!Mixing and editing provided by Next Day Podcast.Text message us questions, requests, or comments!