“Stress Care is the New Health Care” with Michele Johnson

Did you know 77% of doctor’s visits are due to stress-related and stress-exacerbated illness? Our guest, Michele Johnson MHS, PA-C, is a Duke-trained Family Medicine Physician Assistant and Certified Professional Life Coach. She has traveled to Cuba and China to learn holistic approaches to medicine and healing in addition to her traditional Western medicine training. Known worldwide as The Pain Free PA and the author of ‘Pain Free: How to Live a Full Life Despite Chronic Pain,’ Michele shares with us her successful stress-reduction strategies and• Her personal inspirational and motivating story to a pain-free life,• How the simple act of listening is a significant part of helping someone heal,• How food, sleep, and other everyday strategies we can quickly implement will decrease dis-ease and so much more. More about our guest: Michele Johnson, MHS, PA-C, specializes in conquering stress. She is known for her unique approach to personalized healthcare and her trademark’ Stress Care as The New Healthcare.’ After being laid off from a failing telecom company and surviving on $141 per month in food stamps, Michele found herself living in a rat and roach-infested basement apartment. Despite the daily pain and fatigue of Fibromyalgia, she was denied Disability assistance and sunk deeper into depression and despair. She clung to her mother’s advice like a chant. “No matter what, you can always pick yourself up, brush yourself off, and start all over again.” That advice played over and over as Michele explored ways to survive and conquer living with daily pain. She pulled her life together and now helps others to live a full life too. And now, with her book, ‘Pain Free: How to Live a Full Life Despite Chronic Pain,’ and her ‘The Pain Free PA Community,’ Michele is making a bigger impact in helpings others struggling with daily pain to lead happy, successful lives. Learn more at www.thepainfreepa.bizShare this link with family and friends:www.UnderstandingAutoimmune.com/MicheleThe information provided on UnderstandingAutoimmune.com, Life InterruptedRadio.com, and The Autoimmune Hour is for educational purposes only.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-autoimmune-hour--2935987/support.