Healing Isn’t Linear: What Medical Dismissal Taught Grace About Resilience
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When your body keeps crashing and the system keeps saying “you’re fine,” how do you keep going?
In this raw, honest conversation, we explore navigating transitions from confusion and dismissal to hard-won clarity. Grace Steele shares how months of terrifying episodes, ER visits, and “it’s anxiety” finally led to diagnoses of POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) and cranio-cervical instability (CCI).
You’ll hear the messy middle—fear and hope, limits and progress—and the practical steps that moved her forward: symptom tracking, self-advocacy, finding the right specialists, and pacing recovery. We talk dysautonomia basics, why standing can spike heart rate, what “autonomic storms” feel like, and how to hold both grief and gratitude while you heal.
You’ll learn:
- How Grace went from dismissal to diagnosis (POTS + CCI)
- What to document, what to ask, and how to build your care team
- Why healing isn’t linear—and how to protect your emotional resilience in the gray areas
- Ways friends can actually help (and what not to say)
If you’re in the messy middle—seeking answers, learning to trust your body, and trying to hold both hope and heartbreak—this episode will meet you with empathy, clarity, and next steps. Because life isn’t either/or—it’s both.
Resources & Links:
- Resources, supplies, and ways to get involved
- Follow Grace on Instagram
- Subscribe, rate, & review It's Both on Apple Podcasts
- Join the Courageous Living Group Transformation
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