Wendy Leung: Have you given up on ever getting better because IBS ruins your life, and now
you're stuck in a negative mindset rut?
Watch this video to learn how you can change your life by ditching your IBS sob story.
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Wendy Leung: If you can't see past your IBS tornado vortex, by the end of this video,
you'll learn how to delete, reset, and reboot, and start reaching for blue skies ahead.
Wendy Leung: I'm Wendy Leung, Holistic Health & Happiness Expert, Licensed Acupuncturist,
and IBS Elimination Coach and I refused to let my own IBS dictate my life story.
I teach my clients how to focus on full recovery ahead,
and now I'm sharing with you, too.
Wendy Leung: Your life was awesome.
You had goals and dreams, friends, family, hobbies.
Everything was going really well for you, until you developed IBS.
At first you ignored it, and assumed it would go away, but the symptoms persisted and slowly
they started taking over your life.
If it's just the physical symptoms, it wouldn't be so bad.
You can handle the stomach pain, the bloating, the diarrhea or constipation.
But those symptoms are unpredictable, and they seem to randomly flair up.
So they start affecting your life and your routines too.
Wendy Leung: Do any of these things sound familiar?
You wake up extra early to spend hours on the toilet, just to make sure that you won't
have any issues later in the day.
You know where all the bathrooms are on the way to work, in case you need to make an emergency
pit stop.
You avoid seeing people, because you don't want to be the picky one who can't eat anything
on the menu.
Or, you eat anyway, knowing that your IBS is going to make you pay later.
You hate quiet rooms, because your gurgle belly and smell farts could strike at any
moment.
You're exhausted because you can't get good sleep, so you're not doing so well at school
or work anymore.
You can't get close to your partner, or you can't even think about dating because you
feel so gross in your body.
You practically can't do anything anymore, without first consulting your IBS.
Wendy Leung: Do you believe that IBS has ruined your life forever?
Let me know by dropping a Yes or No in the comments below.
The thing is, IBS isn't just a digestive condition.
It affects your emotional health too, especially if you've been struggling for a long time.
Wendy Leung: From a Traditional Chinese Medicine perspective, or TCM for short, we know that
IBS is a combination of a weak gut and mental/emotional stress.
So stress is already a factor with your IBS.
But on top of that, worrying about when your symptoms are going to flare up, what you can
and can't eat, how embarrassing your smelly farts and your gurgling stomach noises are,
can make you go down the rabbit hole of anxiety and depression.
And if you don't have good support to get yourself out, you can find yourself spiraling
further and further down into negative mindset, and further away from hope and recovery.
Wendy Leung: IBS can be isolating, because it's hard for people who haven't experienced
it to understand how terrible it can really get.
And some doctors can tell you that it's not as bad as you think, making you feel even
more alone and misunderstood.
Some of you might be hanging out in IBS support groups, sharing stories and commiserating
with other people going through the same thing.
And finding those groups can make you feel less alone, but you can still feel miserable
if all you're listening to is complaining with no real solution.
Wendy Leung: You know how you can spend time with some people and you can feel inspired
and uplifted afterward, and other people make you feel worse and down in the dumps?
Here's the thing.
You are the sum of the five people you spend the most time with.
Misery is a low vibrating energy.
And, it loves company.
So if you're commiserating with people who feel helpless and are just as stuck as you
are, you're going to keep staying stuck exactly where you are.
On the other hand, if you seek out the people who've been where you are and have already
gotten themselves unstuck, people who are proactive about recovery, or even better,
have already fully recovered, then you'll feel inspired to recover too.
Wendy Leung: Joy is infectious.
And guess what?
It loves company too.
The truth is, IBS is not a forever thing, no matter how long you've been struggling.
I've helped people who've been struggling for over 10 years fully recover, and if they
can do it, so can you.
But it's up to you to choose to get better, believe you can do it, and then take whatever
action is necessary to make sure you get on the path to recovery.
Wendy Leung: In order to truly get better, you need to shift your IBS mindset that you're
too sick to recover, and instead focus on your potential for full recovery.
So I want you to take a good hard look at the people you're surrounding yourself with,
and ask yourself if they're dragging you down, enabling you to stay stuck where you are,
or if they're truly supporting you on your IBS journey to freedom.
If it's not the last one, then you've got some changes to make, in order to get back
on the right path.
Wendy Leung: If you want to be part of a community that's focused on getting better, join my
Facebook group, Powerfully Conquering IBS, where I share tips and inspiration to help
you kickstart your IBS journey to health.
The link is in the description box below.
And if you're having trouble imagining yourself getting out of your IBS misery, sign up for
my newsletter, and download my IBS free visualization, where I lead you through an exercise to help
you picture your life unshackled from your IBS.
The link for that is below, too.
Wendy Leung: All right, you know what's next.
If you like this video, let me know by liking it below.
Drop a comment with the word Helpful, let me know what your biggest takeaway was.
And make sure that you're sharing this video with all of your fellow IBS conquerors.
If you're in one of those support groups, drop this link in there too, because I want
to spread the word that IBS is not a forever thing, so I can help all of you beat this
together.
Wendy Leung: I've got so much more to share with you about all things IBS, so make sure
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