Self Powered Healing

In this episode of Self Powered Healing, host Barbara McNeely discusses the concept of innate healing abilities and the importance of recognizing early signs of illness. Participating in NaPodPoMo, Barbara shares personal health experiences and insights from natural health approaches, including visual diagnosis. She emphasizes paying attention to subtle bodily changes to prevent serious health iss...

In this episode, Barbara discusses how her lifelong struggle with migraines led her to create Self Powered Healing. She talks about her analytical nature, discovery of migraine triggers, and the challenges of living a fragrance-free life. She extends an invitation to listeners to share their own healing stories on her show. Visit selfpoweredhealing.com/share for more details.

In this episode, Barbara addresses rising childhood allergies, obesity, diabetes, and other health issues, questioning changes in food production and lifestyle factors. She emphasizes the need to analyze these changes and discusses the impact of processed foods and chemicals such as glyphosate on health. Listeners are encouraged to tune in for more discussions on food and health and to share their...

In this episode, Barbara introduces the concept of Self Powered Healing, sharing her inspiration from a personal healing story and her own experiences. Learn about the importance of enhancing our body's natural healing abilities amidst the challenges posed by modern toxins and chemicals. Stay tuned for daily episodes featuring healing stories and tips to help you take control of your health.

In this episode, Barbara McNeely, creator of Self Powered Healing, scrutinizes the modern healthcare system, revealing it as a 'sick care' framework that focuses on symptom management rather than health promotion. The discussion delves into the Flexner Report's historical impact on medical education, emphasizing the current system's bias towards science over patient care. By advocating for a holis...

In this episode of Self Powered Healing, host Barbara McNeely shares the inspiring story of Mari, who was told, before she ever turned 40, that she would not recover from her illness. Despite a series of health challenges and discouraging diagnoses like IBS, depression, and chronic fatigue, Mari defied the medical prognosis. By exploring alternative therapies like acupuncture and functional medici...

Exploring the work of Tom Laughlin who helped cancer patients experience remission through a shift from the Ego to the Self. Is this something available to all of us? Listen to find out.

Welcome to the official launch of Self Powered Healing. I am Barbara McNeely, the creator of Self Powered Healing. I've got a couple of healing stories for you and information on what you can expect from Self Powered Healing. Be sure to subscribe!

Welcome to the Unofficial launch of Self Powered Healing. This is a spur of the moment, out of my comfort zone recording that I was challenged to do and I decided to accept the challenge. So I'm stepping out and going to talk a bit about not why Self Powered Healing Is being created, but why healing became a topic for me. I'm Barbara McNeely, the creator of Self Powered Healing that launches one w...

Do you have passions, things you want to do, but think you can't pursue them? Could those unlived passions cause you to become ill? What if the best thing you could do for yourself was to pursue those passions?

Mari Shofner was once told that there really was no help for her illness and that she should consider applying for disability. And she wasn’t even forty! Mari shares how she healed on her own and in turn became a Transformational Life Coach and helps others heal.

This episode gives a preview of what's coming up for Self Powered Healing in 2020. We have a new series - Synergize Your Health. And a lineup of guests. Some of the topics we'll be talking about again and again are trauma and inflammation because they both work to cause much of our chronic illness.

A brief history of New Years Resolutions and why I no longer make them.

Are you prone to negative thinking? As in thinking a situation is hopeless.
Or that what you want will never happen. Or that you just cannot do something? What if I told you it was a self fulfilling prophecy. Listen in to learn why negative thinking is causing you problems and impacting your healing.


We know holidays can derail all your healthy habits. And if you’re in a healing phase, holiday parties and gatherings can really set your health back. Here are some tips to help you maintain health and healing during the holidays.

Gratitude is a word that is often trotted out and talked about around the holidays. What is it really? And why is it a good idea to practice gratitude. It’s actually very good for you. Listen in to learn why.

When does illness really start? You might say that it starts with the first symptoms. A cold starts with the first sniffle. Arthritis starts with the first pain. But that’s not always true. Most illnesses start long before the first symptoms. Unless we know how to recognize the earlier signs.

Inflammation is supposed to be a good thing. It's an immune system response that works to keep foreign invaders out of the body. Chronic inflammation, though, can lead to many health issues including chronic pain. Left unchecked, that chronic inflammation can result in chronic illness. In this episode of Self Powered Healing, I'm talking about chronic internal inflammation: what it is, what causes...

Age is just a number. What do we say about our age? What do we think about our age? What do we tell ourselves about our age? Is it all true? Or can there be a better outcome?

Sleep. We know it's important. Yet so many people fight it: "I'll sleep when I die." "Sleep is such a waste of time." But is it a waste of time? What happens to our brain if we don't get enough sleep? The answer is important and it may change your mind about sleep.

Eating with the seasons. If we can get any kind of food all year round, why would you want to eat with the seasons. It turns out that seasonal eating has some real benefits. Listen in to learn more.

Sugar: we love the sweetness but what else is there? Inflammation? Pain? It happened to me. I'm talking about why we really crave sugar and giivng tips on how to get real sweetness in your life.

Why are some people able to heal from chronic conditions? While others succumb to their illness? Are they special? Or can we learn from them? Tune in to find out!

Your brain and your heart approach the world, and healing, from completely different perspectives. Much like the differences between the Ego and the Self. There are parallels here with the scientific (Western) approach to healing versus the mind-body-spirit (TCM & other traditional practices) approach. I'll explore these differences in this episode.

The placebo effect is real and can be as healing as actual medication. There’s also a nocebo effect which you may not have heard of. They both are about belief. We’ll explore their role in healing in this episode of the Self Powered Healing podcast.