Podcast: Very Happy Stories

Liza Blas is a storyteller who is raising two unique kids, both struggling with severe mental illness and Lyme disease. While her life stories are rooted in challenging topics, Liza brings light out of darkness, providing empathy, validation, and inspiration to parents with similar struggles.

69: Reclaim Your Life! A Roadmap to Break Free from Self-Sabotaging and Limiting Behaviors

Do you ever feel like your life is snowballing into a bigger disaster? Many of us are battling chronic fatigue, lack of sleep and high levels of stress. But how do you get your life back? Today Liza interviews Ryan Syverson, a certified Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner who specializes in complex, chronic illnesses like Fibromyalgia,…

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69: Reclaim Your Life! A Roadmap to Break Free from Self-Sabotaging and Limiting Behaviors
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68: Bacterial Infections Cause Psychiatric Conditions in Children. Just How Common Is this?

Did you know that many psychiatric illnesses in children stem from bacterial infections? Many doctors we see on the frontlines are unaware of these stealth infections so children can go undiagnosed for quite a while. It’s not uncommon for these children to enter treatment programs for conditions such as suicidal ideation, OCD and eating disorders….

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68: Bacterial Infections Cause Psychiatric Conditions in Children. Just How Common Is this?
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67: How One Man Overcame Childhood PANS/PANDAS and Now Helps Others

What is the one thing all mothers want to know? It’s this… Will my child ever heal? The answer is YES. Today, Liza interviews Ethan Pompeo, Founder of Green Valley Nutrition, a top-selling CBD oil brand. Ethan shares how his life was suddenly interrupted by PANS/PANDAS when he was thirteen. He suffered from an onset…

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67: How One Man Overcame Childhood PANS/PANDAS and Now Helps Others
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66: Why Is My Child Struggling Badly ? Dr. Jaban Moore Discusses Why Children Are Vulnerable and is Redefining Wellness

Why are some children chronically ill? What’s happening? In this episode, Liza gets to the root of these topics with Dr. Jaban Moore, Doctor of Chiropractic. Dr. Jaban and his practice, The Redefining Wellness Center, are dedicated to helping clients and children discover the root causes of their chronic symptoms. He specializes in Lyme disease,…

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66: Why Is My Child Struggling Badly ? Dr. Jaban Moore Discusses Why Children Are Vulnerable and is Redefining Wellness
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65: How Do You Know When Your Child’s Disorder Is More Than Just Neurodiversity?

How do you know when your child’s condition is more than their learning disabilities and beyond the umbrella of neurodiversity? Liza’s guest today is CC Davis. CC is a certified wellness and mindset coach. She is passionate about helping other moms and she learned the most from her number one client – Herself. CC’s story…

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65: How Do You Know When Your Child’s Disorder Is More Than Just Neurodiversity?
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64: OCD, PANS and IVIG – What You Need To Know

In this episode Liza interviews Katelyn Holthus, an early childhood educator and mother of two. When Katelyn’s daughter, Lisa, experienced a sudden onset of panic and OCD, her pediatrician recommended therapy for the anxiety. Katelyn didn’t buy it. Hear Katelyn’s story and learn about the treatment that helped her daughter – Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy….

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64: OCD, PANS and IVIG – What You Need To Know
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63: How to Empower Our Teens to Wellness, A Caregiver’s Story with Jessica Snajder of Partner in Lyme

Navigating illness (mental or physical) with our teenagers and young adults is a whole different ballgame. We need to empower them, yet at the same time we are still the caretaker. A lot of our work is behind the scenes and our role is vital. Knowing who is the decision-maker can also be tricky. Jessica…

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63: How to Empower Our Teens to Wellness, A Caregiver's Story with Jessica Snajder of Partner in Lyme
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62: Treating Lyme Can Be A Family Affair. Learn How an Entire Family Treated Lyme, Coinfections and PANS Overseas

Treating Lyme is challenging. How about treating three children, your husband and yourself? This is exactly what Liza’s guest lived through. Carly Taylor is a mother of three from New Zealand. Her entire family traveled to another country for months to receive the treatments they so desperately needed. Learn how Carly used her gut instincts…

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62: Treating Lyme Can Be A Family Affair. Learn How an Entire Family Treated Lyme, Coinfections and PANS Overseas
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61: Can You Be Accountable for the Craziness in Your Home? This Question Offended Me and Shockingly Helped Me Heal

This episode kicks off a brand-new season of Very Happy Stories and in this solo episode Liza recaps her personal story. Liza’s family has been impacted by neurodiversity, anxiety, psychiatric issues and even Lyme disease and PANS. Medical treatment was different for both her kids and family life was out of control for a long…

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61: Can You Be Accountable for the Craziness in Your Home? This Question Offended Me and Shockingly Helped Me Heal
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Welcome to Even More Very Happy Stories

Liza Blas is a storyteller and healing empowerment coach. Her kids struggled with complex conditions including anxiety, OCD, ADHD, and psychiatric disorders. Just when she thought life couldn’t get any harder, the universe dropped a big ole’ lemon on her when both her kids were diagnosed with Lyme disease. She healed her kids by healing…

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Welcome to Even More Very Happy Stories
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