Tick Boot Camp

Episode 164: Fighting Spirit - an Interview with Lindsay Ruiz

Ms. Ruiz had to overcome gender-based medical gaslighting to get a Lyme diagnosis

Lindsay Ruiz is a 44-year-old large scale corporate organizational change leadership professional from Charlotte, North Carolina. Ms. Ruiz earned her B.S. in her native Venezuela, a master’s degree in the United States and she is currently doctoral candidate. Ms. Ruiz presented classic Lyme disease symptoms to over 20 medical professionals over the course of one year. One of the doctors that helped Ms. Ruiz on her diagnostic journey was her dog’s veterinarian. Ms. Ruiz’s psychologist reviewed her medical records and discovered she had tested positive for Lyme disease with one of her previous doctors. She then took an Igenex test which confirmed her Lyme diagnosis. Ms. Ruiz is now working with the brilliant Doctor Tiffany Brown-Bush and is showing promising results. If you would like to learn more about how Lindsay Ruiz used her organic fighting spirit to overcome medical gaslighting, then tune in now!

Episode 163: East + West = Healing - an Interview with Layla Perchal Neal

Ms. Perchal Neal combined traditional antibiotics and herbals to overcome chronic Lyme disease

Layla Perchal Neal is a Jacksonville, Florida based media professional and photographer originally from Leicester, England. Ms. Perchal Neal was bitten by ticks on at least four separate occasions prior to suffering chronic Lyme disease symptoms. When she began to feel fatigue and brain fog, Ms. Perchal Neal sought the assistance of medical doctors; including, infectious disease doctors who resisted testing for Lyme disease despite four tick bites and classic Lyme disease symptoms. If you would like to learn more about how a photographer overcame medical gaslighting and utilized easter and western medical tools to heal from Lyme disease, then tune in now!

Episode 162: The Lyme Polymath - an Interview with Freddie Kimmel

Mr. Kimmel is 136% better today than before he began his Lyme disease journey

Freddie Kimmel is the host of the Beautifully Broken Podcast and part of the management team at AmpCoil. He is also a functional health coach through IFHC, Gut Health Specialist, Citizen Scientist, Reiki Healer, and public speaker. He has been featured in, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, LA Talk Radio, and in Dance Magazine. Freddie is a proud survivor of metastatic cancer, Lyme disease and mold. If you would like to learn more about how a polymath discovered awareness as his superpower, then tune in now!

Episode 161: Cowboy Up - an Interview with Elizabeth Brannan

Ms. Brannon spent 7 years treating her Lyme disease with various protocols including antibiotics, herbs, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT) and hot tub therapy

Elizabeth Brannan is a 33-year-old cowboy from Ventura, California. Ms. Brannan identified as a cowboy for most of her life. Her Lyme disease journey began when she was bitten by a tick at work resulting in a bullseye rash. She visited a doctor who diagnosed and treated the rash as ringworm. Thereafter, Ms. Brannan rapidly developed classic Lyme disease symptoms. Eventually, she lost the ability to grit through her symptoms and was forced to leave her dream job and her independence. Ms. Brannan’s healing journey turned the corner when her sister challenged her to focus on her mental fitness. If you would like to learn more about how a young woman had to focus on mental and spiritual health to take control of her Lyme disease, then tune in now!

Episode 160: Self Advocacy - an Interview with Max Noir

Ms. Noir treated with various rounds of different antibiotics after being diagnosed with 8 strains of Lyme disease

Max Noir is a 25-year-old self-described nomad originally from Bucks County, Pennsylvania. She is currently the head of operations for a Chinese virtual reality company. Ms. Noir’s Lyme disease journey began at the age of 16 with fatigue, seizures, and facial paralysis. During her health journey, she was betrayed by school administrators and medical doctors teaching her to advocate for herself. If you would like to learn more about how Lyme disease taught a young woman to replace expectation with self advocation to survive and then thrive while living with a chronic illness, then tune in now!

Episode 159: The Lyme Therapist - an interview with Christina Kantzavelos

Ms. Kantzavelos shares specific healing protocols learned during her healing journey providing step-by-step explanations

Christina Kantzavelos is a UCLA educated licensed psychotherapist, professional content writer and blogger from Joshua Tree, California. Ms. Kantzavelos is the creative force behind the highly regarded daily healing journal “Begin Within.” She developed “Begin Within” because she could not find a journal while on her Lyme disease journey that offered both physical and mental health prompts. Ms. Kantzavelos’ Lyme diagnostic journey was long and painful. At the age of 29, she had to take a professional leave of absence and return home to live with her mother because her Lyme symptoms rendered her unable to care for herself. Today, she is living independently, seeing patients part-time, promoting her journal and working on several Lyme disease and chronic illness projects. If you would like to learn more about how a psychotherapist utilized various tools, including journaling, to heal her mind and body from Lyme disease, then tune in now!

Episode 158: Lyme Educator - an interview with Sara Tyghter

Ms. Tyghter received a false-negative Lyme disease test years before getting properly diagnosed and finally getting a positive test

Sarah Tyghter is the 55-year-old Director of Education and Outreach at the Global Lyme Alliance. Ms. Tyghter is a lifelong resident of the state of Connecticut, the birthplace of Lyme disease. Despite attending primary and collegiate educational institutions in close proximity to Lyme, Connecticut, Ms. Tyghter received no Lyme health related education or training until she began to work at the Global Lyme Alliance. Ms. Tyghter’s classic Lyme disease symptoms were not properly diagnosed by her doctors for 5 years. If you would like to learn more about how a Lyme educator is tirelessly working with the Global Lyme Alliance to bring Lyme disease awareness and education to the world, then tune in now!

Episode 157: Lyme Sleuth - an interview with Kymberlie Stansell

Ms. Stansell was sick for almost a decade before properly getting diagnosed with Lyme disease

Kymberlie Stansell is a 38-year-old Duke University educated Lyme disease coach and “Wellness Sleuth.” Ms. Stansell’s Lyme disease journey began after she graduated from college and moved to New York in pursuit of an acting career. For 15 years she consulted with scores of doctors, spending tens of thousands of dollars eventually searching herself into diagnostic exhaustion. Finally, she was diagnosed with Lyme disease by a doctor in New York City. If you would like to learn more about how a Lyme coach had to connect with her inner sleuth to find clues to her health questions, then tune in now!

Episode 156: All Things - an interview with Jaime Jamgochian

Ms. Jamgochian was sick for almost 20 years before getting properly diagnosed with Lyme disease

Jaime Jamgochian is a touring musician and worship artist from Nashville, Tennessee. Several of Ms. Jamgochian’s singles play on Christian radio stations and her most well-known original song “Hear My Worship” spent 12 weeks at #1 on National Christian Radio resulting in her recognition as a the #1 inspirational artist on the Billboard charts. In 2017, Ms. Jamgochian’s neurological Lyme disease required her to take a sabbatical from work and return home to live with her parents. Ms. Jamgochian began to regain her health while she treated with the New York Center of Innovative Medicine in Huntington, New York. If you would like to learn more about how a Lyme disease journey inspired a worship artist’s new album “All Things,” then tune in now!

Episode 155: The Awakened State - an interview with Ashley Bobe

Ms. Bobe was not given the proper treatment after a tick bite and bullseye rash and went undiagnosed with chronic Lyme disease for over 24 years

Ashley Bobe is a business development specialist from Kansas City, Missouri. Ms. Bobe’s Lyme disease journey began at the age of 6 when she discovered an engorged tick biting her below her hair line. The tick was removed at a hospital and Ms. Bobe was treated with antibiotics. Unfortunately, Ms. Bobe’s childhood hospitalization foreshadowed a series of undefined adult illnesses that triggered hospital visits to every hospital in the states of Missouri and Kansas. At the age of 32, Ms. Bobe was finally diagnosed with Lyme disease resulting in treatment with one of the top Lyme disease doctors in the United States. If you would like to learn more about how Ashley Bobe located Lyme remission only after she left the traditional medical community and utilized the free Buhner Protocol, then tune in now!

The goal of the Tick Boot Camp Podcast is to help people liberate themselves and others from suffering caused by Lyme disease through validation, community building, belief that healing is possible, and modeling success. Listen to our Tick Boot Camp podcast using all major podcast streaming services such as Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube Music. Our podcast is also integrated with smart home devices, such as Amazon Alexa and Apple TV. Ask your device to "play the Tick Boot Camp Podcast!"