This is a two-for one offer!
When you purchase the recording of the August 26 webinar, you also get access to the recording of Part 2, recorded on October 5, 2026.
Have you ever met someone who fully recovered from myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) or long COVID?
Hear what 75 people did to recover.
In part 1, Dr. Cefai, from the University of London, author of the Recovery Report shares important findings of her groundbreaking study of what real people did to get better from ME, chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), long COVID, and related chronic illness.
In part 2 Dr. Cefai and Raelan Agle, the podcast host who conducted the recovery interviews, spend a full 75 minutes answering your questions.
Raelan is a former patient who, following her own recovery, interviews experts and patients on her YouTube channel.
In these 2 webinar recordings we cover:
Some of the topics in the report include:
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what was the most consistent sequence of events that led to recovery (spoiler alert, it's all about mindset)?
- what strategies were the most often credited with turning things around? (what about pacing, diet, drugs)?
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what types of practitioners were the best recovery guides
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do duration and severity of illness influence recovery?
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do diagnosis or symptom profile matter?
- what to do if your doctor tells you there is nothing you can do?
The webinar recording for Part One is 1 hour 25 minutes in length.
- 7-minute introduction and discussion
- 34-minute presentation
- 44 minutes of Q&A
The webinar recording for Part Two is 1 hour 19 minutes in length.
- 13-minute introduction and discussion
- 66 minutes of Q&A
ALL presentations in the Expert Speakers Series are free with a membership to Live! with Dr. Stein.
Here's what people are saying
"Thank you for showing that healing is possible. I believe it and I'm embracing it. I really saw myself in one of the comments (that Dr. Cefai made, I think) about not being in a struggle against your body because you are, after all, your body. Thank you for providing these resources and for being an example of healing. I'm appreciative.
And special thanks for addressing the concerns about heart disease and dementia that many of us have. Those of us with ME/CFS and long COVID are so limited in what we can do. Thank you for saying that you haven't seen rampant heart disease or dementia in your patient population. It's so helpful to hear you say that; it takes away that nagging thought about downstream consequences of all this inactivity." - Kate F.
Pay-What-You-Can
To ensure as many people as possible can access this important information, we offering a special payment option
called Pay-What-You Can.
This option allows you to select whatever amount you are comfortable paying. There is a $5 minimum but otherwise it is entirely up to you. In the checkout process you can manually add in the amount of your payment.
The suggested price is $20 CAD
What you get:
- Unlimited access to the recordings from both the August 26 and the October 5 events
- A downloadable written summary of both events
- A downloadable copy of Dr. Cefai's presentation slides
- A downloadable copy of the chat from both live events
- A downloadable summary of the questions in the Q&A from both events
About the Presenters
Sarah Cefai, PhD
Dr. Sarah Cefai is a Senior Lecturer in Gender and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London, in the School of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies, where she teaches social and cultural theory, and feminist and cultural studies. She has a specialist interest in the cultural politics of knowledge, the body and affect - which, as you'll hear, informed the way that she approached this study.
She is also a Leverhulme Research Fellow, working on a project that examines consent as a cultural genre, looking at the popular culture examples of Friends and Married at First Sight.
Sarah has a PhD in Gender and Cultural Studies, an MA in Gender and an undergraduate honours degree in Geography with Gender Studies, and she has published widely in key journals in her field.
Raelan Agle, MSW
Raelan Agle, MSW, is a former clinical social worker who recovered from chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) after ten years through nervous system regulation and brain retraining.
Since recovering, Raelan has interviewed nearly 300 recovered patients and leading experts in neuroscience, psychology, and mind-body medicine on her YouTube channel. She also hosts The Raelan Agle Podcast and is the founder of Brain Retraining 101. Her work blends lived experience, clinical training, and a deep belief that recovery is possible for almost everyone.
Eleanor Stein, MD
Dr. Eleanor Stein brings a rare combination of over 35 years of lived experience and medical expertise in myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, environmental sensitivities, long COVID and chronic pain.
She became ill with ME, CFS, FM and MCS in 1989. Since then, she has experienced, studied, and treated the full alphabet of related conditions, including joint hypermobility, orthostatic dysfunction and mast cell activation syndrome. She has personally tried hundreds of approaches, attended hundreds of medical conferences, and reviewed thousands of peer-reviewed papers to determine what works best for the greatest number of people.
Since retiring from medical practice at the end of 2022, Dr. Stein has dedicated her time to integrating emerging research in neuroplasticity, hormesis, circadian biology, and related fields. While traveling in her camper van, she continues to study and translate this research into practical, accessible programs designed to make the healing journey easier, safer, and more effective.
