Meet Dr. Eleanor Stein
I’m Dr. Eleanor Stein, and I’m glad you’ve found me. I’m a retired doctor who devoted my medical career to helping people like you—and people like me. Yes, like me.
In 1989, I became ill with myalgic encephalomyelitis, chronic fatigue syndrome (ME, CFS), fibromyalgia (FM), and environmental sensitivities (ES). I was in the second year of my psychiatric residency, and at that time, there were no experts in these conditions. So, I became my own expert. For the next 27 years, I learned as much as I could: I read over 5,000 papers, attended hundreds of conferences, and learned what science had to offer. I used what I learned to experiment on myself until I finally had a breakthrough!
It was such a profound breakthrough that, gradually and steadily, I was able to return to doing the things I love. I also began teaching my patients the various strategies that were helping me. Patients whose conditions had plateaued for years began to improve.
It has been one of my greatest joys to help thousands of patients improve their own health before I retired from medical practice at the end of 2022.
Now I’m dedicating my "retirement" to providing science-based information on ME, CFS, FM, ES, long COVID, and chronic pain to anyone worldwide who wants to take charge of their health and improve their quality of life.
I continue to lead research and advocate so that all Canadians with chronic complex diseases have access to informed, effective care within the publicly funded Canadian health care system.
My goal is simple: to help you improve your health much more quickly than I was able to. My vitality is proof that what I’m offering on this website works! So, if you’re ready for hope, empowerment, and education, I invite you to read on!
“My goal is to pass on what I have learned as an ME/CFS patient and a medical doctor
to help make your journey to healing easier, faster, and less expensive.”
I Got My Life Back
and Went Traveling!
What Recovery Can Look Like.
I am living, traveling proof that what I offer in my courses and on my website works.Â
I am literally my own best testimonial! Whether I’m mingling with penguins in Antarctica or looking a gorilla in the eye in Rwanda, my travel adventures are the result of practicing the self-management and neuroplasticity strategies that have helped me recover and return to a life of doing the things I love.
With my travel stories and my online education, I’m offering you hope and inspiration to go for whatever dreams you’ve nearly—but not quite—let go of!
A documentary of my fabulous travels