Ep 09: "I had this sense that I was going to be OK" - Overcoming MS with Linda Bloom

The Resilience Files: Human Stories of Struggle and Triumph

Our guest today, Linda Bloom, was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis at the age of 28 and was told by the doctors to prepare for a debilitating life bound by care. However, as the defiant daughter of holocaust survivors, Linda could not accept that her situation was beyond help. Unconvinced that the medicines being offered were right for her, she took the bold decision to look beyond traditional medical interventions. Having attended a retreat with Professor George Jelinek in Melbourne, Australia, Linda soon started following the Overcoming MS Program, and remarkably, within a year, her symptoms improved dramatically. Linda attributes her healing to this evidence-based approach based primarily on lifestyle changes.

Linda subsequently moved to the UK and established the Overcoming MS charity which is a resource for thousands of people with MS. Linda is also a trustee of The Bloom Foundation which looks for effective ways to address social issues and to empower people to help themselves. Linda is also the wife of Tony Bloom, owner of Brighton & Hove Albion FC, the Premier League football club which is doing absolutely brilliantly at the moment!

4:15 - First symptoms of MS and diagnosis

12:36 - Reconnecting with spirituality

21:38 - Resilience found in being the daughter of holocaust survivors

28:28 - MS and Professor Jelinek’s research

38:50 - Persevering with lifestyle changes and noticing the difference

47:35 - Becoming a mother, relapse and starting Overcoming MS charity

57:31 - Being trapped in Australia during Covid and separated from husband

1:02:39 - Learning from suffering

1:06:28 - Being the wife of a football club owner

1:11:00 - Security lies within and making a positive impact
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