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Welcome back to our special Migraine Awareness Month series on Be Well with Dr. Michelle Greenwell, where we explore healing through movement, mindfulness, bioenergetic wellness, and the wisdom already living within us.In this powerful episode, Dr. Michelle Greenwell is joined by Amber Horrox—author, migraine educator, advocate, and host of the Your Migraine Story Matters podcast.Amber shares her deeply personal journey of living with migraine for nearly 20 years before experiencing full-time disability in 2018. Through writing, storytelling, self-advocacy, and community, she found a pathway back to herself—and now helps others do the same through her work, publications, and educational programs. This conversation explores what happens when pain becomes a messenger, when silence gives way to self-trust, and when reclaiming your voice becomes part of reclaiming your health.In This Episode✨ Amber's migraine journey from invisibility to advocacy ✨ Living with chronic migraine and disability ✨ The healing power of storytelling and self-expression ✨ Why your migraine story matters ✨ Writing as a pathway to self-discovery and empowerment ✨ The role of community in healing chronic illness ✨ Moving from control to creation ✨ Finding joy and identity beyond pain ✨ Wellness practices to support nervous system regulation and recoveryFeatured Tea Ritual: 1909 First Flight on Baddeck BayBefore our conversation, we share a tea ritual inspired by the historic first flight of the Silver Dart in Baddeck, Nova Scotia—a reminder that healing often requires preparation, belief, and collaboration. Today's featured blend combines:🍃 Pu-erh Tea – representing grounding, transformation, patience, and integration🍃 Lemon Verbena – offering clarity, nervous system support, emotional softening, and lightnessTogether they invite us to steady the body while lifting the spirit.Affirmation:"Preparation, belief, and collaboration provide an aerial focus for success."Migraine Wellness Tools FeaturedDr. Michelle shares several gentle practices to support nervous system regulation and migraine recovery:🌿 Seated Don Yu 🌿 Connecting Heaven and Earth 🌿 Lung Meridian Tapping 🌿 Breath Awareness 🌿 Mindful Movement for Energy RestorationThese practices are not intended as medical treatment but as supportive tools that may help the body feel safer, softer, and more regulated. Connect with Amber Horrox🌿 Warrior Within Warrior Within Substack🌿 LinkedIn Amber Horrox on LinkedIn🌿 Podcast: Your Migraine Story MattersConnect with Dr. Michelle Greenwell🌿 Greenwell Center for Holistic Health🌿 Cape Breton Tea Company📷 Instagram: @michellebgreenwell 📷 Instagram: @capebretonteacompanyReflection QuestionWhat part of your story is waiting to be heard?Sometimes healing begins with a new treatment. Sometimes it begins with a new perspective. And sometimes it begins with telling the truth about your experience and allowing yourself to be witnessed.If this conversation resonated with you:👍 Like 💬 Comment 🔔 Subscribe 📤 Share with someone living with migraine or chronic illnessTogether, we can create greater awareness, compassion, and support for everyone navigating the migraine journey.#MigraineAwarenessMonth #YourMigraineStoryMatters #AmberHorrox #ChronicMigraine #MigraineRecovery #MigraineSupport #WarriorWithin #StorytellingForHealing #HealingJourney #NervousSystemRegulation #Mindfulness #BioEnergeticWellness #TeaRitual #BeWellWithDrMichelleGreenwell #ChronicIllnessAwareness #WomenWithMigraine #MigraineAdvocate #HolisticHealth #WellnessPodcast #HealingThroughStoryEach episode of the Be Well with Dr. Michelle Greenwell podcast includes the BioEnergetic Wellness Formula.  That means that you have the opportunity to have a healing session while you listen based on the way the content is laid out and the activities we participate in.  Before listening you can create a goal or an intention of where you would like to be heading with an activity or in your life, then make your cup of tea, engage in the activities and celebrate at the end.  Are you looking for more resources?  The best way to find all the resources in one location is by visiting https://linktr.ee/greenwellcenter.  Become a regular listener of the podcast and purchase your own tea blends to assist you in transformation while you listen.  Our podcast is designed to bring balance and flow to your day, week, month, and year.  Thanks for sharing us with others who could also benefit.  Please send us your feedback and a review. Support the showDr. Michelle Greenwell, BA Psych, MSc CAM, Ph. D CIH (Complementary and Integrative Health).  Striving to support the public to choose self-care and well-being options that create ease and flow in their lives, Michelle specializes in using movement to heal the body.  Her BioEnergetic Formula for Success provides a means for everyone to set their intentions and create support and action for flow and ease to the goals.  Learn more at www.greenwellcenter.com.  Follow her YouTube channel and specialty playlists.  Find her full resource list here. She highlights her Tea Company: The Cape Breton Tea Company which you can find at www.capebretontea.ca.  Included is the specialty line of Tea with Intention, Harmony Blends and Coaster, and the focus on high quality organic black, green, herbal, rooibos, and honeybush tea.  Including tea with your podcast listening is a unique way to explore tea, create healthy habits, and have great conversations with friends and colleagues.