Healing POTS by Getting to the Root with Toby Adler

Toby Adler’s struggle with POTS began during pregnancy and intensified after giving birth, eventually leaving her life shaped by dizziness, fatigue, heart palpitations, brain fog, and fear.

After years of searching for answers, Toby discovered a different way of looking at her symptoms: what if her body wasn’t working against her, but responding for a reason?

In this episode, Heather and Toby explore the deeper patterns connected to her symptoms, including perfectionism, hypervigilance, control, motherhood, and childhood experiences. Toby shares how learning to approach her body with curiosity rather than fear changed not only her physical experience, but also the way she parents, works, connects with family, and moves through life.

A conversation about moving beyond symptom management, building safety from within, and discovering how far change can ripple when you begin at the root.

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EPISODE TOPICS:

🤰 POTS symptoms beginning during pregnancy (00:04:10)

🛏️ When chronic illness took over everyday life (00:08:45)

🔎 Searching beyond symptom management (00:11:26)

💡 The question that changed Toby’s perspective on her body (00:14:57)

🌱 From fear of symptoms to curiosity (00:17:22)

🧠 Pregnancy, dizziness, perfectionism, and hypervigilance (00:20:00)