Ep 120. IC, vulvodynia, and learning to feel safe again (Landi’s story)

In this episode of the IC You Podcast, I sit down with my client Landi to talk about her experience with interstitial cystitis, bladder pain, urgency, frequency, and burning that continued even when urine tests were negative. We talk about what happens when symptoms feel constant, why nervous system dysregulation can keep the cycle going, and how healing often looks slower and more layered than people expect.

Landi shares how her life changed after years of fear, restrictive diet advice, and feeling dismissed, and what began to shift once she started addressing neuroplastic symptoms and learning how to create safety in her body again.

What we talk about

• How her symptoms began with recurring UTIs and later constant urgency, frequency, and burning without infection
• Receiving an IC diagnosis and feeling lost after medications and instillations did not fully help
• How online forums and the IC diet increased food fear and anxiety
• Discovering nervous system dysregulation as a major root cause
• The shift from feeling at war with her body to working with it
• The role of community support, emotional processing, and self compassion
• Nervous system tools she uses daily, including journal speak, somatic movement, breathwork, tapping, and safety statements
• What progress looks like now as she returns to concerts, shopping, and line dancing
• Why she started her own podcast, Surviving and Thriving

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