# @iamlouiserumball on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNyZquu3L-8
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61833366-iamlouiserumball-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-08-25T18:15:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Louise Rumball (@iamlouiserumball) — https://gondola.cc/iamlouiserumball

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This is my story… 🩷⬇️

For 16 years I have battled an “unexplainable, unhealable chronic autoimmune pain disorder”. Doctors told me they had no idea what was going on, and my only option was SSRIs and ‘reducing stress’. Bad advice for a Type A ambitious over achiever. 

Then…? I noticed something interesting. 

On the days I moved my body, I wasn’t in pain.
+ when I was in pain? Moving reduced the pain. 

The problem? Daily life + running 3 businesses has me chained to my desk 24/7. Sometimes the only win I could get was a 20 minute walk but in Typical Type A fashion, it never felt ‘enough’. 

Then? I hosted focus groups with other women like me. 80% of the participants had PCOS, 78% couldn’t always get to the gym before work, 70% had anxiety, 72% of them had an inner critic saying they weren’t doing ‘enough’. 

I knew we all needed help. 

That’s when I stumbled across the thing we all overlook. Walking. 

Here’s the truth:
⤷ Walking is one of the most powerful tools for healing, longevity, circadian syncing, nervous system regulation + hormonal balancing.
⤷ It somewhat mimics the trauma release mechanism of EMDR therapy (through bilateral brain stim).
⤷ It calms overthinking + over activation of the brain.
⤷ It reduces cortisol + adrenaline (which Type As produce more of).
⤷ & moves the byproducts of toxic stress through and out the body (lactate, adrenaline metabolites, and inflammatory cytokines).
⤷ It also builds BDNF needed to build new neural pathways (you will quite literally never be able to ‘manifest’ without this).

But then… pair it with:
⤷ Engineered music? It shifts your limbic system + neurotransmitters.
⤷ Your breath? You can control your heart & brain waves.
⤷ Affirmations? You can shift your identity. 

Suddenly, my “daily walk” didn’t just become a boring chore anymore. It became a guaranteed win. 

So, I created my first set of walks and launched them last month inside dailydevotion. The feedback confirmed what I knew in my soul. This is needed. And not only is it needed, but it feels F**KING AMAZING. 

I’m so excited to share with you. 

xxx

#manifestation #healingjourney #walkingmeditation

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