About FND Fresh Start - The School of Slowing Down
FND Fresh Start is a gentle, supportive podcast for people living with Functional Neurological Disorder - whether you're newly diagnosed or have been quietly carrying this condition for years.
Hosted by Amy Cole, who lives with FND, this podcast shares real stories, reflections, and hard-won lessons from life with an unpredictable nervous system. We talk about grief and identify shifts, nervous system regulation, creativity, faith, setbacks, resilience, and the courage it takes to rebuild a meaningful life at a slower, more intentional pace.
This is a space for those who are learning, or have already learned, the difficult lessons of slowing down. For those navigating symptoms, adapting expectations, and discovering new ways to live with quiet strength and dignity.
You're not alone. You're not broken.
You're learning how to live differently - and that matters.
FND - What I Wish the Doctors Had Explained to Me When I Was Diagnosed
FND explained through the eyes of a patient of FND. Funny triggers, like cartoon socks and phone calls. Then, things she wishes her doctors had explained to her when she was diagnosed.
FND Fresh Start is meant to help people with Functional Neurological Disorder so they don't feel alone.
25 May 2026
FND Treatment Phases and the Power of the Mind
In this episode, I talk about FND and the different phases of the treatment journey from accepting the diagnosis to lessening the fear around the symptoms and embracing a full life.
Please consider joining the facebook group FND Christian Warriors and attending our zoom calls where you can meet other people with FND who are supportive and kind. You'll find the link to the call at the facebook group main page.
14 Mar 2026
Having a Hysterectomy with FND
Anxiety about having surgery with FND
Postponing again and again
Concern over hormone imbalance
Flare-ups before surgery
Recovery first 10 days
Happy brain most of the time
23 Jan 2026
FND Journaling Ideas
This week, I have had some amazing moments.
New Elign Movement video series on youtube (Suggested by Kristina from the zoom call a couple weeks ago.)
https://www.youtube.com/@elignedmovement
Smell is back, which is good and bad, but I’ll take it
My FND is pretty put away this week
Was able to go to a doctor’s appointment without getting triggered.
Yay!!!
Something I’ve been working on recently is journaling in a different way.
Journaling trauma, so it’s been hard to embrace journaling in the traditional sense
I’ve had a beautiful hard-bound journal, which I have placed in the notebook bucket in my brain, so I treat it more like a notebook to hold my thoughts, no matter how messy they are.
Drawings
Outlines
Brainstorming sessions
Revelation
Untangling my thoughts
Journaling ideas:
What I’ve Learned About Recently
What I Am Excited to Learn More About
Things I’m Grateful For
What I’ve noticed that my brain is craving lately
Things that may be triggering to me
What do I feel is being revealed to me lately?
How can I find out more?
Talents that may be budding inside me:
15 Jan 2026
Finding Faith with FND
Sometimes a little faith can go a long way. I have enough faith to do what I need to do today. My thoughts on things I'm learning and ways I'm growing with FND.
10 Jan 2026
Is This Normal? Why It Helps to Hear "Me, Too"
Living with FND can feel frightening and isolating—especially when symptoms are unfamiliar or constantly changing. In this episode, Amy shares common FND experiences and gentle reassurance that you’re not alone, and that many of these strange symptoms are shared by others too.
10 Jan 2026
FND Fresh Start Trailer
FND Fresh Start is a podcast for people living with Functional Neurological Disorder and for anyone learning how to live differently after their body asks them to slow down.
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