ME/CFS Holistic Coach
This is a post I wrote especially for ProHealth’s Inspirational Corner and first appeared there about a month ago: For me, self-help is all about taking responsibility for my own well-being. It means making choices and taking actions with the aim of bringing about improvements to my health and happiness. I first made the choice … Read more
Yesterday I was having a bad day. When I got to work I realised my pain killers hadn’t worked and I felt rubbish. I started worrying about getting through a 4 hour shift when I felt this bad. I felt sorry for myself for having to be at work with this awful headache and this … Read more
I read a really interesting article yesterday about a gene expression study that indicated how happiness affects our cellular biology in a positive way. Basically happiness reduces the cellular expression of chronic stress. However what’s more remarkable about this study is that it showed the difference between two different types of happiness. In fact ‘hedonistic’ … Read more
A couple of weeks ago I posted the results of my questionnaire looking at the emotional impact of chronic illness. In this post I‘d like to share links to the posts that I’ve already written that might address some of the issues raised in your replies. I will focus on the concerns you’ve raised that … Read more
This is a post that I wrote for the Inspirational Corner of the ProHealth website. One of the qualities I’ve found most helpful to cultivate with regard to ME/CFS has been acceptance. Many people struggle with the idea of acceptance associating it with a sense of giving up. However I believe it’s possible to be … Read more
I want to offer a huge thank you to all of you who have been filling out my questionnaires. I had a great response to this 3rd questionnaire exploring the help you might need with the 8 steps towards living a great life despite chronic illness. (See these links for the results of the 1st … Read more
Over the last few weeks I’ve been attempting to expand my mindfulness into more areas of my life. One of the challenges I’ve set myself is mindful supermarket shopping, but I have to admit I haven’t been entirely successful. But I have become more aware of what gets in my way, so that’s a start! … Read more
Here’s a post I wrote for the Inspirational Corner of the ProHealth website. ”One very valuable lesson that I’ve learned from my experience of chronic illness is that happiness has little to do with what happens to us. I don’t mean to say that we’re not going to have all sorts of difficult emotions in … Read more
In last week’s post on the results of my damage limitation questionnaire I promised links to the articles that I’ve already written that address some of your concerns. I’ve realised that not many of my older posts address your concerns as directly as I’d like them to. So I’ll be focusing on addressing them more … Read more
A big thank you to all of you who have been filling out my questionnaires! They are really helping me to get a great idea about what you most want help with in terms of living better with your chronic illness. I believe that there are 8 steps towards living a great life despite chronic … Read more
