ME/CFS Holistic CoachLast week I was contacted by a young woman asking for some advice about approaching the subject of an ME/CFS diagnosis with her doctor. She’d been feeling rubbish for 4 years since having glandular fever and her symptoms were getting worse. Her health has affected her university grade and she feels misunderstood by her family. … Read more
As my condition is fairly mild, I am in the fortunate position of being able to get some things done. When I’m in crash and there’s no question of getting anything done, I find it quite easy to do what I have to do to put my health first. However, when I can be a … Read more
Up until now I’ve been a bit reluctant to talk about the fact that I’ve been following the ‘5/2 diet’ for about a year now. I have to admit that I didn’t consult my doctor about it (as we should do whenever we want to try a new weight loss program) and I didn’t want … Read more
I’ve just read a really interesting Health Rising post called ‘I think I have a meditation disability’, which confirms many of my thoughts about how an overactive sympathetic nervous system can make meditation really difficult for someone with ME/CFS or Fibromyalgia. I find meditation extremely valuable and practise at least once and mostly twice a … Read more
Last September I wrote a post about how I often feel worse after resting. I also decided to do a little poll about it and I thought it was about time I commented on the results. I asked the question ‘Do you often feel worse after resting? 5 respondents (20%) replied ‘No’ 10 (41%) chose … Read more
The things that I do to optimise my wellbeing are quite numerous. I have a complex daily routine and I invest a fair amount of my energy in making sure I can be as well as possible. I do all this because it works, I feel well a fair amount of the time and generally … Read more
Because our energy is limited the demands on it will often exceed its supply. Sometimes this feeling of just not having enough to go around can be overwhelming. Whether it’s because others are still expecting too much of us, or because we expect too much of ourselves, having a sense that there is more that … Read more
A key feature of this illness is that we all have bad days: days when our energy is even lower than normal or days when the illness just gets us down. We might be able to learn illness management skills that stabilise our energy levels somewhat and we might be able to learn new ways … Read more
I was reminded by a twitter conversation yesterday how difficult it can be to understand that even when we are doing something that uses energy, it’s possible to end up with more of it. The idea of activities that energise is quite counterintuitive but one that I put to use every day. So how can … Read more
