This winter seemed to bring me one knock back after another. With each knock back my motivation for self-care took a nosedive. This is something that I’m used to, and usually I just accept it, trusting it to bounce back as my health improves again. This time though, it didn’t. I found myself in a … Read more
The power is within you! Are you ready to access it? I know that when you have an energy limiting chronic illness, it can be hard to find and hard to use that power! But I’ve discovered just how easy it can be if you have the right tools, and I want to share those … Read more
Monday 3rd June, 10am Pacific; 1pm Eastern; 6pm UK 7pm CEST Another chance to attend this popular free workshop to learn how to skillfully deal with the ups and downs of fatigue that accompany chronic illness. This workshop is for you if: you struggle to deal with the changing energy levels involved in chronic illness … Read more
This post is for those of us with chronic illness who can manage a little productivity in our day and perhaps even work part time, but are battling against limited mental energy and the need to make sure we don’t use too much of it. For me not overdoing it physically or mentally is an … Read more
Starts Monday 27th June 2019 Are you motivated to do what it takes to be as happy and healthy as you could be? Improving our health and creating a life that we love involves a willingness to show up consistently with our self-care and keep on taking the next tiny step forward This FREE 5 day challenge … Read more
Today, May 12th, is ME/CFS international awareness day. This illness is very misunderstood by the general population and even by a huge proportion of the medical profession and funding for biomedical research that could promote that understanding is horrifically scarce. Nevertheless, there are some tireless and compassionate researches out there who have seen the suffering … Read more
This is a post I wrote especially for ProHealth’s Inspirational Corner and first appeared there about 2 months ago. There is nothing in our once healthy previous lives that can prepare us for what’s involved in getting good at pacing. At least in the way that the very limited energy of illnesses like ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Lyme disease … Read more
Self-acceptance is probably the single most powerful tool against depression. It was a precious gift that I learned from four years of deep depression in my early twenties and the counselling that got me out of it. When I started to accept myself for who I saw myself to be and started to forgive myself … Read more
Starts Thursday 4th April (8am pacific; 11am Eastern; 4pm UK; 5pm CEST) In this 26 week group coaching program you’ll get all the support you need to take back control from energy limiting chronic illness for a more relaxed, balanced and fulfilling life. This extremely effective program offers all the benefits of individual coaching at a fraction of … Read more
What would you do with the energy that you could save? Approaching everything we do with an attitude of mindful relaxed effortless reclaims huge amounts of energy otherwise wasted on tension and striving. And being relaxed is absolutely essential if we are to direct our bodies’ resources to healing. But this is a very different … Read more
