Episode 45 – Don’t Forget The Basics – They Matter
Shownotes This episode is a reminder that basics matter. It is an opportunity for you to check in with yourself and make sure you have
June 23, 2023
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Podcast: The Chronic Fatigue and Burnout Recovery Podcast
Episode 44 – What Helped Me in My Recovery From Mold Illness and CFS
In this episode Anna highlights the things she felt made the biggest difference in her own recovery journey. She acknowledges that the journey isn’t linear; there are different stages of healing and not all of them look like progress. She finishes with a general share of things that are working for her clients as inspiration for things to explore.
June 16, 2023
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Episode 43 – Grief and Healing
Grief is an inevitable part of healing. In this episode Anna talks about her own experience of grief in her healing journey. She shares a framework for understanding grief and somatic and mindset tools for working with grief in your day to day life.
June 9, 2023
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Episode 42 – MCAS, Histamine Intolerance and Fatigue
Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) and histamine intolerance may be part of the complex web of imbalances in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) and other chronic illnesses.
MCAS can be associated with pain, cognitive dysfunction, brain fog, sensitivity to light and sound or intolerance to chemicals and smells. Many of these symptoms, and more, go hand in hand with those who experience a chronic illness.
This doesn’t mean that everyone who experiences chronic fatigue or a chronic illness will have MCAS or histamine intolerance but it is something to consider as you work on supporting all of your body’s needs. In this episode Anna covers the what and the how.
June 2, 2023
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Episode 41 – Managing Hopelessness When it Feels Like “Nothing is working”
We’ve all been there. You feel like you are doing everything but nothing seems to be working. You’ve hit a plateau or you’ve gone backwards in your healing. In this episode Anna offers support around the experience of hopelessness including a trauma-informed framework to move from the powerlessness that accompanies lack of hope to a more powerful state. She wraps up the episodes by challenging the belief “Nothing is working” by offering a checklist to make sure that is really true.
May 26, 2023
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Episode 40 – How to support a loved one with Chronic Fatigue – Part 2
In part 2 of this series Anna covers communication, needs and a framework for understanding relationship dynamics. The goal of the episode is to support communication so that both the illness experiencer and their supporters have their needs met. The relationship framework will help deepen your understanding of your relationships so that you are not left disappointed (and unsupported) when your expectations are not met.
May 19, 2023
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Episode 39 – How to Support a Loved One with Chronic Fatigue – Part 1
This is part 1 of a 2 part series for those experiencing a chronic illness (like CFS/ME) and their supporters. In this episode Anna discusses relationship dynamics and how they influence the ability of loved one’s to offer support and the ability of those with a chronic illness to ask for and receive support. Anna discusses the survey results from the research on this topic and offers solutions so that supporters feel better equipped to support and illness experiencers feel better equipped to receive support.
May 12, 2023
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Episode 38 – Somatic Experiencing, Brain Retraining and Healing Updates
In this episode Anna explains the differences in Brain Retraining and Somatic Experiencing in theory and practise. She talks about her own experience with these different modalities and shares some updates on her own healing journey working somatically with medical trauma and anaesthesia. She finished with a discussion about where Functional Medicine and Mind-Body Work intersects.
May 5, 2023
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Episode 37 – How to have better periods with ME/CFS: Part 3 – Supporting Your Hormones Naturally
This is part 3 in a 3 part series on how to have better periods with CFS/ME. Anna wraps up the three part series by discussing how we can support the body generally and how to manage estrogen dominance – a common underlying cause of hormone imbalance – more specifically.
April 28, 2023
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Episode 36 – How to Have Better Periods with ME/CFS: Part 2 – Testing Your Hormones
This episode is a short and sweet menu of different testing options for your sex hormones. Anna covers blood and urine testing options as well as home monitoring devices. Learn how to make sure you test at the right time in your cycle and possible genetic tests that can be useful.
April 21, 2023
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