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Episode 47 - Why Do I Feel Even More Exhausted When I’m Doing “Everything Right”?

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We’ve all been there. We feel like we’re doing “everything right” and yet continue to feel worse. When the whole point is to feel less fatigued and less exhausted it can be easy to resist relapses in energy. However, being able to connect with and embrace our experience can offer valuable lessons that will move the healing journey forward. Listen for a deeper discussion.

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Episode 46 - Privilege and Healing

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Anna opens up a conversation about privilege and healing. Some people will have more privileges in their healing journey which may make their healing journey “easier” and others may have less privileges in their journey which may make it “harder” to heal. Whatever the case, moving through a chronic illness experience is painful. This episode is designed to make you think and reflect and perhaps consider where you are focusing on your own disadvantages too much, which could be a roadblock to healing.

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Episode 45 - Don't Forget The Basics - They Matter

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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 those all important basics covered. It is a recap on some of the concepts covered in previous episodes. Anna also talks about routines and finding the flexibility to dance between […]

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Episode 44 - What Helped Me in My Recovery From Mold Illness and CFS

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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.

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Episode 43 - Grief and Healing

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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.

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Episode 42 - MCAS, Histamine Intolerance and Fatigue

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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.

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Episode 41 - Managing Hopelessness When it Feels Like “Nothing is working”

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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.

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Episode 40 - How to support a loved one with Chronic Fatigue - Part 2

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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.

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Episode 39 - How to Support a Loved One with Chronic Fatigue - Part 1

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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.

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Episode 38 - Somatic Experiencing, Brain Retraining and Healing Updates

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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.