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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.

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Episode 37 - How to have better periods with CFS/ME: Part 3 - Supporting Your Hormones Naturally

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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.

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Episode 36 - How to Have Better Periods with CFS/ME: Part 2 - Testing Your Hormones

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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. 

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Episode 35 - How to have better periods with CFS/ME: Part 1 - What does a healthy cycle look like?

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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.

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Episode 34 - Mindset and Fatigue Recovery

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In this episode Anna offers a framework and a toolbox to support fatigue recovery from a “mindset perspective”. Although it is hard to separate mind and body, we can influence our physiology from the top down using language, cognition, reasoning and voluntary movement. Anna touches on how you can use the power of these tools to help you get “unstuck” in your chronic illness experience.

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Episode 33 - Weight Gain, Body Image and Fatigue Recovery

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Navigating a fatigue recovery experience can also come hand in hand with navigating changes in body, shape, and size. For some, this is just part of the process and for others, it can be an uncomfortable experience. In this episode, Anna explains why we might gain weight in fatigue recovery and where weight loss fits in the context of fatigue recovery. She shares guidance for managing food and exercise in support of healthy body weight and minimising weight gain. She ends with a short discussion about where the nervous system may intersect with our attitudes toward weight, exercise, and food. 

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Episode 32 - Neurotransmitters

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Anna shares her perspective on addressing imbalance neurotransmitters in fatigue recovery. She zooms out and offers an understanding about how taking a big picture view can be much more successful and beneficial in the long term.

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Episode 31 - Neuroinflammation and Fatigue

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Anna shares a framework for understanding neuroinflammation from her training in Psychoneuroimmunology with Leo Priumbroom. This is based on the understanding that you cannot have chronic disease without neuroinflammation and that neuroinflammation is the universal mechanism behind disease. She takes her time to explain the mechanism of neuroinflammation in both acute and chronic illness and offers insight into how we support the body to find health again.

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Episode 30 - My Fatigue Recovery Journey Update

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Anna shares an update about where she is in her own healing journey. She enters into a discussion about identity and the importance of how we choose to identify with our illness experience. She finishes up sharing some strategies she is using to support her body right now.