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Episode 46 – Privilege and Healing

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.

June 30, 2023 No Comments

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 No Comments

Exercise & PEM

6 Ways To Reduce Post-Exertional Malaise in Chronic Fatigue

Post-exertional malaise (PEM) or “payback” is one of the most frustrating symptoms of chronic fatigue and chronic illness. Most typically, if you are experiencing PEM, the exercise, activity or challenge is causing more inflammation than your body can handle. Here are 6 things you can do about it…

June 21, 2023 2 Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

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 No Comments

Exercise & PEM

How to exercise if you have chronic fatigue?

It is still possible to exercise if you have Chronic Fatigue. Whether you are bed bound, just building up your step count or wanting to add in other forms of activity to your daily routine, I want to address that for you here.

May 31, 2023 1 Comment

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 No Comments

Brain Health

How to Manage and Overcome Chronic Pain and Pain Syndromes

Chronic pain, low mood and low energy are three things that often go hand in hand. Although these conditions are often not well supported with traditional medicine, they can be unravelled and addressed if you have the patience and commitment to do so.

The common thread that links all three is energy. Or, more specifically, ATP production. Impaired mitochondria increase oxidative stress leading to neuroinflammation and the inability to synthesise neurotransmitters. An inflamed and unhealthy brain can be more sensitive to the perception of pain and struggle to dampen pain signals.

May 24, 2023 No Comments

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 No Comments

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