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Last week my fight or flight system was triggered by world events. Worry and anxiety are such a normal and human reaction to what is happening in the world right now but when you have a chronic illness like ME/CFS, that worry and anxiety can be threatening to your health. Add in the fact that … Read more
With all that has been going on in the world recently it’s not surprising that you may be invaded by worry. With illnesses like ME/CFS where there is an overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system, once the worry switch has been switched on, it can be very difficult to switch off. Although generally, I have … Read more
Life lessons from travel and chronic illness When I was travelling in Africa in my early twenties on a very tight budget (pre-chronic illness), there was no internet to research what to do where, just a trusty guide book (usually a rough guide or a shoestring lonely planet) and the recommendations of other travellers you’d … Read more
This week I’ve been taking part in Tara Brach’s radical compassion challenge. I haven’t kept up with all of it, but I’ve been dipping in when I can. And every little bit I’ve dipped into has been so valuable. There are still a few days left (it’s on until the 30th of Jan) so if … Read more
My low functioning, following my move and the autumn season change is dragging on now and along with poor functioning my motivation is still pretty low. I’ve always recognised that low motivation accompanies a dip in functioning or a crash, and having done a lot of internal work I’ve been able to make sure that … Read more
Monday 21st October (5pm UK, 9am pacific; 12pm eastern) Join me for this popular free workshop, to discover how these 3 simple attitudes can make a huge difference to your chance of improving health. This workshop is for you if: You struggle to accept the limits placed on you by chronic illness Lack of acceptance … Read more
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
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
When you have a chronic illness already, the last thing that you want is to have to deal with another bug. ME/CFS effects the immune system, it seems to effect it in different ways for different people and even over the course of the illness. Previous research has come unstuck a bit in this respect … Read more
This is a post I wrote especially for ProHealth’s Inspirational Corner and first appeared there about 5 weeks ago: Illnesses like ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Lyme disease are extremely hard to understand, in fact even when you’re the one experiencing it, it’s hard to get sometimes. And they’re relatively invisible, partly because people that aren’t our nearest and dearest … Read more
