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Episode 095 – Ask more of yourself Recently I had to ask myself, do I want to do more, or do I want to keep thinking I’m doing enough.  Listen in for the thing I’m referring to, but in the end I have to decide that I am doing this for me.  It makes grief […]

Episode 094 – Do you owe your body an apology After many years of tears, hatred, and basically mistreating myself, I made a vow to be kind to my body, and owed it an apology. The same as I would if I behaved that way towards someone else. There’s plenty of research around the body

Episode 093 – How to believe in yourself, even when An episode about believing in yourself. Even when. Even when you are feeling scared. Even when you are feeling overwhelmed. Even when you are doubting that you can get better. And I get it. Over 10 years ago, after living with my illness for nearly

Episode 092 – How to connect the happiness dots in a luck journal When was the last time you felt lucky? I’d hazard a guess that most of the time you think that others are lucky, and the only luck you tend to find is bad luck. Fate. Destiny. Kismet. Serendipity. Whatever you want to

Episode 091 – Feeling overwhelmed? Try this A super-quick episode this week, even by my standards, mainly because sometimes we just need to be told some things to do to get moving out of the overwhelm to a space where we can then look at the whys. If you’d like to know more on how

Episode 090 – The four stages of recovery I get asked all the time “I want to get better, but why do I sabotage myself?  I think I know what I need to do, but I don’t do it”.  Variations on this are lacking willpower, unmotivated, even scared. It’s not as if the internet isn’t

Episode 089 – The do’s and don’ts to support someone with a chronic illness I talk a lot about life with a chronic illness, and for this episode I want to share for those who support us, and are not always sure what to say or do.   It’s not just one life that changes. If

Episode 088 – How decluttering can help you love yourself Decluttering a home can be difficult, especially if you have years’ worth of memories stored up. Equally, a lot of those memories could also be causing you stress. Mindfulness has been proven to be an essential practice in managing stress, lowering blood pressure and helping

Episode 087 – 6 ways to stop feeling so meh Everyone seems to be at a default mode of constantly stressed, so much so that it’s not often I hear other emotions get mentioned. It also seems easier to tell ourselves that we’re stressed than to have to think about how else we might actually

Episode 086 – Top three tips for positive self-talk Today, I’m chatting about something that can be very detrimental to your recovery and that’s how you talk to yourself, about yourself.  Both in what you say out loud, and what you say in your head. If you’d like to know more on how to shift your

Episode 085 – How routines can help to structure healing Today, I’m chatting about how routines can help to structure healing. Having a plan that you consciously decide upon and more or less stick to regularly is extremely helpful physically with the emotional turmoil. If you’d like to know more on how to shift your

Episode 084 – Things you go through when you start healing On the previous episode, episode 83, I talked about how I mis-read the signs of grief, and my trauma, and would often mistake them for M.E. symptoms. How I shut myself down, numbed myself, to the pain I was feeling, to the shame and

Episode 083 – How symptoms can hide deeper feelings you really need to process Today I’m talking about how symptoms can hide deeper feelings you really need to process. AKA – I’m grieving a lot more than I thought…. If you’d like to know more on how to shift your stories, reach out to me to see

Episode 082 – How to declutter your mind to move on Today I’m talking about how to declutter your mind to move on. All of my coaching is about empowering you to live life on your own terms.  Not mine.  Not someone else’s.  Yours.   To take back the life a chronic illness stole from

Episode 081 – Why you need to let go of the self-care guilt Today I’m talking about why you need to let go of the self-care guilt. All of my coaching is about empowering you to live life on your own terms.  Not mine.  Not someone else’s.  Yours.   Every step of the way is

Episode 080 – The first step to creating your ideal life Today I’m talking about the first step to creating your ideal life. All of my coaching is about empowering you to live life on your own terms.  Not mine.  Not someone else’s.  Yours.   Every step of the way is about finding clarity, allowing

Episode 079 – Why the first mile always sucks (what running taught me about recovery) Today I’m talking about what running taught me about recovery from a chronic illness.   Basically, that the first mile always sucks.  Even before I got sick, the first mile, was always rubbish.  It didn’t matter if I was planning for

Episode 078 – How I quit listening to the crappy thoughts Today I’m talking about how I quit listening to the crappy thoughts. When I was unwell I worried a lot about my life and if I’d get better.  If I didn’t, what would happen then.  I worried about being able to go to work.

Episode 077 – Will my past prevent me getting better? This week I’m talking about if your past could prevent you from getting better. There’s one big common denominator amongst all the women I have spoken with who have chronic illnesses. Including myself. We all have tremendous hurt in our past.  If you’d like to know

Episode 076 – Why you doubt recovery is possible This week I’m talking about why you doubt recovery is possible. Recovery isn’t about going back to the life you had before diagnosis.  That just isn’t possible.  The same as you couldn’t go back to how life was before a relationship, or having children.  You can get