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A big part of mastering life with chronic illness is the ability to reclaim wasted energy so that it can be directed to more effective uses, like healing, contributing or fun. Difficult emotions are a natural and unavoidable part of living with chronic illness, the losses we have to face, the disappointments and frustrations of having … Read more
What I wish I knew when I first got sick I am so saddened to hear of the number of people that are struggling with post viral symptoms as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s a devastating experience not to recover in the way you always expect to recover from an illness. When I … Read more
The last few weeks I haven’t felt very motivated. I haven’t been feeling terrible or anything but I just haven’t felt like creating things. Before my move back to the UK, I had to save my energy for all that was involved in the transition, but I promised myself that I’d make a fresh start … Read more
(Although this is a sponsored post including affiliate links all opinions are my own) The lovely people from Winnie’s Picks have approached me with a very exciting freebie to raffle off. They’re offering one of their paint by numbers with free international shipping to one of my readers! I’m really excited about this because there … Read more
This is a post I wrote especially for ProHealth’s Inspirational Corner and first appeared there about 2 months ago. With energy limiting chronic illnesses like ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Lyme disease, a key to being as well as possible is to make sure you don’t use more energy that you readily have available to you. (This is sometimes referred … Read more
One frustrating thing about energy limiting chronic illnesses like ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Lyme disease, is that energy levels can fluctuate from one day to the next. Christine Miserandino’s Spoon Theory has helped many people understand the concept of rationing out your energy by relating an energy unit to a spoon, but what happens on those … Read more
This post is for those of us with chronic illness who can manage a little productivity in our day and perhaps even work part time, but are battling against limited mental energy and the need to make sure we don’t use too much of it. For me not overdoing it physically or mentally is an … Read more
This is a post I wrote especially for ProHealth’s Inspirational Corner and first appeared there about 2 months ago. There is nothing in our once healthy previous lives that can prepare us for what’s involved in getting good at pacing. At least in the way that the very limited energy of illnesses like ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Lyme disease … Read more
This is a post I wrote especially for ProHealth’s Inspirational Corner and first appeared there a little over a month ago It may sound bizarre, but there are various things that I can do that leave me with noticeably more energy than I had before I do them. My scientific mind wants to find an explanation and the best I … Read more
This is a post I wrote especially for ProHealth’s Inspirational Corner and first appeared there a month ago With illnesses like ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia and Lyme disease every little bit of energy we can make available counts. I was brought up with a strong value of not being wasteful, and I’ve found this value particularly helpful for … Read more
