Despite being tired, are there times when you feel really energised and good while you’re busy getting things done? Is it possible that this is not ‘true’ energy but actually a very buzzy, driven energy? Usually it’s actually an adrenaline-fuelled energy.I know it well. I still feel it often.
In 2013 I was barely able to walk to the end of the block or up a flight of stairs without feeling dizzy and exhausted. Now, 10 years later I recently completed a 4 day (total 64km) hike in the Baviaanskloof Mountains. And I felt so darn good! I came
Do you feel grief and loss for the health and life you used to have before the fatigue? Grief is such a complex experience. I say experience as it is far more than just an emotion. Grief is a process and it can be hugely transformative but this involves
Did you often or very often feel that no one in your family loved you or thought you were important or special? or Your family didn’t look out for each other, feel close to each other, or support each other? Were your parents ever separated or divorced? Was a household
Why do you keep doing the same things that you know are going to consistently make you tired? You can even watch yourself doing it and can’t stop and then wonder what is wrong with you that you can’t just STOP and rest. Or why is that even though you
10 years ago, after a quick stop to grab a much-needed chocolate energy-boost, I dragged myself back to my car, yanked open the door and sank down onto the seat. I then looked over to the driver’s seat and realised with astonishment it was empty and I had unthinkingly sat
It’s very possible that the reason you cannot overcome your fatigue is…..fear. If you are battling with fatigue I bet that you’ve been told or read or heard that you ‘should’ slow down and stress less? Maybe you have been told that you should practice mindfulness or rest more
I bet that if you’ve been experiencing chronic exhaustion for some time you’d really like something to change? The thing is… Are YOU ready to change? We cannot expect anything to be different if we don’t allow ourselves to release what is creating the exhaustion and to make space for
When Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome repeatedly brought me to my knees over a period of 5 years I knew that I needed to be doing something different to receive or experience something different. However, I was too tired and too overwhelmed to figure out what needed to change and, instead, kept
I remember a time where every. single. decision. I made was based on how much energy it would take from me. I operated from the feeling that my energy supply was in the reserve already and just one thing could topple me into completely empty, followed by a crash. This
