How much would you estimate that you have spent on doctors, supplements and health food in your quest to heal your chronic exhaustion or burnout? Don’t get me wrong…I do think that supplement and diet regimes can make a big difference. But not for the long-term and not as a
There was this time, while on a 3 hour road trip, that I had such a strong sense I needed to take the next off-ramp and double back onto the highway to pick up a young woman and her child and baby who I’d passed but somehow carried with me
9 years ago, when my daughter turned one, I hoped desperately it was like some magical turning point that I’d been longing for – that somehow I’d have the energy to be the perfect mom I’d imagined I would be, the fog would clear, the bog would let go of
(You can download the audio version here) “Trauma is not the bad things that happened to you but what happens inside of you as a result of what happened to you” – Dr Gabor Maté, specialist in childhood development and trauma. Also from Gabor Maté: “Trauma is the disconnection from
Do you have tension in your jaw right now? And in your neck and shoulders? How about your stomach muscles – are they fully relaxed? And are you holding your breath? Do you know that many people with chronic fatigue have a great deal of musculoskeletal tension in their bodies?
One day, long ago, my Grade 3 teacher called me a foghorn (FYI the definition of a foghorn is a device making a loud, deep sound as a warning to ships in fog). I was deeply ashamed and have never forgotten the comment.I know that the teacher was probably fed-up
This morning my 8-year-old daughter was sitting hugging her knees to her chest, refusing to eat breakfast, with a scowl on her face and a very rigid little body filled with anger. It was cold, dark and we were all grumpy. It was so tempting to lose my temper as
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
Every second person I talk to these days complains about being constantly tired and that’s not because I am seeing them as clients. These are friends, moms at school, my family and the shop-teller who likes to share her life story when she rings up my items! Chronic fatigue is
I have been seeing so many clients recently who have suffered some very big losses and this has caused me to give the topic of grief a great deal of thought. Having undergone my own grief experience when I lost my father at 22 this is not new to me
