Life in Align podcast

Today I want to talk about habits that are actually signs of resentment.  

Holding on to resentment can be bad for your mental and physical health.  It can cause stress, anxiety, depression, and it c…

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…

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.  

There’s plenty of research around the body keeps the score, and how …

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.  

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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.  Serendipi…

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 w…

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 scare…

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.

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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 b…

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 …

Today I want to chat 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.

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Today I want to chat 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 emot…

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 pa…

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.

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Today I'm talking about how to mentally declutter to be able to move on.

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Today I'm talking about why you really need to let go of the guilt for self-care and putting yourself first.

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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 …

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 di…

Today I'm talking about how I quit listening to the crappy thoughts.

If you are like me, you can spend a lot of time worrying and wearing yourself out, using up energy that you just don’t have.  I fe…

In this episode 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.  Includi…