Life in Align podcast

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 emotional turmoil.   Click here to sign up to the free mini-SHIFT Click here for shownotes

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 self-hatred I was feeling.  I said that I'll talk more about what healing looks like for me on the next episode, so here we are. Click here to sign up to the free min...

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.     Click here to sign up to the free mini-SHIFT Click here for shownotes

Today I'm talking about how to mentally declutter to be able to move on. Click here to sign up to the free mini-SHIFT Click here for shownotes

Today I'm talking about why you really need to let go of the guilt for self-care and putting yourself first. Click here to sign up to the free mini-SHIFT Click here for shownotes

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 and creating intention, and taking action. Click here to sign up to the free mini-SHIFT Click here for shownotes  

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 a 3 mile run, or a half-marathon, that first mile was always a struggle between my mind and body.  Today's episode is for anyone wanting to get better, but has trouble...

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 felt helpless and hopeless.  It took a while to figure out that I was doing all this to myself.  That I was the one standing in my way. Click here to sign up to the free mini-SHIFT

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.  Including myself.  We all have tremendous hurt in our past.. I f you'd like to know more on how to shift your stories, reach out to me to see if my SHIFT to alignment coaching programme is a fit for you. You c...

In this episode 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 some semblance to it, but you can't get back exactly the same.   If you'd like to know more on how to shift your self-doubt,...

In this episode I'm sharing with you the reasons behind my unexpected month off, and also sharing an update of a completed goal.    You can book a free discovery call here. You can   email me . You can also find me on Instagram .

This week I'm talking about redefining happiness, on your terms. You can book a free discovery call here. You can   email me . You can also find me on Instagram .

This week I'm talking about getting a better handle on your feelings because emotions will come knocking, but you can choose which ones you let in, and which ones you park for dealing with at a more appropriate time.   Please do share your key takeaway from this episode. You can   email me . You can also find me on Instagram .

Today I'm asking what do you do when you feel terrible and talking about noticing your habits you default to when you're not feeling great, learn how to pause, and work out what it is you really need so you can rule your day and not let it rule you.   Please do share your key takeaway from this episode. You can   email me . You can also find me on Instagram .

Today I'm sharing how to decode your attitude to the skin you're in. I am all for body confidence.  I think a huge part of the healing process is to love and appreciate the body you're in now. Episode 65 is here Episode 64 is here Please do share your key takeaway from this episode. You can   email me . You can also find me on Instagram .

Today I'm asking you  - do you pre-fail? Please do share your key takeaway from this episode. You can   email me . You can also find me on Instagram .

You can't quite put your finger on it, but whatever that thing was that used to give you get up and go, has definitely gotten up and left.  From the mood of your partner to your iron intake the things that zap your precious already limited energy are everywhere.   But if you can learn what they are, and which ones you are most affected by, you have a good chance of stopping them from stealing any...

On today's episode I'm talking about chronic health and the menstrual cycle, and how the two affect each other.  One of the things I learned very early in my illness is how much having a period exhausts my body.   Since my operation, I can no longer control how often these symptoms are coming.  I can no longer control how exhausted I feel and how the simplest things that could seem difficult enoug...

There's always those big times of the year when we are prodded to make changes towards better health, New Year and pending summer holidays being the two prominent ones.   And so often we hear people say after they get sick that they took their health for granted.   We don't have to wait til then to be motivated to make a change. But it doesn't have to be so hard.  For some of you, it can't be that...

I'm talking about loneliness, and sharing my five fave things to help.  Well, there's really six, but I know you're not all crazy cat/dog lady as I am. For some of us, we can blame lockdown.  But for others, lockdown only enhanced what we were already feeling and possibly didn't want to admit to, or know that it's even a thing we could admit. The quiz is here If you'd like to share your thoughts I...

I'm sharing why you can't hate yourself to the body you want, and why we think we need to hate ourselves in the first place. All day, every day, we are exposed to the media full of fixes for our flaws.  We have become so brainwashed by it many of the times we just don't question it, and instead start to question ourselves.   Something we may have liked previously about ourselves suddenly appears o...

I'm sharing something that has happened in my life that led to me creating a story for myself that has eroded my confidence ever since.  It's something we all do on some level or another.  Something happens to you, you create a story from it, you ding your own confidence. Creating stories like this is your brain's survival instinct.  Now it no longer has real lions to worry about eating you, it cr...

Today I'm talking about what people can expect of you now you live with a chronic illness. When we get sick we go to a place of no longer knowing what life can hold for us.   With an invisible illness, so many people don't believe we're sick and it can feel there's a constant battle trying to prove that we are.  Especially when it comes to making plans.   The quiz is here If you'd like to share yo...

Today I'm talking about my five tips for planning a healthy week to help you take back your life from chronic illness. Many of us with chronic illnesses are overwhelmed and feel out of control, with too much to do, too much in our heads, too many people telling us we can no longer do the things we want to still try and do, and with past experiences leaving us feeling judged and shamed for our live...

At the time of recording it's early April, and April is Stress Awareness month, so on today's episode I'm talking about should you press pause? The quiz is here If you'd like to share your thoughts I'd love to hear them , please do email me . You can also find me on Instagram