The Chronic Fatigue and Burnout Recovery Podcast

Shownotes Charlotte was a busy Mum of 2, who’s perfectionist, helper and achiever behaviour patterns meant she pushed herself to breaking point. The flu was the final tipping point into CFS. Her recovery from CFS took 6 years and a multifaceted approach. The many tools of yoga were hugely helpful in her recovery and now she offers restorative and gentle yoga for others with energy challenges. In t...

Shownotes If you have ever wondered if parasites could be impacting your health and energy, this episode is for you. This episode focuses on intra-intestinal parasites, protozoa and helminths. Anna talks about how these infections can impact the immune system and whether or not we should intervene and address them. She covers testing options and how you may want to consider supporting your body if...

Shownotes If you had a viral infection and have never felt the same since, this episode is for you. Anna discussed post-viral fatigue, reactivation of latent viruses (EBV) and recurring infections. She talks about what testing can be useful if you suspect that a virus is contributing to your clinical picture and most importantly, what to do about it. The goal is to make something that can seem com...

Shownotes The podcast will be taking a little holiday over August. This is a quick episode where Anna shares some personal and business updates and explains the holiday and when you can expect the next episode. Useful links: Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna__marsh_ Work with me: https://annamarsh.co.uk/work-together/

Shownotes Brendan shares his journey living with Chronic Pain until he found Functional Patterns which changed the trajectory of his life and career. He is now passionate about helping other overcome chronic pain and pain syndromes by addressing their biomechanics, fascia and movement patterns.  Useful links: Raw Motion Fitness Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rawmotionfitness/ Raw Motion Fitn...

Shownotes Part 2 of a series in Chronic Pain. Anna talks through 5 somatic tools that you can use to cope better with chronic pain. She shares some examples from her own healing journey and how she used these tools to cope with headaches, shoulder and neck pains that were part of her illness experience.  Useful links: Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna__mars...

Shownotes Anna discusses the link between fatigue, mood disorders and chronic pain. Although these conditions are often not well supported with traditional medicine, they can be unravelled and addressed if you have the patience and commitment to do so. The majority of the episode focuses on chronic pain and the mechanisms that contribute to heightened pain sensitivity, including how to evaluate an...

Shownotes We’ve all been there. We feel like we’re doing “everything right” and yet continue to feel worse. When the whole point is to feel less fatigued and less exhausted it can be easy to resist relapses in energy. However, being able to connect with and embrace our experience can offer valuable lessons that will move the healing journey forward. Listen for a deeper discussion.  Useful links: W...

Shownotes Anna opens up a conversation about privilege and healing. Some people will have more privileges in their healing journey which may make their healing journey “easier” and others may have less privileges in their journey which may make it “harder” to heal. Whatever the case, moving through a chronic illness experience is painful. This episode is designed to make you think and reflect and...

Shownotes This episode is a reminder that basics matter. It is an opportunity for you to check in with yourself and make sure you have those all important basics covered. It is a recap on some of the concepts covered in previous episodes. Anna also talks about routines and finding the flexibility to dance between being a human and a human that needs to heal. Useful links: Website: http://annamarsh...

Shownotes In this episode Anna highlights the things she felt made the biggest difference in her own recovery journey. She acknowledges that the journey isn’t linear; there are different stages of healing and not all of them look like progress. She finishes with a general share of things that are working for her clients as inspiration for things to explore.  Useful links: Website: http://annamarsh...

Shownotes Grief is an inevitable part of healing. In this episode, Anna talks about her own experience of grief in her healing journey. She shares a framework for understanding grief and somatic and mindset tools for working with grief in your day-to-day life.  Useful Links: Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna__marsh_ Work with me: https://annamarsh.co.uk/wor...

Shownotes Mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) and histamine intolerance may be part of the complex web of imbalances in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) and other chronic illnesses.​​​​​​​​ ​​​​​​ MCAS can be associated with pain, cognitive dysfunction, brain fog, sensitivity to light and sound or intolerance to chemicals and smells. Many of these symptoms, and more, go hand in hand with those w...

Shownotes We’ve all been there. You feel like you are doing everything but nothing seems to be working. You’ve hit a plateau or you’ve gone backwards in your healing. In this episode, Anna offers support around the experience of hopelessness including a trauma-informed framework to move from the powerlessness that accompanies a lack of hope to a more powerful state. She wraps up the episodes by ch...

Shownotes In part 2 of this series, Anna covers communication, needs, and a framework for understanding relationship dynamics. The goal of the episode is to support communication so that both the illness experiencer and their supporters have their needs met. The relationship framework will help deepen your understanding of your relationships so that you are not left disappointed (and unsupported)...

Shownotes This is part 1 of a 2-part series for those experiencing a chronic illness (like CFS/ME) and their supporters. In this episode, Anna discusses relationship dynamics and how they influence the ability of loved one’s to offer support and the ability of those with a chronic illness to ask for and receive support. Anna discusses the survey results from the research on this topic and offers s...

In this episode Anna explains the differences in Brain Retraining and Somatic Experiencing in theory and practise. She talks about her own experience with these different modalities and shares some updates on her own healing journey working somatically with medical trauma and anaesthesia. She finished with a discussion about where Functional Medicine and Mind-Body Work intersects. Useful links: We...

Shownotes This is part 3 in a 3 part series on how to have better periods with CFS/ME. Anna wraps up the three part series by discussing how we can support the body generally and how to manage oestrogen dominance - a common underlying cause of hormone imbalance - more specifically.  Useful links: Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna__marsh_ Work with me: https...

Shownotes This episode is a short and sweet menu of different testing options for your sex hormones. Anna covers blood and urine testing options as well as home monitoring devices. Learn how to make sure you test at the right time in your cycle and possible genetic tests that can be useful.  Useful links: Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna__marsh_ Work with...

Shownotes It is a common experience for women with fatigue, chronic illness and other inflammatory conditions to experience hormone imbalances alongside and on top of their primary illness experience. Sex hormones can act like the volume control of the body. As they naturally fluctuate across a month they can turn the volume up and down on symptoms. This is part 1 of a 3 part series where we look...

Shownotes: In this episode, Anna offers a framework and a toolbox to support fatigue recovery from a “mindset perspective”. Although it is hard to separate mind and body, we can influence our physiology from the top down using language, cognition, reasoning, and voluntary movement. Anna touches on how you can use the power of these tools to help you get “unstuck” in your chronic illness experience...

Shownotes Navigating a fatigue recovery experience can also come hand in hand with navigating changes in body, shape, and size. For some, this is just part of the process and for others, it can be an uncomfortable experience. In this episode, Anna explains why we might gain weight in fatigue recovery and where weight loss fits in the context of fatigue recovery. She shares guidance for managing fo...

Shownotes Anna shares her perspective on addressing the imbalance of neurotransmitters in fatigue recovery. She zooms out and offers an understanding about how taking a big-picture view can be much more successful and beneficial in the long term. Products Mentioned (you can use the code AMARSH10 for 10% off)* Sleep Supplement for Gaba Support: https://naturaldispensary.co.uk/products/Sleep_150g-10...

Shownotes Anna shares a framework for understanding neuroinflammation from her training in Psychoneuroimmunology with Leo Priumbroom. This is based on the understanding that you cannot have chronic disease without neuroinflammation and that neuroinflammation is the universal mechanism behind disease. She takes her time to explain the mechanism of neuroinflammation in both acute and chronic illness...

Shownotes Anna shares an update about where she is in her own healing journey. She enters into a discussion about identity and the importance of how we choose to identify with our illness experience. She finishes up sharing some strategies she is using to support her body right now.  Useful links: Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna__marsh_