Where Physical Health Meets Mental Health

Where Physical Health Meets Mental Health is a course designed by a Licensed Professional Counselor for those working on their chronic illness recovery. And for caregivers who support them and want to learn step-by-step techniques to help with the recovery. The course delves into the science behind energy pacing and why it’s helpful for bring balance back into the life of someone living with a chronic illness. This course can help with a wide range of conditions like fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, cancer and those needing help with pain management.

What You Will Need:

During this course, you will need a notebook to write out how to apply what you learn to your situation.

Each lesson will guide you step-by-step through implementing the technique of pacing both mentally and physically. Starting with the science behind how your bodies nervous system and energy production effect your symptoms, and how to use pacing techniques bring them back within your control.

What’s Included:

In 7 lessons the course will cover the entire process of how our bodies make energy to how the nervous system is effected when we’re stressed and then burns that energy. And by the time you finish you will have all the skills you need to lower your fatigue and other symptoms based on being able to understand your physical energy limits. So, grab a notebook and let’s get started!

What’s Not Included:

If you want one-to-one counselling please head to the book now page, to meet with our online Licensed Professional Counselor. She’s happy to help with weekly sessions available.

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Meet your instructor

Meet your instructor ✳

Elysia is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, who knows the struggles of living with chronic illnesses from her own personal experience.

In this course, she will help you learn how to pace yourself and manage your energy levels. She has a passion for helping people with chronic conditions and has done extensive research on the link between physical and mental health. She will share with you her insights and tips on how to cope with your symptoms and regain control over your chronic illness.

ELYSIA BRONSON

Registered Clinical Counsellor / Licensed Professional Counselor

Founder of The Woods Counselling Co.

What you’ll learn

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  • The goal of pacing is to maintain a consistent level of functioning and prevent

    exacerbations of symptoms, setbacks in recovery, and fatigue. By practicing

    pacing, individuals can avoid flare-ups of symptoms, relapse of their condition,

    burnout, and reduced quality of life.

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  • When looking at the reasons we need to pace its important to start with how stress affects your body. And that’s through the autonomic nervous system (ANS), as it can be both the reason that our predisposed disorders are turned on or come out, as the ANS floods our body with cortisol a stress hormone causing inflammation if it’s trigger frequently like with trauma and stress. This in turn effects the body through worsening current disorders.

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  • after looking into how stress affects our bodies and can

    cause a crash. It made me wonder about our energy levels and

    the thoughts that come when I'm lying crashed out from over

    exerting myself. I often think why cant my body just keep up

    the way it used? And led me to research how our bodies make energy. So, looking at what causes symptoms like fatigue we can usually blame our mitochondria cells. These are small bean shaped cells that have the job of producing all our energy (ATP). It creates this energy for your body when you take in both food and air.

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  • In our first few weeks we will go over how to:

    Develop a baseline: as you identify your baseline activity level by tracking your activities and symptoms for a week or two. This will help you understand your current limits and plan your activities accordingly.

    Set realistic goals: Use your baseline to set realistic goals for daily or weekly activity levels. Make sure to pace yourself and gradually increase your activity levels, avoiding overexertion.

    Use activity logs: Use an activity log to track your progress and make adjustments as needed. You can use a paper log or a digital app to record your activities, symptoms, and energy levels.

    Break up activities: Break up activities into smaller chunks, taking breaks as needed. This will help prevent overexertion of one energy type (social, physical, mental) and manage symptoms.

    Plan for rest: Plan for rest periods throughout the day and week, allowing your body to recover and recharge. This can include taking short naps, doing relaxation exercises, or engaging in low-energy activities.

    Seek support: Seek support from friends, family, or a therapist to help you stick to your pacing plan and manage your symptoms effectively.

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  • Each week, you’ll learn new Pacing Tools and they may not all work for you or your disorder. Try each for one week and then if they aren’t helping move on to the next. Implement what works for you.

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  • Its important to learn boundaries in relationships as some can be more taxing and feel one sided. When we have finite amounts of energy it’s important to learn to communicate our limits to others and we can go over that further in this course.