ME/CFS recovery that works for you
One-on-one somatic coaching that goes beyond brain retraining and baseline progression. Receive personalized support for your life transformation.
A brief summary of the baseline and inner parts work approaches to ME/CFS recovery.
How do we recover from ME/CFS?
No one’s experience of ME/CFS is exactly the same, and we all have different responses to various therapies. That said, there are similar patterns in most ME/CFS cases that can be addressed with coaching.
First, we end the push-crash pattern and bring stability to our body. We do this by staying within our baseline or, as I like to call it, our window of tolerance for physical, cognitive and emotional stress. When our body is living within the comfortable threshold of what it can manage without feeling worse, energy starts to come in and we can slowly and safely increase our activity. Even when I just had a few minutes of “feeling good” each day, I chose to focus on activities that were nurturing and exciting to me for those few minutes. I created an environment of safety and joy for myself, and my body responded by creating more and more energy.
The second piece of recovery is sometimes called brain retraining, but as a somatic coach I go even deeper with inner parts work. Inner parts work creates safety in our body from the inside out, which leads to lasting recovery from ME/CFS symptoms.
Whether we are conscious of them or not, there may be thoughts, beliefs and stories that disrupt our sense of safety in our bodies and create an environment less tolerant to all kinds of stress - including physical stress, injury, viruses, etc.
When the danger feels like too much, the body responds with a shut-down stress response. We will stay in the shut-down state until the body feels that the danger has passed. ME/CFS, as a neuro-immune condition, is connected to this shut-down stress response.
Because these patterns are located in our body, we need to work with the body. Working with the root fears behind the beliefs, thoughts and stories on a somatic level is a powerful way to transform these patterns and choose beliefs, thoughts and stories that express your inner truth and bring you energy and joy.
While these approaches (baseline and inner parts work) are vital to recovery, there are many other strategies for bringing real stability and safety into the body as well. These include nurturing foods, mindfulness, vagus nerve toning, Perrin lymphatic drainage techniques, and reducing inflammation. All of these pieces work together to help your body regulate with stress and recover.
My practice includes all of the above, and any other strategies that are supportive for your recovery journey. Everything I do is personalized to you and what works best for your body. If you are curious about how I can help you with your ME/CFS recovery please feel welcome to book a consult call with me!
Body Wisdom
End the push-crash cycle and create stability
Set yourself up for restful sleep
Keep strong boundaries and prioritize your recovery
Perrin lymphatic drainage technique
Practice vagus nerve toning and nervous system regulation
Eat what energizes you
Inner Work
Uncover and heal conscious and unconscious beliefs, thoughts and stories that hold you back
Express yourself
Choose the thoughts, beliefs and behaviors that will move you forwards
Cultivate self-compassion
Mindfulness
Energy
Slowly and safely build your physical and cognitive capacity
Do what you love and energizes you
Restrengthen your body and increase ATP production
My promise to you
Integrity
I value honesty, equality and collaboration. I am a co-creator with you and will honor your values, intuition and needs as a coach should. I am not a medical professional or licensed mental health professional and will let you know if anything is outside the scope of my training.
I celebrate the diversity of gender expressions, sexual orientations, abilities, brains, cultures, ethnicities, heritages, skin pigments, religions, spiritual practices and all forms of expression that inform our humanity.
Compassion
The investment of your time, your resources, your intention and your willingness to be seen, heard and loved is something I feel honored to hold and nurture. My training is trauma-informed and sensitive to all the ways human beings suffer. I am committed to creating safe containers that are healing and nurturing.
The only way forward, truly, is through compassion and love.
Value
It takes a lot of courage to do this work, and it takes a commitment. My promise to you is to offer individualized, high-quality coaching that integrates all levels of knowing - somatic, cognitive, spiritual and emotional - so you not only have the information and tools you need to heal, you also can embody and default to the new habits you choose for yourself.
There are no other coaching programs that I know of that offer this much individual coaching support and 24/7 chat and voice support. Please let me know if your financial situation is a barrier to care as there are a limited amount of sliding scale packages available.