If you have never done so, discover audiobooks. They are one of my favorite CFS / ME / life-in-general management tools, plus they have all sorts of other bonus benefits. Along with podcasts, I use audiobooks to take me into another world when I don’t have the energy to read a … [Read more...]
Day 8: 31 Days To A Better CFS Life – Discover Podcasts – 5 Steps To Finding & Listening To Good Podcasts
In Day 8 of my 31 Days To A Better CFS Life blog series, I'm going to explore how podcasts can be of value to you in improving your quality of life while living with CFS / ME and how you go about finding and listening to good podcasts. As you know if you've read many of my … [Read more...]
Day 7: 31 Days To A Better CFS Life – Learning To Ask For Help – 5 Simple Tasks You Can ‘Outsource’ To Help Manage CFS
“A little boy was having difficulty lifting a heavy stone. His father came along just then. Noting the boy’s failure, he asked, “Are you using all your strength?” “Yes, I am,” the little boy said impatiently. “No, you are not,” the father answered. “I am right here … [Read more...]
Day 3: 31 Days To A Better CFS Life – 5 Ways To Control Our Thoughts When In Overwhelm & Despair
So did I confuse you yesterday with all my talk of "choosing your CFS" or did it make total sense? Not an easy read with brain fog, so hopefully people leave that one till they are having a good day! :-) But following on from the whole "It Is As It Is. Choose It!" … [Read more...]
Day 2: 31 Days To A Better CFS Life – It Is As It Is. Choose It!
“No, I don't want vanilla. I want chocolate!” the toddler yells. His father calmly responds: “I told you. There's no chocolate, only vanilla. So it's vanilla or nothing.” “But I WANT chocolate!!!”, the toddler screams. “There IS no chocolate. There is only vanilla. If … [Read more...]