Season 2 Episode 42 -What is your stress load?

Take your ACE survey to calculate your ACE score:  https://stopabusecampaign.org/take-your-ace-test/

Full transcript to this episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890983/13274871

References and resources:
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/
https://acestoohigh.com/aces-101/
https://stopabusecampaign.org/

Get Season 1 podcast guide:  https://www.rheumcoach.com/season1
Use this guide to track your progress as you listen to the episodes. It has a list of all episodes included in 1st season, with checkboxes to mark off your completion. It also has a fill-in-the-blank guide to episodes to engage you as you listen - it will keep you focused so you will retain more information. 

RheumMate membership provides trauma-informed coaching and support for people with autoimmune conditions, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia Wait list   https://www.rheumcoach.com/rheummate2022

Please email me at [email protected] if you have any comments, feedback or if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

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www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your FREE copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friends

www.FaceBook.com/rheumcoach - lots more information about fibro
Follow me on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/rheumcoach/

Disclaimer: This podcast provides information only and does not provide any medical or psychological services or advice. None of the content on this podcast prevents, cures, or treats any mental or medical condition.

Season 2 Episode 41 - How your childhood may have affected your health
Take your ACE survey to calculate your ACE score:  https://stopabusecampaign.org/take-your-ace-test/

Full transcript to this episode: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890983/12858246

References and resources:
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/acestudy/
https://acestoohigh.com/aces-101/
https://stopabusecampaign.org/

Get Season 1 podcast guide:  https://www.rheumcoach.com/season1
Use this guide to track your progress as you listen to the episodes. It has a list of all episodes included in 1st season, with checkboxes to mark off your completion. It also has a fill-in-the-blank guide to episodes to engage you as you listen - it will keep you focused so you will retain more information. 

RheumMate membership provides trauma-informed coaching and support for people with autoimmune conditions, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia Wait list   https://www.rheumcoach.com/rheummate2022

Please email me at [email protected] if you have any comments, feedback or if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

 www.rheumcoach.com - my website
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www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your FREE copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friends

www.FaceBook.com/rheumcoach - lots more information about fibro
Follow me on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/rheumcoach/

Disclaimer: This podcast provides information only and does not provide any medical or psychological services or advice. None of the content on this podcast prevents, cures, or treats any mental or medical condition.

Episode 40 - Season 2 Introduction -Why do we need to talk about trauma?

Get Season 1 podcast guide:  https://www.rheumcoach.com/season1
Use this guide to track your progress as you listen to the episodes. It has a list of all episodes included in 1st season, with checkboxes to mark off your completion. It also has a fill-in-the-blank guide to episodes to engage you as you listen - it will keep you focused so you will retain more information. 

RheumMate membership provides trauma-informed coaching and support for people with autoimmune conditions, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia Wait list   https://www.rheumcoach.com/rheummate2022

Please email me at [email protected] if you try it or if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

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www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your FREE copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friends

www.FaceBook.com/rheumcoach - lots more information about fibro
Follow me on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/rheumcoach/

Disclaimer: This podcast provides information only and does not provide any medical or psychological services or advice. None of the content on this podcast prevents, cures, or treats any mental or medical condition.

Episode 39 - End of the Season 1 Reflection
I am recording the podcast trailer a bit later than I should have. I am approaching the 1st anniversary of releasing my first episode. I announced my 1st episode to the world on November 30th, 2021.   What I envisioned as a resource for my clinic patients has grown into a project I had no idea it would become. It has been listened to in 87 countries and over 3000 cities and downloaded almost 40,000 times.

Thank you so much for your listenership and support! 

 Looking back at my 1st year of podcasting, I want to record a reflection episode, but it probably makes more sense to listen to it before you start listening to the podcast. So I am including it at the end of season 1 and as a trailer. 

Get Season 1 podcast guide:  https://www.rheumcoach.com/season1
Use this guide to track your progress as you listen to the episodes. It has a list of all episodes included in 1st season, with checkboxes to mark off your completion. It also has a fill-in-the-blank guide to episodes to engage you as you listen - it will keep you focused so you will retain more information. 

RheumMate membership provides coaching and support for people with autoimmune conditions, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia so you can have the tools to improve pain, stop exhaustion, overwhelm, and survival mode and start living intentionally with plans, goals, and dreams. This membership is intended to be life-changing. If you've been listening to this podcast or the workshops but have yet to implement the ideas I share with you, and you want to implement them but just don't know where to start, this membership will serve as a guide, taking you from a passive listener to a person who is living with intention, who applies the knowledge.  Learn more and to sign up:  https://www.rheumcoach.com/rheummate2022

YouTube video:  https://youtu.be/YeNXowmiS54
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmh3SkdrrBhS--I6_8IJAQ   - a few example videos from the course and other content.

Please email me at [email protected] if you try it or if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

 www.rheumcoach.com - my website
If you are not part of my newsletter, please sign up; the link to sign up is on my website https://www.rheumcoach.com/

www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your FREE copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friends

www.FaceBook.com/rheumcoach - lots more information about fibro
Follow me on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/rheumcoach/

Disclaimer: This podcast provides information only and does not provide any medical or psychological services or advice. None of the content on this podcast prevents, cures, or treats any mental or medical condition.

Episode 38 - The Pushing & Crashing Cycle
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Do you often feel that you are stuck in the pushing & crashing loop? Do you find yourself caught in a frustrating cycle, swinging between overactivity, and forced rest. When your symptoms are low, you push to get as much done as possible because you know you will crash soon enough; the overexertion triggers an increase in symptoms, leading to forced rest or a crash. Resting is usually successful in reducing symptoms and providing needed relief, but then, the pause in activities during this rest leads to feeling frustrated at all you didn't accomplish while resting; you plunge into another round of overactivity to catch up, leading to another crash. 
Listen to this podcast episode to learn more about pushing & crashing cycle, why you may be doing it and how to get out of it. 

Get Season 1 podcast guide:  https://www.rheumcoach.com/season1
Use this guide to track your progress as you listen to the episodes. It has a list of all episodes included in 1st season, with checkboxes to mark off your completion. It also has a fill-in-the-blank guide to episodes to engage you as you listen - it will keep you focused so you will retain more information. 

RheumMate membership provides coaching and support for people with autoimmune conditions, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia so you can have the tools to improve pain, stop exhaustion, overwhelm, and survival mode and start living intentionally with plans, goals, and dreams. This membership is intended to be life-changing. If you've been listening to this podcast or the workshops but have yet to implement the ideas I share with you, and you want to implement them but just don't know where to start, this membership will serve as a guide, taking you from a passive listener to a person who is living with intention, who applies the knowledge.  Learn more and to sign up:  https://www.rheumcoach.com/rheummate2022

YouTube video:  https://youtu.be/YeNXowmiS54
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmh3SkdrrBhS--I6_8IJAQ   - a few example videos from the course and other content.

Please email me at [email protected] if you try it or if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

 www.rheumcoach.com - my website
If you are not part of my newsletter, please sign up; the link to sign up is on my website https://www.rheumcoach.com/

www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your FREE copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friends

www.FaceBook.com/rheumcoach - lots more information about fibro
Follow me on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/rheumcoach/

Disclaimer: This podcast provides information only and does not provide any medical or psychological services or advice. None of the content on this podcast prevents, cures, or treats any mental or medical condition.

Episode 37 - Interview by the Support Fibro Network (Melissa Talwar)
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The International Support Fibromyalgia Network (Support Fibro) - https://supportfibromyalgia.org/

Fibromyalgia Community Conference 2022 - https://hopin.com/events/fibromyalgia-conference/registration

RheumMate membership provides coaching and support for people with autoimmune conditions, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia so you can have the tools to improve pain, stop exhaustion, overwhelm, and survival mode and start living intentionally with plans, goals, and dreams. This membership is intended to be life-changing. If you've been listening to this podcast or the workshops but have yet to implement the ideas I share with you, and you want to implement them but just don't know where to start, this membership will serve as a guide, taking you from a passive listener to a person who is living with intention, who applies the knowledge.  Learn more and to sign up: https://www.rheumcoach.com/rheummate2022

YouTube video:  https://youtu.be/jgHv6jEDJdg
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmh3SkdrrBhS--I6_8IJAQ   - a few example videos from the course and other content.

Please email me at [email protected] if you try it or if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

 www.rheumcoach.com - my website
If you are not part of my newsletter, please sign up; the link to sign up is on my website https://www.rheumcoach.com/

www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your FREE copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friends

www.FaceBook.com/rheumcoach - lots more information about fibro
Follow me on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/rheumcoach/

Disclaimer: This podcast provides information only and does not provide any medical or psychological services or advice. None of the content on this podcast prevents, cures, or treats any mental or medical condition.

Episode 36 - 30-day challenge: Drinking more water
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Today we are talking about: Drinking Water. 

It's important because water is essential to good health. Are you getting enough?

A disclaimer: this is for your information only. As always, please consult with your doctor, especially if you have kidney disease or heart failure and may be on fluid restriction. 
So today, we are going to have a short lesson on water.,  why do we need water. Then I will discuss the symptoms of dehydration. And finally, you will learn how much water you need. and we'll jump into this month's 30-day challenge.

It is such an important topic that I am starting the 1st 30-day challenge inside the Rheum Mate membership with it, but I also want the podcast community to join us.

Every month in the Rheum Mate membership, we will have a 30 day challenge that will start on the 15th of each month. As a community we will set a goal and start working on one habit. 

If you are in the membership, go to the video lesson, you can download the slides and the worksheet plus the tracker. 

If you are doing it via the podcast, you can come up with your own tracker and take notes as you go along. 

RheumMate membership provides coaching and support for people with autoimmune conditions, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia so you can have the tools to improve pain, stop exhaustion, overwhelm, and survival mode and start living intentionally with plans, goals, and dreams. This membership is intended to be life-changing. If you've been listening to this podcast or the workshops but have yet to implement the ideas I share with you, and you want to implement them but just don't know where to start, this membership will serve as a guide, taking you from a passive listener to a person who is living with intention, who applies the knowledge.  Learn more and to sign up:  https://www.rheumcoach.com/rheummate-membership-waitlist_2022

YouTube video:  https://youtu.be/jgHv6jEDJdg
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmh3SkdrrBhS--I6_8IJAQ   - a few example videos from the course and other content.

Please email me at [email protected] if you try it or if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

 www.rheumcoach.com - my website
If you are not part of my newsletter, please sign up; the link to sign up is on my website https://www.rheumcoach.com/

www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your FREE copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friends

www.FaceBook.com/rheumcoach - lots more information about fibro
Follow me on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/rheumcoach/

Disclaimer: This podcast provides information only and does not provide any medical or psychological services or advice. None of the content on this podcast prevents, cures, or treats any mental or medical condition.

Episode 35 - Do you have a compelling reason to change the way you live your life?  + RheumMate announcement
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Today I share with you a part of the workshop I just concluded, the "Healing from the root". In this part, I discuss why many people do not make the changes they want to make. I often hear from patients I know what to do; I just don't know why I'm not doing it.
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT:
I am also excited to introduce you to my new project, the RheumMate membership. I am doing a beta launch of this membership; I am just starting out and super excited to share the news with you. The enrollment is from September 29th until October 3rd, 2022. I am not sure when the next enrollment will be, probably sometime in 2023.
RheumMate membership provides coaching and support for people with autoimmune conditions, chronic pain, and fibromyalgia so you can have the tools to improve pain, stop exhaustion, overwhelm, and survival mode and start living intentionally with plans, goals, and dreams. This membership is intended to be life-changing. If you've been listening to this podcast or the workshops but have yet to implement the ideas I share with you, and you want to implement them but just don't know where to start, this membership will serve as a guide, taking you from a passive listener to a person who is living with intention, who applies the knowledge.  Learn more and to sign up: https://www.rheumcoach.com/rheummate-membership-waitlist_2022

YouTube video:  https://youtu.be/jgHv6jEDJdg
YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmh3SkdrrBhS--I6_8IJAQ   - a few example videos from the course and other content.

Please email me at [email protected] if you try it or if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

 www.rheumcoach.com - my website
If you are not part of my newsletter, please sign up; the link to sign up is on my website https://www.rheumcoach.com/

www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your FREE copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friends

www.FaceBook.com/rheumcoach - lots more information about fibro
Follow me on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/rheumcoach/

Disclaimer: This podcast provides information only and does not provide any medical or psychological services or advice. None of the content on this podcast prevents, cures, or treats any mental or medical condition.

3 PART LIVE FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP: HEALING FROM THE ROOT: Learn the role of the nervous system in illness and healing.  Register: https://www.rheumcoach.com/workshop

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Episode 34 - Living in Survival Mode
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Many patients tell me they are not living but merely existing or surviving. In this episode, I discuss how many live in a survival mode that is not a short-lived scenario but an actual long-term way of living. When your nervous system is frequently or constantly turned up or activated, it affects not just your nervous system, mind, and body but how you adapt to daily living. This episode examines the survival mode of living and how to recognize and change it.

YouTube episode - https://youtu.be/dQerlFaZd8Q
Full transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890983/11341922

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmh3SkdrrBhS--I6_8IJAQ   - a few example videos from the course and other content.
YouTube episode - https://youtu.be/P6qM_IMcOOk

Please email me at [email protected] if you try it or if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

 www.rheumcoach.com - my website
If you are not part of my newsletter, please sign up; the link to sign up is on my website https://www.rheumcoach.com/

www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your FREE copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friends

www.FaceBook.com/rheumcoach - lots more information about fibro
Follow me on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/rheumcoach/

Disclaimer: This podcast provides information only and does not provide any medical or psychological services or advice. None of the content on this podcast prevents, cures, or treats any mental or medical condition.

3 PART LIVE FREE ONLINE WORKSHOP: HEALING FROM THE ROOT: Learn the role of the nervous system in illness and healing.  Register: https://www.rheumcoach.com/workshop

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Episode 33 - Fibromyalgia & Grief  and the 5 psychological stages that may lead to acceptance and action.
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full transcript: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1890983/11136800
In this episode,  I discuss how we and our human brains deal with a chronic illness; how to support each other in this journey from both the perspectives of the patient and their close relationships.

YouTube episode - https://youtu.be/mFptlmptKoE

YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmh3SkdrrBhS--I6_8IJAQ   - a few example videos from the course and other content.
YouTube episode - https://youtu.be/P6qM_IMcOOk

Please email me at [email protected] if you try it or if you have questions. I would love to hear from you.

If you are not part of my newsletter, please sign up; the link to sign up is on my website https://www.rheumcoach.com/

 www.rheumcoach.com - my website

www.rheumcoach.com/FibroCard - Download your FREE copy of the "Fibromyalgia is real" postcard to share with your family & friends

www.FaceBook.com/rheumcoach - lots more information about fibro
Follow me on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/rheumcoach/

Disclaimer: This podcast provides information only and does not provide any medical or psychological services or advice. None of the content on this podcast prevents, cures, or treats any mental or medical condition.