This EndoLife

Many of us have heard about an anti-inflammatory diet for endometriosis, but what about an anti-inflammatory lifestyle? If you were eating a totally anti-inflammatory diet but you were experiencing chronic stress, would that have an impact on your pain levels?

My answer? It’s very, very likely.

There are two key factors that cause further inflammation in our bodies when it comes to our lifestyle.

1. Stress, tension and danger signals are often experienced in two places in the body: the neck and shoulders, and the pelvic floor. The body is trying to protect the vital organs in the pelvis and abdomen and so in response to stress, our body believes there’s danger and clenches and tightens the pelvic floor. This creates further pain, nerve sensitivity, muscle and organ dysfunction and distortion and ultimately up-regulates inflammation as a result.

2. The brain is designed to recognise stress and danger signals as a priority because it’s programmed to keep us safe. Because of this, it’s much easier and quicker for the body to recognise danger signals and to send these signals (which can translate to pain signals) to the brain. Stress and danger signals actually cause heightened pain levels because your body is hyper sensitive and is hyper aware of any indications of threat, and so will send pain signals to let you know something is wrong.

In this episode I’m going to dive into how to create more SIMS (safety in my system signals) in your every day life to calm down your nervous system and ultimately calm down that inflammatory response. I provide questions, activities and step by step guidance on how to create an ant—inflammatory lifestyle for endometriosis!

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Join my free January Facebook endometriosis challenge! A one month free challenge to help you get started with managing endometriosis and reducing your symptoms. Request access to the group here: Owning This EndoLife Challenge FB Group

My new book This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast: A nutrition guide & cookbook for living and thriving with endometriosis, is out to newsletter subscribers today! Check your email for the secret password to get early access at a special price. My book is out to the rest of the world from Wednesday 20th - get your copy here.

This January, I am launching Your EndoLife Coaching Programme. A 1-to-1 three month health and life coaching programme to help you thrive with endometriosis. I have three spaces left and am booking in consultation calls now. To find out more about the programme and to discuss whether it could be right for you, email me at [email protected]

This episode is sponsored by BeYou. Soothe period cramps the natural way with these 100% natural and discreet menthol and eucalyptus oil stick on patches and CBD range. Click here to find out more and to shop: https://beyouonline.co.uk/pages/how-it-works

 

Show Notes

Headspace meditation app

Why We Sleep

The Zimzum of Love

Communication, Relationships and Endometriosis with Melanie Cox

Relate

You Need A Budget book

You Need A Budget app

Managing Money and Dealing with Financial Struggles with Endometriosis with Michelle Manuel of Her Wealth IQ

Radiant Life Design

 

Many of us have heard about an anti-inflammatory diet for endometriosis, but what about an anti-inflammatory lifestyle? If you were eating a totally anti-inflammatory diet but you were experiencing chronic stress, would that have an impact on your pain levels?

My answer? It’s very, very likely.

In this episode I’m going to dive into how to create more SIMS (safety in my system signals) in your every day life to calm down your nervous system and ultimately calm down that inflammatory response.

Okay guys - I think you’re going to love this episode! It’s super practical and covers a subject a lot of you are curious about: essential oils for endometriosis. Today I am talking to Carine Camara of the Pelvis Wellness Method. Carine is the founder of the Pelvis Wellness Method; which combines the practices of acupuncture, abdominal and pelvic bodywork with energy healing. She’s also an energy body worker, holistic health coach and a licensed acupuncturist - yes, this girl does a lot of things!

Carine’s own experience of chronic fatigue, painful periods and cysts led her down the route of Chinese medicine, after two months of dedicated diet changes, herbal medicine and acupuncture resolved her need for surgery to remove a large cyst. She’s since dedicated her life to training in Chinese medicine and is committed to helping others experience the same level of relief that she did.

In this episode we’re talking about the home remedies you can try to help manage endometriosis and alleviate pain. We discuss -

• Self-intuitive massage and how people with endometriosis can incorporate this into their pain management methods.

• Which essential oils can be safely used in home massage to help with endometriosis and chronic pelvic pain.

• Acupressure point for endometriosis.

• The benefits of caster oil packs and how to do them at home.

• Herbs for vaginal steaming and how vaginal steaming can be done safely at home for endometriosis.

Let's get social! Come say hello on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook or sign up to my newsletter.

My new book This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast: A nutrition guide & cookbook for living and thriving with endometriosis, is out to newsletter subscribers today! Check your email for the secret password to get early access at a special price. My book is out to the rest of the world from Wednesday 20th - get your copy here.

This January, I am launching Your EndoLife Coaching Programme. A 1-to-1 three month health and life coaching programme to help you thrive with endometriosis. I have three spaces left and am booking in consultation calls now. To find out more about the programme and to discuss whether it could be right for you, email me at [email protected]

This episode is sponsored by BeYou. Soothe period cramps the natural way with these 100% natural and discreet menthol and eucalyptus oil stick on patches and CBD range. Click here to find out more and to shop: https://beyouonline.co.uk/pages/how-it-works

This episode is also sponsored by my free Endometriosis Diet Grocery List. This pdf list includes all the foods I buy on a monthly basis, categorised into easy sections. I share my personal endometriosis diet plan, free recipe resources, recommendations to help you get started with the endometriosis diet and nutrition tips. Download here.

 

Show Notes

Pelvis Wellness Method website

Carine’s download for you guys

 

In this episode we’re talking about the home remedies you can try to help manage endometriosis and alleviate pain. We discuss -

Self-intuitive massage and how people with endometriosis can incorporate this into their pain management.

Which essential oils can be safely used in home massage to help with endometriosis and pelvic pain.

Acupressure point for endometriosis.

The benefits of caster oil packs and how to do them.

How vaginal steaming can be done safely at home for endometriosis.

So many of us start a new year with hopeful intentions, but then struggle to live out those intentions come Feburary. Last week we did a meditation on how we wanted to feel in our bodies in 2020 and the decade ahead. This exercise is a lot more logical, it’s about planning, reflecting and going really deep on your desires for your health. You don’t have to have done the meditation, but if you did, today’s episode is about turning that vision into a reality.

In this episode, I’m going to ask you a series of questions that will really get to the root of your challenges with endometriosis, and will help you extract important lessons, identify what needs to change and really describe what it is your want for you health and where you want to prioritise your focus in 2020.

As a health coach, I have trained in behaviour change and this exercise is a wonderful way to get you motivated and inspired - but most importantly, armed with a road map for thriving with endometriosis.

Let's get social! Come say hello on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook or sign up to my newsletter.

My new book This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast: A nutriton guide & cookbook for living and thriving with endometriosis, is out now! Get your copy here.

In January 2020, I will be launching Your EndoLife Coaching Programme. A 1-to-1 three month health and life coaching programme to help you thrive with endometriosis. I have 10 spaces available and am taking bookings and enquiries throughout November and December. To find out more about the programme and to discuss whether it could be right for you, email me at [email protected]

This episode is sponsored by BeYou. Soothe period cramps the natural way with these 100% natural and discreet menthol and eucalyptus oil stick on patches and CBD range. Click here to find out more and to shop: https://beyouonline.co.uk/pages/how-it-works

This episode is also sponsored by my free guide ‘Managing Endometriosis Naturally’. This guide is perfect for anyone just starting out on this journey of managing and reducing their symptoms. Download here.

 

Show Notes

Atomic Habits

Owning This EndoLife Challenge

In this episode, I’m going to ask you a series of questions that will really get to the root of your challenges with endometriosis, and will help you extract important lessons, identify what needs to change and really describe what it is your want for you health and where you want to prioritise your focus in 2020.

This episode is a pretty unique one. With a decade ending and a new one approaching, I have recorded a visualisation meditation to help you envision how you want to feel in 2020 and the decade ahead. The key question you will be asking yourself in this meditation is - what if you thrived with endometriosis in 2020?

What would your body feel like?

What would your life look like?

You’ll be invited to envision what your life would be like if you did thrive and if you didn’t - and what one accessible step could you take towards this vision of the future.

Make sure you have a journal to hand, a pen and an hour to really sit with this episode and go deep with this powerful meditation. If now isn’t a good time to do this meditation, save it for the New Year!

Listen and subscribe on iTunes, Stitcher, listen directly/download MP3 here or just listen below!

My new book This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast: A nutrition guide & cookbook for living and thriving with endometriosis, is out to newsletter subscribers today! Check your email for the secret password to get early access at a special price. My book is out to the rest of the world from Wednesday 20th - get your copy here.

In January 2020, I will be launching Your EndoLife Coaching Programme. A 1-to-1 three month health and life coaching programme to help you thrive with endometriosis. I have 10 spaces available and am taking bookings and enquiries throughout November and December. To find out more about the programme and to discuss whether it could be right for you, email me at [email protected]

This episode is sponsored by BeYou. Soothe period cramps the natural way with these 100% natural and discreet menthol and eucalyptus oil stick on patches and CBD range. Click here to find out more and to shop: https://beyouonline.co.uk/pages/how-it-works

This episode is sponsored by my free “Endometriosis Symptom Tracker”. If you feel like you’re just in pain or tired all the time, and you can’t tell what’s making your endo better or worse, this tracker could help you begin to understand the subtle patterns in your endometriosis symptoms. As always, this guide doesn’t replace your medical treatment and is not intended to treat or cure endometriosis, but provides you with options that helped me to live well with endometriosis. Download here.

 

Show Notes

Dr Jessica Drummond

 

This episode is a pretty unique one. With a decade ending and a new one approaching, I have recorded a visualisation meditation to help you envision how you want to feel in 2020 and the decade ahead. The key question you will be asking yourself in this meditation is - what if you thrived with endometriosis in 2020?

Christmas. I’m not sure there’s any other time of year that can bring up so many complex and rich emotions and experiences. Joy, love, connection mixes with family disputes, awkwardness, and social pressure! Adding endometriosis into the mix only tends to further complicate a time that should be special.

Christmas is also a time of indulgence. Inflammatory foods tend to be the main thing on the menu, and this often results in one of our worst periods come January. So what does that mean for you? Eat and worry about the impact, or not eat those delicious foods but have a more manageable period? I don’t think you have to do either - in fact, for the past five years I’ve been creating ways to feel better and still enjoy those Christmas delights.

So in this episode, I’m sharing exactly how I plan to manage endometriosis at Christmas this year AND I’m sharing a free endometriosis-friendly Christmas mini-cookbook as my Xmas gift to you guys. You can download it here.

Here’s what I talk about in this episode:

• Prioritising rest, and why it’s so important in order to help you move into 2020 with energy and less pain.

• Pelvic floor physiotherapy.

• Exercise for endometriosis.

• Supporting detoxification pathways.

• Adding IN anti-inflammatory foods - including those Christmas favourites of brussel ssprouts, cabbage, nuts and warming spices.

• Supplements to help reduce inflammation and support the body at Christmas.

• Balancing blood sugar for stable hormones.

• Easy anti-inflammatory swaps for inflammatory foods and dishes.

   

I really hope this episode helps you feel a bit better this Christmas!

Let's get social! Come say hello on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook or sign up to my newsletter.

My new book This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast: A nutrition guide & cookbook for living and thriving with endometriosis, is out to newsletter subscribers today! Check your email for the secret password to get early access at a special price. My book is out to the rest of the world from Wednesday 20th - get your copy here.

In January 2020, I will be launching Your EndoLife Coaching Programme. A 1-to-1 three month health and life coaching programme to help you thrive with endometriosis. I have 10 spaces available and am taking bookings and enquiries throughout November and December. To find out more about the programme and to discuss whether it could be right for you, email me at [email protected]

This episode is sponsored by BeYou. Soothe period cramps the natural way with these 100% natural and discreet menthol and eucalyptus oil stick on patches and CBD range. Click here to find out more and to shop: https://beyouonline.co.uk/pages/how-it-works

This episode is also sponsored by my free Endometriosis Diet Grocery List. This pdf list includes all the foods I buy on a monthly basis, categorised into easy sections. I share my personal endometriosis diet plan, free recipe resources, recommendations to help you get started with the endometriosis diet and nutrition tips. Download here.

 

Show Notes

Gluten free shopping list of my fav brands

Diary free shopping list of my fav brands

Best natural sugar-free sweeteners

Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker

In this episode, I’m sharing exactly how I plan to manage endometriosis at Christmas this year:

Prioritising rest.

Pelvic floor physiotherapy.

Exercise for endometriosis.

Supporting detoxification pathways.

Adding IN anti-inflammatory foods.

Supplements to help reduce inflammation and support the body at Christmas.

Balancing blood sugar for stable hormones.

Easy anti-inflammatory swaps for inflammatory foods and dishes.