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 c ..read more

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 checkb ..read more

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 ..read more

Episode 39 - End of the Season 1 ReflectionI 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 episo ..read more

Episode 38 - The Pushing & Crashing CyclePlease Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast to get updates. 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 duri ..read more

Episode 37 - Interview by the Support Fibro Network (Melissa Talwar) Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast to get updates. 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 ..read more

Episode 36 - 30-day challenge: Drinking more waterPlease Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast to get updates. 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 ..read more

Episode 35 - Do you have a compelling reason to change the way you live your life?  + RheumMate announcement Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast to get updates. 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 starti ..read more

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 Please share with others! Episode 34 - Living in Survival ModePlease Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast to get updates. 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 ..read more

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 Please share with others! Episode 33 - Fibromyalgia & Grief  and the 5 psychological stages that may lead to acceptance and action. Please Rate , Review, & Follow this podcast to get updates. 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 t ..read more