ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Let's talk Fatigue! A complex subject and experience, with strangely little representation in popular culture. This podcast is to share and explore the everyday experience of chronic fatigue; the realities & the pitfalls, the complexities of the struggle, as well as sharing my own journey week in week out, with personal tips & coping mechanisms.
Update frequency:
every 9 days
Average audio length:
15 minutes
English
United Kingdom
9 episodes
since May 8, 2020
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
After a long break, the show is back up and running (well, sitting!) - a welcome to new listeners, and some brief intro advice to people who may have sought out the podcast because of Long Covid. Tap into the wisdom of the ME/CFS community in regards to Exercise: contentiously, perhaps counter intu…
PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
We cannot think our conditions away - we cannot 'positive vibes' or yoga or meditate them away - they are not figments of our imagination, or lifestyle failings. This week I talk about acceptance - many of the tips I share in this podcast are for self care / managing mental health / adjus…
Our society places a lot of pressure on "achievements" in a very limiting way, and the value placed in a limited definition of "productivity" can be alienating and emotionally destructive for those of us with chronic conditions who cannot perform tasks in this way. We need to re…
This week I give you an exercise - daily gratitude lists. I explain what they are, why they are invaluable and transformative, and how to do them - following Gillian Anderson & Jennifer Nadel's format taken from their book "We: A Manifesto". This exercise is extremely useful for …
In this episode, I explain The Spoon Theory, and why you may hear some people refer to themselves as 'spoonies' in the chronic illness/disability community. How the adorable analogy works, where it originated, and how it is used - as well as why I don't use it, in favour of my own an…
In a special standalone episode, I talk about how those of us with chronic conditions (or invisible illnesses) can be dismissed, disbelieved or gaslit by doctors, and talk about my own experience with this which resulted in dangerous, debilitating illness. Important to note: this was recorded BEFOR…
Fatigue means you have to prioritise your time and energy, which feels limited, and valuable. This week I'm talking about the benefits of outsourcing tasks where possible, using my own podcast as an example, and telling you not to feel guilty about this. Accepting help / not doing everything y…
What words do we use to describe our daily experience of chronic fatigue? Tired? Exhausted? Knackered? Fatigued? Sleepy? This episode explores the Terminology of fatigue, how the words we choose affect how others view our experience, the limitations of the words, and asks: are there better ones?Als…
In this episode, helpfully released after the first one (facepalm), I introduce myself (Steph Dylan) as the host of the Podcast, and explain briefly my journey with chronic fatigue following NMDA Encephalitis, as well as what to expect from the Podcast. Artwork by Gem DavisMusic by Oliver BlakeFoll…
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