EP.87/ Q&A Episode: Answering Your Questions About How To Manage Endometriosis Naturally
Recently I did an Instagram and Facebook Live endometriosis self-care morning, with meditation, pelvic floor stretches, a gratitude practice, intention setting and a q&a.
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This Live was all about calming down the brain, so that our pain signals reduce and we have less endometriosis flare ups and less pain in general.
I felt like it was such an important time to do this, given that we’re currently in a situation where so many of us are experiencing fear, stress and anxiety. When the brain is stressed, it goes on hyper-alert and reacts in an exaggerated way to everything and anything that could be a perceived threat - including our endometriosis. So you may have noticed that recently, your periods are even more painful, or perhaps you’re getting daily pain when you didn’t before. If this is you - think about your stress/fear/anxiety levels, it’s likely they’ve been pretty high of late.
So I took us through a morning routine for endometriosis, one that would help calm our brains down and wrap our minds in safety, so that our body could in turn calm down too. Many of you contacted me to let me know how useful you found it, and 100% of you in a poll asked for me to share it on my podcast!
As a result, today’s episode is from that Live, and is specifically the morning routine component - focusing on the gratitude and intention setting to help us manage endometriosis and stay rooted in feelings of wellbeing despite everything that’s going on.
In today’s episode I talk about -
How the brain and pain signalling works, and why stress, fear and anxiety can worsen pain levels.
Two of my favourite products for dealing with in the moment pain.
How to create a daily gratitude practice to calm down pain signals.
How to set an intention for your endometriosis during this difficult time.
Please note that I was Live and this episode is a recording from Facebook, so the sound quality is not amazing - but we’ve done the best we can with it!
Show Notes
This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast cookbook
The Endometriosis Health & Diet Program by Dr. Andrew Cook
Ep 26 with Lisa Hendrickson-Jack
Ep 74 Why Drinking Enough Water Is Key For Reducing Endometriosis Symptoms
Ep 55 PCOS, Blood Sugar and Endometriosis with Megan Hallett of Feasting for Hormonal Harmony
Ep 64 How To Rebalance Your Hormones with Endometriosis with Nicole Jardim
Ep 81 Reduce Fatigue, Endometriosis Symptoms and Oestrogen Dominance with A Better Breakfast
Free resources to help you stay on track with endometriosis during coronavirus crisis:
Managing Endometriosis Naturally Guide
Endometriosis Diet Shopping List
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My cookbook This EndoLife, It Starts with Breakfast is out now! Get 28 anti-inflammatory, hormone friendly recipes for living and thriving with endometriosis. Order your copy here.
If you feel like you need more support with managing endometriosis, you can join Your EndoLife Coaching Programme. A 1-to-1 three month health and life coaching programme to help you thrive with endometriosis. To find out more about the programme and to discuss whether it could be right for you, email me at hello@thisendolife.com or visit my website.
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My free guide ‘Managing Endometriosis Naturally’ is perfect for anyone just starting out on this journey of managing and reducing their symptoms. Download here.
My free Endometriosis Diet Grocery List is a pdf list that 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.
My free “Endometriosis Symptom 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.
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