Episode 142: Cycle syncing when you have Chronic Fatigue

Cycle syncing is a practice whereby you align your diet, lifestyle and energy management around your menstrual cycle. In this episode Anna answers the question: can this be helpful if you have Chronic Fatigue? Anna gives an overview of the menstrual cycle and explains how imbalances at certain points in the cycle can make us feel a certain way. She shares her own experience with cyclical fluctuations in energy and how she managed them, things that have worked clients and how to manage your cycle if you have histamine intolerance or MCAS.  Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_marsh_nutrition/ New Nurturing Resilience Membership: https://annamarsh.co.uk/nurturing-resilience/ Additional Resources: How to have better periods, Part 1 How to have better periods, Part 2 How to have better periods, Part 3 Perimenopause

Prompted by a question from a Nurturing Resilience Member, Anna answers the question about how long to keep going with things when you aren’t seeing progress. She talks about the importance of laying life long foundations, getting overwhelmed by healing gadgets, supplement grave yards, the importance of context, strategy and structure, testing and retesting and how giving yourself a break can be the best thing at times! Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_marsh_nutrition/ New Nurturing Resilience Membership: https://annamarsh.co.uk/nurturing-resilience/ Healing On A Budget Episode: https://annamarsh.co.uk/podcast/healing-on-a-budget/

***PLEASE NOTE*** Prices quote in this episode have increased since recording. Each week I get enquiries from people who are experiencing energy limiting conditions such as CFS/ME, Long Covid, Post Viral Fatigue and Mould Illness. Your health is the most important thing and you want to make sure that whoever you work with is the right fit for your needs and your budget. Which is why I wanted to create a podcast episode where I talk about how I work and the different options - to help you decide if it could be the right thing for you. In this episode I cover my qualifications, scope of practice and break down the different ways I work with clients in my business. If you have been thinking about working with a practitioner to support your health and are considering working with me, this episode is for you.  6 Month Package: https://annamarsh.co.uk/1-1/ Road Map: https://annamarsh.co.uk/fatigue-recovery-roadmap/ Nurturing Resilience Membership: https://annamarsh.co.uk/nurturing-resilience/

Prompted by a question on Instagram Anna shares 3 things that she feels stop people from recovering from Energy Limiting Conditions. She talks about how embodied safety is essential for change, some of the mistakes she made in her own journey recovering from Chronic Fatigue and insights into what can be supportive if you resonate with any of these 3 areas. Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_marsh_nutrition/ New Nurturing Resilience Membership: https://annamarsh.co.uk/nurturing-resilience/ Healing On A Budget Episode: https://annamarsh.co.uk/podcast/healing-on-a-budget/

One of the things that people with Chronic Fatigue struggle with the most is exercise. In this episode Anna shares her exercise journey and how she approached building her capacity from heart rate controlled walking to returning back to the gym and swimming 4km! She shares her step by step process, failures, strategies to mitigate PEM and the 3 most important considerations for anyone who wants to be able to exercise more as they recover their health.  Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_marsh_nutrition/ New Nurturing Resilience Membership: https://annamarsh.co.uk/nurturing-resilience/ Functional Patterns: https://www.rawmotionfitness.com/ Actively Autoimmune: https://www.activelyautoimmune.com/ Episode 89: Exercise Well with Autoimmunity: https://annamarsh.co.uk/podcast/episode-89-exercise-well-with-autoimmunity-and-zoe-mckenzie/ Episode 50: Functional Patterns For Chronic Pain: https://annamarsh.co.uk/podcast/episode-50-functional-patterns-for-chronic-pain-with-brendan-turner/

If you find yourself struggling to do things you know you should be doing to support your health, this episode of the Chronic Fatigue and Burnout Recovery Podcast is for you. Anna does a brief recap on the nervous system and explains how certain nervous system states may contribute to feeling stuck, frozen or general apathy when it comes to making diet and lifestyle changes and being consistent with them. She offers guidance on how we can better attune to the needs of our nervous system so that we can take small steps forward in the direction of health. Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_marsh_nutrition/ New Nurturing Resilience Membership: https://annamarsh.co.uk/nurturing-resilience/

In this episode Anna speaks to the natural expansion and contraction which is an essential part of life. Often in fatigue recovery there can be periods of being able to do more and expand into life as well as periods where symptoms pop up, we feel more tired and able to do less i.e. contracted. We often celebrate the expansions and resist the contractions but both are an important part of the process. This episode will hopefully help you embrace, accept and plan for the natural ebb and flow of fatigue recovery and life in general.  Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_marsh_nutrition/ New Nurturing Resilience Membership: https://annamarsh.co.uk/nurturing-resilience/

Recently someone asked me if they thought there was a connection between being an empath and Chronic Fatigue. My answer: Absolutely! In this episode we unpack why. We talk about what it means to be an empath and importantly, how many of the qualities of being an empath could actually be learned survival patterns of the nervous system. We may still be sensitive, but we can learn to regulate through our sensitivity to live a beautiful  and energised life! Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_marsh_nutrition/ New Nurturing Resilience Membership: https://annamarsh.co.uk/nurturing-resilience/

Travel can have pro’s and con’s when you have a chronic illness like Chronic Fatigue. Travel can be stressful, energy demanding and destabilising to a sensitive nervous system. However, travel can also take us out of our comfort zone in a healthy way and break stuck cycles of fear.  In this episode Anna talks about the pro’s and con’s of travel, how to titrate the experience of travel back into your life as you start to be in the world more, important things to consider when travelling, how to prepare before, recover afterwards and the bits in between.  Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_marsh_nutrition/ New Nurturing Resilience Membership: https://annamarsh.co.uk/nurturing-resilience/ Repowr Electrolytes: https://getrepowr.co.uk/ (Use the code ANNAMARSH)

Have you ever wondered what the difference is between Burnout and Chronic Fatigue? Are they different or the same thing? In this episode Anna explains burnout from a nervous system perspective and how this can relate to symptoms of Chronic Fatigue. She talks about how we can support ourselves to move forward after a burnout.  Website: http://annamarsh.co.uk/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/anna_marsh_nutrition/ New Nurturing Resilience Membership: https://annamarsh.co.uk/nurturing-resilience/