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Live Well With Chronic Illness, Stamford (2026)

16/03/2026

Do you have a good relationship with your body? This can be a tricky question for those of us who live with chronic illness. Do you love your body – even the bits that don’t work very well? That can feel impossible. I know I have struggled over the years with blaming my body for ‘letting me down’, or for stopping me from doing what I want. I hated my body and my illness, and I know many people who feel the same. But Mindfulness shows us another way. Through regular mindfulness practice, we can slowly rebuild our relationships with our bodies and find a healthier and happier way of living with them.

If you would like to find out more about how you can learn Mindfulness and other wellbeing tools to support you with chronic illness, then you can book a place on my new 8-week Coping with Chronic Illness Course, which starts on 19th March.

To find out more and book your place, click the booking link in the comments.

Enter Discount150 when booking to reserve your place for the discounted price of just £150 for the whole 8-week course!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-well-practical-tools-for-coping-with-chronic-illness-tickets-1984178982750?aff=oddtdtcreator

15/03/2026

Do you experience anxiety as a result of your illness?

Chronic health conditions are often dismissed as ‘just anxiety’. But, while anxiety doesn’t cause the illness, it’s not surprising that people living with pain and illness can feel anxious.

How often do you find yourself worrying about the future, and how you will cope with something because of your illness or pain? How often do you feel fearful of what the future might hold? This is completely normal, everyone who suffers pain or illness has these fears and worries, but it can make living with illness difficult and stressful. Mindfulness teaches us how to remain in the present moment, and that has been shown in scientific studies to reduce anxiety and depression and help us cope with suffering better.

If you would like to find out more about how you can learn Mindfulness and other wellbeing tools to support you with chronic illness, then you can book a place on my new 8-week Coping with Chronic Illness Course, which starts on 19th March.

To find out more and book your place, click the booking link in the comments.

Enter Discount150 when booking to reserve your place for the discounted price of just £150 for the whole 8-week course!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-well-practical-tools-for-coping-with-chronic-illness-tickets-1984178982750?aff=oddtdtcreator

13/03/2026

Another good reason why Mindfulness is a good tool to use to support us with pain and illness?

In Mindfulness practice, we are not trying to ‘FORCE’ ourselves to feel relaxed or happy! It can be hard when we are in pain or struggling with symptoms to ‘zen-out’. Many other tools like hypnotherapy or meditation seem to require us to achieve a state of deep relaxation, which can be difficult for us when we are struggling. Mindfulness is not about forcing ourselves to feel a certain way, or trying to achieve any specific state – it is about feeling what we feel in any given moment, and working with whatever is present for us. That’s what makes it such a brilliant tool for helping us navigate difficult experiences. Mindfulness doesn’t ignore suffering, it doesn’t pretend it doesn’t exist – it accepts suffering and helps us to live with it.

If you would like to find out more about how you can learn Mindfulness and other wellbeing tools to support you with chronic illness, then you can book a place on my new 8-week Coping with Chronic Illness Course, which starts on 19th March.

To find out more and book your place, click the booking link in the comments.

Enter Discount150 when booking to reserve your place for the discounted price of just £150 for the whole 8-week course!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-well-practical-tools-for-coping-with-chronic-illness-tickets-1984178982750?aff=oddtdtcreator

12/03/2026

In 2018 I became severely ill with symptoms no one could explain. Every test came back “normal”, yet I felt anything but normal. I felt exhausted, overwhelmed and invisible. It was one of the loneliest times of my life.

The tools that helped me cope were the ones that steadied my nervous system and protected my mental health while my body was struggling.

Living with conditions like Long Covid, ME/CFS, Fibromyalgia, MCAS, Lyme, PoTS or autoimmune illness is exhausting in every way. You may be battling to keep working, or maybe you can’t work, and you feel as though illness has become your identity.

The unpredictability, the grief, the loss of identity, the pressure to “just reduce stress” or “think positively”, when that is utterly impossible. I know exactly how that feels.

That’s why I created my 8-week course, Living Well: Wellbeing Tools for Coping with Chronic Illness.

This is not about suggesting illness is psychological. It is about understanding how the nervous system interacts with our physical health, and how we can leverage that to our advantage. Using evidence-based tools to reduce overwhelm, interrupt spirals, support pacing, and build real resilience.

I’ve drawn on my studies from the fields of mindfulness, psychotherapy, helpful thinking skills, somatic therapy and compassion-based approaches to give you real, actionable tools to help you to cope with the challenges of living with ongoing health conditions.

The course offers a safe, non-judgemental space to learn practical, real-life skills, taught by someone who truly understands.

Find out more and book here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-well-practical-tools-for-coping-with-chronic-illness-tickets-1984178982750?aff=oddtdtcreator

12/03/2026

Why is Mindfulness a good tool to use to support us when we live with pain and illness?

Well, one of the reasons is that it can be a very short practice. Some of the tools can be 30 seconds, while others maybe take around 10 minutes, so it is very easy to incorporate it into your daily life, even if you live with energy limiting chronic illness, pain or fatigue. There is no stick to beat yourself with here! The last thing we need when we are ill is yet another thing to try and squeeze into our never-ending ‘to-do’ list, or one more thing to do with our limited daily energy. However, just a few moments of Mindfulness practice each day can have huge benefits for us, and the tools I teach are deliberately designed to be achievable for us, even when we live with illness.

If you would like to find out more about how you can learn Mindfulness and other wellbeing tools to support you with chronic illness, then you can book a place on my new 8-week Coping with Chronic Illness Course, which starts on 19th March.

To find out more and book your place, click the booking link in the comments.

Enter Discount150 when booking to reserve your place for the discounted price of just £150 for the whole 8-week course!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/living-well-practical-tools-for-coping-with-chronic-illness-tickets-1984178982750?aff=oddtdtcreator

11/03/2026

If you live with chronic illness or pain and you've tried Mindfulness Practice before, and found it difficult,

then it might be because it hadn't been adapted to make it accessible for you. It's important to recognise that Mindfulness is not suitable for everyone, and if being in the present moment feels difficult for you, then it is sometimes better to find an alternative wellbeing tool.

However, it is also the case that standard mindfulness practices can feel overwhelming or difficult if we have breathing issues, or severe, unpleasant symptoms or pain.

Traditional breathing practices and body scans need to be adapted, and people with pain and illness often need to build up to these much more slowly.

There are many ways of practicing mindfulness and still getting the benefits of practice, but it’s important to be doing it in the right way and with the right guidance.

If you want to know more about how mindfulness can be adapted for pain and illness, then come along to my free webinar on 12th March at 5.30pm to find out more.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-mindfulness-for-chronic-illness-free-webinar-tickets-1984299533320?aff=oddtdtcreator

10/03/2026

Living with chronic illness is tough. It’s tough physically, and that’s why we need proper medical care to support us. But it’s also tough mentally and emotionally, and that’s the part that often gets forgotten.

This is not ‘your health condition is just anxiety’, because sometimes that’s just a convenient explanation when the real answers aren’t immediately clear.

But, the actual reality that living with persistent, unpredictable pain and symptoms is brutal. And we experience an emotional rollercoaster every single day – frustration, grief, fear, exhaustion, shame, loneliness, and yes, anxiety. Anyone would be anxious in this situation, when we have become unwell and no one can give us any clear answers.

If you are looking for some tools to help support you to cope with the emotional fall-out of living with chronic health conditions, then I’ve created a free webinar for you.

I’ll be explaining some of the science behind what Mindfulness is, and how it works to help us when we live with chronic conditions. I’ll also be busting some myths, and explaining what it isn’t too!

And I’ll be sharing a bit about my new Coping with Chronic Illness course, which will be starting later in March.

Join me on 12th March at 5.30pm UK time to find out more. Booking link for the free webinar in the comments.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-mindfulness-for-chronic-illness-free-webinar-tickets-1984299533320?aff=oddtdtcreator

10/03/2026

Mindfulness is about more than meditation.
It’s about cultivating certain inner qualities, what Jon Kabat-Zinn calls Mindfulness Attitudes, that help us relate differently to ourselves and our lives.

This month, I’m exploring some of these attitudes and how they can support us when we’re living with pain or chronic illness.

Non-Judgement

Non-judgement is one of the most foundational aspects of mindfulness practice and one that can be truly life-changing.

We are all naturally judgemental. Our minds are constantly categorising and rating our experience: good or bad, right or wrong, safe or threatening, acceptable or not.

This inner commentary isn’t a personal failing, it’s how our brains are wired. But when judgement is running the show, it keeps the nervous system on high alert. The more we judge, the more activated and reactive we become.

Judgement also fuels many of the difficult emotions we experience, frustration, shame, fear, self-criticism.

Now imagine, just for a moment, what it might feel like to loosen your grip on judgement. To not label each experience as good or bad, but simply allow it to be as it is.

When we live with pain or illness, our minds are often constantly evaluating and judging our symptoms. But what if, just for now, we could let go of those labels?

What if sensations didn’t need to be good or bad… just present?

How might that change your experience?

Practising non-judgement doesn’t mean we stop caring, or that things suddenly become easy. It takes patience and practice. But gradually, as we become less attached to judging thoughts, people, sensations, and events, sometimes things can shift.

For me personally, learning to practice non-judgement has been genuinely transformative.

A small practice
The next time you notice judgemental thoughts arising, pause.
Can you acknowledge the thought and then let it pass, without holding onto it?

If you’d like to explore mindfulness more deeply, I’m taking bookings for my next 8-week Mindfulness course, starting this month.
Email livewellwithchronicillness@outlook.com to find out more or book your space

09/03/2026

Modern scientific research is confirming that regular Mindfulness practice has many benefits for both physical and mental health. Many studies show that regular Mindfulness practice can help with depression, anxiety, improve mood, and help us become more mentally resilient. However, what is less well known is that studies also show Mindfulness has a wealth of benefits for our physical health too! For example, studies show that regular practice can lower blood pressure, improve cognitive function, help with fatigue, improve sleep, improve digestion, help with pain, and even boost our immune system.

If you are curious about how Mindfulness might help support you with your health, then come along to my FREE webinar ‘Using Mindfulness for Chronic Illness’, on 12th March at 5.30pm.

Booking link below/in comments: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-mindfulness-for-chronic-illness-free-webinar-tickets-1984299533320?aff=oddtdtcreator

08/03/2026

Has anyone ever told you that you should try Mindfulness for your chronic illness? Did it make you want to scream?!

Yes, I totally get that, and I would feel the same! Because, no, Mindfulness is not a magic cure for chronic illness!

But you might be surprised to learn the REAL reasons why mindfulness could actually help you.

In my brand new FREE webinar ‘Using Mindfulness for Chronic Illness’, I’ll be busting some myths about Mindfulness and sharing exactly why I have found it so helpful on my own health journey.

If you are at all curious – even a little tiny bit! - come along and join me to find out whether mindfulness might actually be for you after all!

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-mindfulness-for-chronic-illness-free-webinar-tickets-1984299533320?aff=oddtdtcreator

07/03/2026

Are you struggling to work and manage a chronic health condition?

Do you feel as though you are battling to hold it all together, while feeling like you are falling apart inside?

Does it feel as though your health has taken over your life, your identity, and every minute of your time and energy?

I totally understand this – I felt the same once.

Join me on my new FREE webinar to explore how Mindfulness tools can help support you to live better with your chronic health condition.

By using these tools, we can help our mind and body to work together, instead of fighting against each other all the time.

Join me on 12th March to find out more. Booking link in the comments below.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/using-mindfulness-for-chronic-illness-free-webinar-tickets-1984299533320?aff=oddtdtcreator

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