Health Coaching

Holistic Health Coaching for Chronic Stress, Fatigue & Illness

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Health Coaching for Stress, Fatigue and Illness

The problem of chronic stress and its impact on health

When your body is exposed to constantly high levels of stress, it can put a great strain on all aspects of your health; including your physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual wellbeing.

The stress response is designed as a mechanism for dealing with short-term problems, things like having to run away from a predator, deal with a threat to personal safety, or manage a difficult situation. In an ideal situation, as soon as the immediate threat has passed, the body restores its equilibrium, and all the changes which had taken place, like hormonal fluctuations, increased breathing and heart rate, and so on, all reverse back to a normal state.

A problem arises when our stress response is activated repeatedly. This could be because of any number of things; emotional triggers, exposure to constantly high levels of mental stress, relationship difficulties, unprocessed emotions, or anything else which sets off this internal response

The development of chronic fatigue and illness

When we are in a state of chronic stress, we become more prone to health conditions which are associated with an over-active sympathetic nervous system response. Stress-related symptoms include inflammation, brain fog, digestive problems, severe fatigue, sleep disruption, anxiety, panic, overactive thoughts, and so on...

Eventually, if sustained for a prolonged period, this can trigger other health issues, including exhaustive conditions, like chronic fatigue or burnout, depression, anxiety, and auto-immune responses.

It's also important to note that stress flows in a multi-dimensional way.  Physical stressors, like exposure to viruses, or hereditary illnesses, can trigger mental and emotional challenges. Whilst long-term emotional or reactive stress can create physical illnesses.

Chronic illness brings it's own set of challenges, and can also impact relationships, ability to work, finances, and social interactions. Stress is not always a mind-down cascade of symptoms - it can work in multiple other ways too.

Chronic Fatigue and Burnout in Healing Practitioners

Anyone who works within the healing professions, or in a caregiving role, is naturally more susceptible to developing chronic exhaustion or burnout, when compared to people who work in other careers. 

Individuals who support the wellbeing of others are usually highly empathic, caring people, who are highly sensitive to the emotional energy of the people that they care for. From a personality point of view, there are certain traits that care providers have which can lead to an increased of burnout. There are also a number of core beliefs which are commonly held in this group of people which can keep them inadvertently stuck in patterns of behaviour which are not helpful in the longer-term, and which can negatively impact health and energy.

In addition, caring environments can often come with a unique set of stressors. After all, you were not designed to keep giving to others unconditionally. Neither is it normal to be exposed to the suffering of other people on a daily basis, without any real opportunity for respite and recovery yourself.

With this in mind, it's no wonder really that so many healers, carers, counsellors, spiritual workers, and therapists experience chronic stress, anxiety, fatigue, or illness.

Self-care and developing a long-term strategy for your own health is essential if you wish to continue helping others for the longer-term future.

Specialist support for chronic exhaustive conditions...

Exhaustive Conditions

Immune Wellness

Chronic Illness

Stress Reduction

Fatigue & Burnout

Developing Resilience

Emotional Triggers

Pain & Symptoms

Fibromyalgia