Life with chronic illness, connecting with yourself + finding your community! 🔑⚡️// Shownotes for ‘I Feel For You’ podcast episode 32
Hello my darlings! It’s me, your discombobulated auntie! 🙋🏽♀️💕
Today’s episode is an update of the last two weeks and all the spicy meatballs and nuggets of lessons from the universe that often held me by my cuff and told me “you gon learn today!” 🐬
Lol.
I’ve been back and forth to Norway over the last 5 weeks and journeying with juggling the work- travel trips, anxiety galore (HALLO MY OLD FRIEND 👍!), community gatherings and celebrating sisterhood.
I talk about my chronic illness, side effects like anxiety (and tools + techniques i use that have helped me overcome recent panic attacks), juggling work-life on the road whilst living with chronic illness, searching for community (and the lonely feels when you struggle with it + don’t “fit in” or don’t “belong”) and my inspiration + motivation to keep going.
So a little heads up that i will be talking about anxiety in this episode, including describing my own recent experiences of it, so if that kind of stuff triggers you, probably best to skip and scroll to my shownote links where i’ve put some anxiety resources for your lovely self. I warn right before i start talking about it (around 10 mins then at 28 mins in)
⚡️Expect to plunge into the quandaries of being CONNECTED ⚡️:
Connected to yourself
Connected to your “tribe” (haha i don’t like the way that’s used these days either, let’s rephrase), Connected to your community irl + online, and
Connected with your “purpose”.
Basically, learning what helps us connect and reconnect in this lifetime!
🔋Sacral grunts! Mulch! Feelings! Energy! 🔋
Also expect wild and wacky tangents. As ever.
Plus frank (“Frank!”) scary vulnerable moments. Gulp.
And some storytime moments of ridiculously embarrassing but valuable learning moments.
Oh- and a
🥁NEW FEATURE: 🥁
The (now 9 year old) Inspiration Station! Yes! I know! She’s made it to the airwaves!
So look out for that later on in the show (featuring a special guest!), and also,
🔦I WANT TO FEATURE YOU! 🔦
Send me the things that inspire and delight you! Something you’ve seen / heard / done / have made, whatever has given you pleasure lately and i’ll put it in a future show!
You can write to me or
Leave me a voicemail (preferred!)
I really, truly hope this GIGANTIC LOAF OF A SHOW 🍞 helps someone out there.
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xxx
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dionne ❤️
Have a listen here:
Links i mentioned:
I Feel For You episode 20: Tips for work / life travel ease 🚀
Bloom (sold out with waiting list)
I Feel For You episode 12: Self Care + Wellness for Spring (talking about Ayurveda + the Vata dosha)
Breathwork for calming and easing anxiety
Yoga for travel video (also great for grounding your energy!)
Ground anxious energy yoga video
Vibes Immediately (my playlist updated weekly!)
Looking for friends in Norway (from my “moving to Norway blog):
On: loneliness.
Smiling politely whilst resisting a howl.
New blog post: here’s my inspiration and motivation to keep going. Hbu?
Books:
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Social things + OTHER RESOURCES!
Want to work together 1-1 in one of my creative coaching programmes?
My weekly Digest (free resources, pep talks + feel good mails that whoop you on to do well in this life! + memes!)
My blog - expect inspiration + self care!
My Instagram!
My "secret-ish" Tumblr
Join me on retreat in Brighton this Summer!