Chronic Illness Toolbox: Frustration
Accepting feelings of frustration & creating a toolbox of coping skills means that there are ways to cope and maybe use it to your advantage.
Coaching Illness and Confidence: 9 Steps
We’ve discovered ways to cope with the confidence loss you may experience while coping with a chronic condition.
Coaching Illness and Missing Out
Even at the best of times, many of us have this fear that we have been left behind. However chronic illness is a major disruptor. It can impede every area of life. Adding to that, what makes it tougher is when you begin to look around at everyone you know who suddenly seems to be where you think you should be, living the life you wish to live and accomplishing the things you thought you would achieve. This can lead you to feel anxious, depressed, stressed or angry. Chronic illness restricts what you can do about it. If you were in perfect health, maybe you could accomplish all the things. Let’s focus on some ways to get out of comparison mode, reframe the situation and start acting on what you are still able to control.
Coaching Illness and Leadership:Education
Among many other self-management changes, patient education can alleviate these feelings of uncertainty. Finding out additional information helps us know more about our diagnosis, and consequently what to expect. Once we are armed with enough information, we know more about what is required to best self-manage.
Coaching Illness and Post-Traumatic Growth: Transform
Post-traumatic growth can happen in a variety of ways. How it happens depends very much on your motivations, as well as the nature of your condition. Illness may lead the way to opportunity as each of us possess the capacity to grow in some way from our illnesses or other traumas. We would prefer to not have those types of opportunities. Here are seven examples of how you may experience post-traumatic growth because of illness.
Coaching Illness and Working: Freelancing
Some employers may be understanding of your diagnosis and modify, while others will move on. Here are ways to keep the income flowing while coping.
Coaching Illness and Chronic Pain
Intense pain can also cause depression, anger, anxiety, and fear, disrupting your career, hobbies, and social life. We discovered ways to help you cope.
Chronic Illness and Fatigue
We’ve discovered ways to navigate fatigue and feel more positive, thus boosting optimism and energy levels in the process.
Coaching Illness and Vulnerability: Positive Psychology
Chronically ill experience vulnerability:physical, social, financial, or psychological. Ways to accept, maximise, and use vulnerability to build resilience.
Coaching Illness and Self Management: Coping
Managing an illness brings with it a whole range of new responsibilities. As such, you’ll need to strategically approach the management of your life.