Endo Matters Desired Physique

In this 1 of 4 episodes for endometriosis awareness month 2022, I sum up the year of this podcast and put my view out there on my opinions on endo right now.

I don’t often go on a rant, because I think keeping calm about things is always the best recipe. However, I am extremely passionate about this subject and wanted my listeners to hear where I stand on endo related subjects.

I am extremely open to debate, so if you don’t agree with anything covered in this episode, I am happy to hear your own viewpoint.

Many thanks for listening to the last year of Endo Matters, I appreciate all your support.

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In this 1 of 4 episodes for endometriosis awareness month 2022, I interview my husband, Stuart Brookes.



I ask Stu about what it is like to live with someone suffering with the condition and how he has tried to help me over the years.

He also gives his best advice for other partners of sufferers.



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In this 2nd of 4 episodes for endometriosis awareness month 2022, I interview endo sufferer Katie Mitchell.

Katie has suffered with endo most of her adult life and is soon to have a hysterectomy as a result.

Katie has worked with me and also shares what she has learnt and how that has helped her to get in control of the symptoms, no longer letting the symptoms control her.

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Show Notes Episode 15- My talk about Endo and Mental Health.

In this 1 of 4 special episodes for endometriosis awareness month 2022, I cover the subject of mental health.

In past episodes and on a lot of my socials I have talked a lot about the symptoms of endometriosis and how to help yourself with those symptoms.

What I haven’t talked a lot about is how it can affect your mental health.

In this show I give a very raw outline of my struggles with mental health and how having endometriosis has added to this massively.

I also touch on ways in which you can reach out and find help in these areas.

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Todays’ guest is someone who has had a big impact on my life and career, it’s thanks to her I started my journey in the fitness sector. What Yvette doesn’t know about health and fitness isn’t worth knowing, she has been an inspiration to me and many others. I first met Yvette at a job interview, which she got and subsequently she then became my boss as I got the job as a trainee trainer at that gym! Since that day Yvette encouraged me to go further, helping me get my qualification as a PT and was even my examiner. She is an amazing yoga teacher and holistic therapist and is just an all-round health guru! All that said, today I haven’t invited Yvette on the show to talk about her life as a teacher/practitioner. Sadly, Yvette quite recently got diagnosed with breast cancer and has had a single mastectomy. This show is aimed at helping women with endo, but I do think it is important to talk about other important issues that affect women particularly. What I have loved about what Yvette has gone through is that she has documented her whole journey on Instagram and in true Yvette style it’s been very upbeat, despite what she has gone through.

In this episode we cover:

· How Yvette was diagnosed

· How she dealt with the diagnosis mentally.

· How she documented her journey and why she wanted to do that.

· The medication she has been given and why as a holistic practitioner, she finds that the most difficult part of her experience with breast cancer.

· Yvette’s advice on how to get through breast cancer.

· Yvette’s advice on exercise pre and post op.

· How to surround yourself with the right people, who can best help you.

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Here is the link to her Instagram where she covers her journey with breast cancer.

Yvette. Yogi. Cancer warrior. (@breastcancerlife) • Instagram photos and videos

If you want to check out Yvette’s amazing yoga classes look at her FB page

Health-n-Happiness | Facebook

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Happy New Year

This episode aims to help you prioritise your health and find out where you need to be focusing on the most when you live with endometriosis.

At this time of year, we generally make goals that can be realistic, sometimes not, and it can be overwhelming, especially if we get thrown curve balls and cannot fulfil what we set out to achieve.

Over the last few years, I have been working with women to help them with their endometriosis symptoms. This is one of the exercises I ask them to do so that I can determine which areas they need the most help. It can also help you to set goals in the right places that will benefit you as an individual.

There are so many symptoms involved with having endo and to tackle them all at once is impossible. It is therefore important to work through them one by one.

Take out a fresh piece of paper or a blank screen

Write down on each line separately

Bloating

Pain

Brain fog

Low Energy

Painful Sex

Poor Sleep

Infertility

Low Mood

Dizziness and fainting

At the side of each symptom put a number from 1 to 10. 10 means this is very severe 1 is not so much an issue.

Have a look at your list and see which symptoms have the highest number. The highest ones are the ones you will concentrate on first.

If they are all at 10 then pick 1 to start with and then once that starts to improve you can move onto the next one.

Take that 1 symptom and make a list underneath with some action points of what could help you in that area. If you don’t know at all, maybe investigate a practitioner that specialises in that area to help you.

Listen to this episode to hear suggestions of action points you could make to help you get on top of each symptom.

If you want to visit me on other platforms, please find me on FB https://www.facebook.com/desphys1

Instagram

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Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michellebrookes/

Also visit my website

www.desiredphysique.co.uk

If you have a question that you would like me to answer on this podcast, then please send to:

info@desiredphysique.co.uk

This podcast is produced by Strength in Media info@strengthinmedia.co.uk