I've been working a lot this past month on Pillar 3 of recovery (supporting the body), focusing on things like nutrition, sleep, movement, and hormonal balance.

And by the way — yes, my recovery is an ongoing process of maintenance. The same tools I used to get well across the four pillars, are the...

 If you've been in the recovery space, and have had the capacity to pay attention, then you've probably noticed that recovery falls into "camps,” where groups or people sort of pedal an approach as the solution to MECFS.

These camps fall into:

1. Pacing Programs: (The main idea is that pacing is h...

If you have MECFS, you've probably heard of PEM — post-exertional malaise. PEM is the hallmark feature of ME/CFS, and one of the clearest ways clinicians distinguish it from other illnesses. PEM, as it is defined in ME/CFS, does not occur in other conditions in the same way.

However, the term post-...

When we speak about recovery; it often feels like a big plate of spaghetti placed before us; all mangled and tangled up in a pile, with confusing approaches to getting well, that at times even seem contradictory. Yet, in this amazing technological age, we SEE people getting well, so we know it's pos...

Today I was in the hospital in Bali, with an infection that started minimally a week ago and has now spread. The last few days I have been in a remote part of the island, trying to find good care. It has been challenging, and I have had little choice in how I had to push my body past fatigue to trav...

Is recovery really all just about Brain Retraining? 

Well....Yes, And NO.

I’m seeing a lot of buzz lately in MECFS circles around brain-retraining, and unfortunately, I'm also seeing an over-simplification of the recovery process.

I feel that brain-retraining programs get MECFS mostly right, but ...