About this episode

Jacqui shares her journey from a high-energy life to battling Long Covid and the strategies for recovery discussed with Mel Abbott.

I talk with Jacqui from New Zealand about dropping from a high-energy, ultra-active life into severe Long Covid, then building her way back to running, swimming and full work. Mel Abbott joins us to explain why calming the stress response comes before increasing activity, and how tools like breathwork, visualisation and emotional processing can change the trajectory. • Jacqui’s pre-illness pace as a high achiever and endurance athlete • Catching Covid during grief and prolonged s...

People in this episode

Host: Jackie Baxter

Guest: Jacqui

Topics covered

• Long Covid
• stress management
• grief
• recovery journey
• breathwork
• emotional processing

Keywords

• Long Covid
• stress response
• breathwork
• visualisation
• emotional processing
• recovery
• grief

Mentioned in this episode

Places: New Zealand

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