217 - Three Common Recovery Traps (and How to Avoid Them)

About this episode

The episode discusses three common recovery traps and strategies to avoid them, focusing on pacing, nervous system safety, and emotional processing.

I share three common recovery traps and how we can find our way out of them without blame. Today's episode focuses on pacing, nervous system safety, and emotional processing so your body can stabilise and move forwards. • Pushing too hard on a better day and triggering the boom and bust cycle • Banking energy for healing by spending some, enjoying some, and saving some • Stepping off the symptom-fixing merry-go-round and reducing pressure • Creating safety through kin...

People in this episode

Host: Jackie Baxter

Topics covered

• recovery traps
• pacing
• nervous system safety
• emotional processing
• boom and bust cycle
• energy management

Keywords

• recovery
• long covid
• health
• pacing
• emotional processing
• energy management
• nervous system

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