Hi, I'm Suzanne
I know that it is absolutely 100% possible to increase your energy levels.
Whether you're living with chronic fatigue, exhaustion, or burnout, you CAN get your life back.
How do I know this?
Because this is the work I do.
I am passionate about supporting women and men living with fatigue to be able to live the kind of life that they want to live.
M.E, CFS, Fibromyalgia, Post Viral Fatigue, Chronic Fatigue, Exhaustion, Burnout.
These are all pretty scary labels that come loaded with negative expectations. It's easy to get sucked into all of the things that your can't do because of these conditions.
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It can be hard to find information and publicity about how you can turn your energy levels around and get back to living your life to the full.
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It can feel as though your life has closed in and become very small. There is so much that you just can't do because your energy levels are so low. It's isolating, frightening, and very upsetting.
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The word "can't" is a pet hate of mine as it comes with so much restriction, deprivation, frustration and finality. There is nothing I like about this word.
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Sadly, it's one of the most commonly used words I hear when people talk about their chronic fatigue and it's impact.
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My mission is to turn your "can't"s into your "can"s so that you can get back to doing all of the things you love with the people you love the most.
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Why Chronic fatigue? Why me?!
​My first encounter with chronic fatigue came on a training course. Two ladies on the course had both been affected by M.E. in their early 20's but had overcome it and gone on to live full lives, raise families, and enjoy life.
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From hearing their experiences, I came away with the perception that chronic fatigue was a condition that you resolved, not that you lived with ad infinitum. Fatigue was a physical state that you were able to change.
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I never questioned this until some years later when fate brought me into contact with others living with chronic fatigue. Their perception was so different - their physical condition was something to be "managed", "paced" and "lived with".
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There was no expectation that there was anything that could be done to change their energy levels. No hope of a better future, so much bitter disappointment about the loss of that future.
I couldn't reconcile these two experiences as I firmly believe that we human beings are utterly amazing creatures, capable of anything we set our minds to.
It occurred to me that the difference between these two sets of people was hope and belief.
These two precious qualities are essential to shifting out of fatigue and into full energy. They provide the motivation to unpick what's keeping you stuck in fatigue and to discover your true SELF. ​
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I speak out so openly about it being possible to change your energy levels because I have seen it, repeatedly.
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My own story was of being very stuck in the early stages of chronic fatigue - what we know as the first Phase of Recovery - living a crazy, busy life, with lots of pressure and stress.
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Then, as is so often the way, fate intervened.
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Here's my story:
Before my "Crash"
Sometimes a number of events happening at the same time create a big change in your life. That’s certainly true for me…
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One moment I was on top of a mountain: a successful management accountant, a wife and mum of teens skiing in style in the French Alps.
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The next moment I had caught an edge, crashed ungracefully, and torn two of the ligaments in my knee.
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A couple of days later I was back at home and house-bound for 6 weeks. Even simple stuff like going to the loo and going to the shower were complex operations so that I didn’t jostle or bump my knee and make it sore. The damage was extensive and I eventually had an operation to replace both ligaments. I was off work for a further 8 weeks. All in all, it took me over 12 months to recover full use of my knee joint and to trust my body again.
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Whilst I was off work, there was a re-organisation and a big change in values as the company prepared to outsource to Lithuania. When I went back to work, the team I worked with had been relocated and all of my productive work relationships had been broken up. It was clear that further disruption was on the way.
A Whole New World
For a few months I battled on at work but it no longer felt right. The loss of really important work relationships and the direction my work was going in left me feeling sad and unhappy.
All of the pressure and stress involved didn't feel worth it and was having a massive impact on my health. Headaches, migraines, stiff neck and shoulders, fatigue, irritability, poor diet and little exercise. It was all adding up and taking it's toll.
Eventually, I decided to leave my job.
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About three years earlier, I had come across Health Kinesiology quite by chance and was fascinated by the whole idea of being able to “talk” to the body. I decided to find out more and enrolled on the first level training course and that was all it took – I was hooked! Over 3 years, I completed my training and qualified as a kinesiologist.
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My energy started changing as a whole new world opened up. I did a lot of learning, not just academic learning but learning about myself, what made me tick and who I am as a person.
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I have unpicked my own experiences from my past, including the trauma associated with my skiing accident. I have learnt how my body feels, what lifts my energy up, and what brings it down. I now understand my energy very differently.​
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And I now share my learning with women and men who want to go on their own journey of SELF Discovery.
A Different Direction
As I worked with more people, I realised that fatigue, poor sleep, and traumatic experiences from the past were common themes underpinning many physical issues and ailments.
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I was really intrigued by what drives fatigue. I now understand how closely physical health is tied in with life experiences, emotions, thoughts, stress levels and how we respond to all of these different aspects.
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I support people who recognise that their fatigue is worse when they are
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I have an amazing toolkit to support my clients to move from "the awfulness of now", where stress and anxiety are combined with feeling stuck and confused about what to do for the best. into a place where they are energised and excited by their life.
​Post-script
I am now in a position to look back on my own journey and those that my clients have taken. I can see how my move from Management Accountant to Fatigue and Trauma specialist has been a series of events with decisions taken over a period of time, step by step.
I love supporting my clients as they uncover what’s going on for them and take small, manageable steps that lead then to getting their life back.
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Since starting my business in 2016, I can now confidently say that I have a 100% success rate in supporting clients as they improve their health and wellbeing.
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If you would like to read more about some of my clients and the journey's they have been on, click the link below.
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I am always happy to have a conversation with you to understand more about what is going on for you and whether I can support you on your journey. You can contact me here
Credentials:
I am an Accredited Chrysalis Effect Practitioner and Kinesiologist who specialises in recovery from chronic fatigue conditions such as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME), Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Post Viral Fatigue (PVF).
My focus is on helping recoverers to raise their energy levels and get their life back.
I am a member of The Chrysalis Effect and the Kinesiology Federation.
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