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From the moment you become chronically ill, all of the focus is on 'getting better' but what does that mean?

And more importantly, how do you know how much recovery is actually going to be possible for you?

The most common expectation is that 'getting better' means getting back to normal, they way you were before.

But getting back to normal and exactly the way you were before may not always be a realistic or achievable goal and even if it is, where do you start?

Even figuring out what your options are seems to depend on who you talk to and what they believe can be done to help you and the answers can range from nothing at all to the most complex protocols you can begin to imagine.

In my experience, dealing with the emotions first is the most important step because the impacts of becoming chronically ill are life changing and affect every part of your life.

Dealing with loss of ability and capacity, brain fog, chronic pain and feeling stuck in a body that is now unpredictable and unreliable, brings with it lots of fear, grief, guilt and denial and the intensity of these emotions can feel completely overwhelming.

To start moving forward, we need to find a way to face all of those big feelings of grief and loss without the fear of drowning in them and come out the other side ready to start defining what 'getting better' means for you.

In this podcast, I share my experiences and tips for where to start, common issues that can keep you stuck in two different forms of denial and how you can reframe 'getting better' in a more realistic and practical way that doesn't set you up to fail.

Kerry Jeffery is an award winning Coach and Counsellor who specialises in helping clients online around the world with the emotional issues of living with chronic illness and the impacts it has on their lives and relationships.

She lives in Melbourne, Australia along with Hashimoto's, Celiac, Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Type 1 Diabetes.

Find out more about Kerry and her Therapy programs here.

Book your FREE online Discovery Session with Kerry here.

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In my 13 years of living with chronic illness, almost every single health improvement I've gained has come from fellow patients, rather than Doctors.

Not everything has worked for me but collective patient wisdom and experience and people being so willing to share what's helped and brave enough to blog about it or share it in online groups has made such a world of difference.

But how do you evaluate a potential treatment option?

How do you find the right therapist or coach to help you deal with the often complex emotions that come with chronic illness?

How do you tell the difference between 'Gold standard treatment' and Optimal treatment and know which one is going to be better for you?

Find out in this episode of the Emotional Autoimmunity podcast.

Kerry Jeffery is an award winning Coach and Counsellor who specialises in helping clients online around the world with the emotional issues of living with chronic illness and the impacts it has on their lives and relationships.

She lives in Melbourne, Australia along with Hashimoto's, Celiac, Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Type 1 Diabetes.

Find out more about Kerry and her Therapy programs here.

Book your FREE online Discovery Session with Kerry here.

Follow Kerry for daily posts on Facebook here.

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One of biggest emotional challenges of living with chronic illness is the impacts it can have on your relationships with others.

So many of us living with chronic illness often feel that the people closest to us either don't understand, believe or support what we are going through and how much it has changes our lives and bodies.

Friends can start to fall away, partners can struggle to adapt or know what to do and this only increases feelings of isolation and loneliness because the realities of ongoing, often progressive chronic illness is so rarely talked about or understood.

Partners, friends and family can also feel helpless, lost and overwhelmed, not knowing what to do and feeling unsupported themselves.

Like any major life challenge, the experience of chronic illness can bring us closer together or drive us even further apart.

In this podcast, I share practical ways that you can offer help and support and gain some understanding of the issues they are facing if someone you love has chronic illness.

Kerry Jeffery is an award winning Coach and Counsellor who specialises in helping clients online around the world with the emotional issues of living with chronic illness and the impacts it has on their lives and relationships.

She lives in Melbourne, Australia along with Hashimoto's, Celiac, Antiphospholipid Syndrome and Type 1 Diabetes.

Find out more about Kerry and her Therapy programs here.

Book your FREE online Discovery Session with Kerry here.

Follow Kerry for daily posts on Facebook here.