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Counting Your Blessings: How Gratitude Improves Your Health
New research shows that people who keep a gratitude journal report fewer symptoms and feel better about their lives.
Dodging Danger: Strategies for Special Events
Three strategies you can use to avoid relapses triggered by vacations, the holidays and other special events.
Pacing Strategies That Help Me
How Kate Morgan uses rest breaks, logging, a heart rate monitor and other strategies to smooth the CFS roller coaster and avoid relapses.
The Double Challenge of Stress in ME/CFS and Fibromyalgia
Why stress is doubly taxing if you have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or fibromyalgia, and two approaches to managing it.
Pacing Means Moving Ahead and Not Falling Behind
Tips on the art of pacing from two guest authors.
Pedometers: A Tool for Pacing
Having trouble controlling your symptoms? Consider counting your steps using a pedometer.
Will I Get Better? Tilting the Odds in Your Favor
Many people with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia improve over time. Here are some ideas on how to increase your chances to be among those who get better.
Finding and Staying Within My Limits
The strategies Kathy Mero used to find and live within her Energy Envelope so she can live nearly symptom-free.
Three Pacing Stories
An introduction to pacing via three success stories.
Physical and Psychological Recovery from ME/CFS
How ME/CFS patient Margaret Fergusson increased her functional level from 15% to 70%.
Doctor Lapp on COVID-19 Vaccines and COVID-19 Long-Haulers
Dr Charles Lapp discusses vaccines against COVID-19 and COVID "Long-Haulers"
Managing Your Energy Envelope
How to determine your energy profile plus nine strategies for managing your energy.
Resources for COVID-19 Long-Haulers
Links to resources on this site useful for COVID-19 "Long-Haulers."
Taming Stressful Thoughts: Making Thoughts Work For You
The three step process for making your self-talk more realistic and more hopeful.
The Very Different World of Long-Term Illness
How ME/CFS and fibromyalgia are different from short-term illness
Roadmap for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & Fibromyalgia
Introduction to CFS and FM for family and friends.
Stress Reduction: Five Practical Techniques
Step-by-step instruction for five relaxation procedures.
Building a Support Network
How to get help from friends, support groups and professionals.
The Little Envelopes
How to find your limits in seven key areas of life.
Pacing FAQ
Answers to commonly-asked questions about pacing.
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