Illness Recovery Wellbeing
Illness Recovery Wellbeing
Have you experienced a life threatening or life altering diagnosis/illness?
Are you trying to adjust as a result?
Are you looking for some ideas to help you adjust and even thrive in a new normal?
When someone experiences a diagnosis that is potentially life threatening or life altering they go through the process of diagnosis, treatment and recovery. After treatment they may be living a new kind of normal both physically and mentally. So what happens to our wellbeing, how does that get treated and how do we find a new equilibrium?
This E Resource is focused on the mental recovery of someone who is trying to do just that; find a new equilibrium in a new normal. Whatever our circumstances, how can we progress from survival to thriving? In this E Resource I will be sharing my story of healing after breast cancer. Besides being my story it is also a curated set of actions and resources that come from my professional life as a psychologist and the personal experience of recovery after illness.
A 7-session guide to support recovery & wellbeing.
1. Diagnosis and a downshift in wellbeing.
2. Dealing with the legacy of health-related anxiety.
3. How self-compassion can aid recovery.
4. Cross training for the brain.
5. Living a meaningful life.
6. Spirituality and my story.
7. Routines and habits - the daily backbone of recovery.
Shared Reading Sessions
Shared reading group sessions are also available for participants who are working through the E Resource guide and who wish to participate in an additional therapeutic experience using selected stories and poems. The shared reading group sessions will draw on short stories , memoirs and poetry. Sessions will be online via Zoom, group size will be up to 6 participants and the session length will be 2 hours. The cost for each shared reading group session will be indicated below. Please use this link to access the schedule for session.
Reviews of the Guide
Jane: ‘Louise Bromhead provides an amazing amount of support and information to guide people recovering from illness. Louise’s authenticity and candour, and inclusion of stories and experiences from her own journey, makes this an immensely readable story as much as a resource. In less than fifty pages, this Guide is packed with information, resources, practical tips and strategies. ‘
Sue: ‘The 7 topics are relevant and practical steps that most people will be able to relate to. You give people empowerment over their personal recovery journey. Also, none of the practices are onerous or inaccessible. You have given a series of gentle steps toward the goal of thriving and not just surviving.’
Pam: ‘The chapter entitled Cross Training for a Healthy Brain is packed with reasoned, practical advice and a variety of resources for further study. The value of exercise, of friendships, of creative or play time, taking moments to just sit in the garden and think - all of these are therapeutic. The guide offers references to relevant books, to YouTube sources, to meditations, websites and other accessible lifestyle suggestions.’
Raelene: ‘Your writing was honest and authentic and so accessible. And the links to neuroscience, psychology and useful resources are so helpful. A guide and resource you can pick up, and link in with useful resources that you have already researched for the reader. ‘
Jane: ‘Much of the value in this Guide comes from normalising the wide variety of responses to a diagnosis and acknowledging the tremendous impact such a diagnosis can have on a person’s mental health. Louise shares her own lived experience, along with the lessons learned and wisdom gained as a result. Her background as a psychologist ensures that a wide range of evidence-based strategies are available to choose from.’