Battling burnout | Recover from Fatigue, Overcome Brain Fog, Stress relief
Are you stuck in your burnout? Tried it all but not getting better? I’m Mikaela, and I’ve been there too: brainfog, memory loss, dizziness, nausea, fatigued. Desperate, frustrated and no hope. But I’ve healed, and so can you. In this podcast I’ll share the methods and knowledge to • stop the fatigue and get more energy • get rid of the brain fog • overcome the dizziness • ease stress related pain like back pain and neck pain • relieve stress for your brain and nervous system I’m not a doctor, nor a psychologist or therapist. But I do know how it feels to be at the absolute bottom, and how to get out from there. The methods I used are based in neuroscience and nervous system regulation. If you’re ready to embrace the power to heal yourself, to get your energy and life back - this podcast is for you. Take a break, put down that to do list and let’s get started. There’s hope for everyone, and I’m here to help you find it.
Episodes
Do you feel dizzy, in pain, have pressure in your ears or trouble breathing? Or maybe you struggle to pull yourself together and get things done. Maybe you feel tingling, numbness, tinnitus, or like your muscles just suddenly give out? Have you been to the doctor with a bunch of symptoms they either can’t explain, dismiss as stress, or lump together into some vague junk-drawer diagnosis like “unexplained knee pain”?
Today I’m going...
Sometimes the exhaustion and mental fatigue are just too much to handle. I've had moments where I just wanted to scream out in pure anxiety because it was so overwhelming. There’s no energy left to think positive thoughts, no strength to do constructive exercises. All I can do is lie in bed and hate my life. Today, I want to talk about how I survive those moments.
Having a setback can feel like a slap in the face. You're on your way back, you have hope of getting better, of getting well, and then you're just pushed straight down into that bottomless darkness. It's like a mockery, like someone wants to tell you not to believe that you can get well. The fear comes right away, and thougths like, maybe I can't get well? Maybe this will go on forever? And it feels like the setback will last forev...
Have you ever been in need to make a decision, but been so overwhelmed that the decision feels impossible to make? Maybe standing in front of the toothpaste aile in the grocery store, unable to choose one of all the options? Or looking at your to-do list, unable to choose what to start with? Not to mention the decision of what to eat for dinner. Or do you have activities that you know you should do to feel better, but just doing th...
Does it feel like your to-do list never ends? Like the more you do, the more you get to do? Like time and control are slipping out of your hands? It's a common feeling when there's too much going on in life. And the more you do, the worse off you'll be.
Today I'm going to talk about why we get more stressed when we're stressed, how the brain creates this vicious cycle. I'm also going to talk about how to break it and give concrete ...
Do your thoughts constantly go to how tired you are? Do you constantly feel how hard life is? Do you constantly try to feel if you are getting worse? If you are getting more tired, more brain fog, more dizzy, more nauseated, more palpitations? There is a risk that you are making yourself worse, and your life and your exhaustion even harder.
Today I'm going to talk about how to make your exhaustion easier to live with, and maybe eve...
Do you want to do things, but get setbacks every time you try? Recovering from fatigue and brain fog is a balancing act. On the one hand, you have to allow time for recovery and not do too much. On the other hand, too much restriction becomes a confirmation for the brain that your illness is dangerous, which increases stress and increases symptoms. So how should you do it? That's what I'm going to answer today.
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Do you find yourself trying to get back to your old life, trying different activities, but always get setbacks? Do your fatigue or brain fog get worse every time you do something? I’ve been there too, and there is a way to solve it. In today’s episode I’ll share how I went from not even being able to take part in a conversation or listen to a podcast, to getting back to a normal life again. This simple method will reset your brain,...
The last couple of years before my burnout I was constantly hungry. I ate six times a day, and my portions were always bigger than everybody else’s.
When I healed from my burnout. I didn’t only recover from fatigue. My nervous system could finally calm down and get back to normal. And so did my hunger.
You might think that burnout is only exhaustion, but it is far more. In this episode I'll share how stress makes the nervous system...
Do you feel like the world is constantly tipping over? Maybe you experience constant dizziness or nausea? When I was mentally fatigued, those two symptoms persisted for months. Until I learned why I got them, that they weren’t dangerous and an exercise to get rid of them. In this episode, I’ll share why your nervous system and brain give you nausea and dizziness, and how you can ease it.
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Working out was an important part of my recovery. I ran, biked, weight trained, danced, skied and did Pilates.
When I got burnt out, not working out was not an option. Being outdoors and working out is a big part of who I am. I have worked as a group training instructor and personal trainer for 15 years. I moved to the mountains to be able to ski and bike more.
But finding the balance of working out with fatigue wasn’t that easy. ...
Today I will talk about how writing can relieve stress and pressure, both in the moment and long term. When I was trying to find ways to recover, I discovered plenty of research showing the benefits of journaling. Weather you do an unorganized brain dump or more systematically reframing exercise, you will feel better in the moment and start your journey towards healing.
Key takeaways
The part of the brain you use by writing is mo...
Did you know that the best way to predict if someone has back pain, is not to do an MRI of their spine, but of their brain? Research shows that most of the pain does not come out of physical damage, even if the doctor says so, but from stress, high demands and worrying. And the way to healing is not pain killers or surgery, but easing the stress and reseting your brain.
Key takeaways
- Pain is the ...
Are you stuck in your burnout? Have you reached a plateau, or feel that the treatments you are given don’t help as much as you’ld want? When I was sick, the treatment I was given actually made me worse. When I learned about the brain and the nervous system I learned how to personalize my recovery, so I could do the things that relieved stress for me, and gave me my energy back. Today I’ll share how you can use neuro science to find...
During my recovery I read everything on stress and burnout I could find and tried every new technique. I approached each doctor’s appointment as if it were a courtroom trial.
But real progress began when I let go of the pressure to heal on a specific timeline. Putting pressure on yourself keeps your brain on high alert, which worsens symptoms. By lowering those demands, you reduce that state of alertness, which in turn reduces symp...
Are you burned out and experience memory loss? Maybe you have a hard time doing cognitive demanding tasks? You know that you should be able to do it, but find your self staring blankly on the task, and your brain just can’t give you the information to do it? Or maybe you have this constant pressure inside your head, getting worse when you’re in noisy or very bright surroundings. You might be suffering from brain fog, even called me...
Today I share the 8 steps that made me heal from severe burnout. I share what I did to stop my brain fog and dizziness, ease my nausea and overcome my fatigue. If I could heal, so can you. There’s hope for everyone!
Key takeaways
Worrying about or being afraid of your symptoms stresses the brain and nervous system, making everything worse. So do putting pressure on yourself to heal.
Being overly vigilant about your symptoms make...
In this episode I share 4 common misunderstandings about stress, burnout and healing, which made me so much worse . When I learnt about the brain and the nervous systems part in burnout, what really stresses the body and how to fix it, I healed quickly. Within six months I was back working fulltime and exercising again. In this episode I will tell you my mistakes, and what I did instead to overcome burnout, fight my fatigue and sto...
In this episode I share my experience of a burnout with fatigue so serious, I barely could walk, nor take part in conversations. I talk about how worrying over my burnout gave me constant fatigue and brain fog, how it affected me, my life and my relations. It’s a story about frustration and desperation, but also about joy and healing.
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Burnout is more than just fatigue, it’s also physical symptoms like pain, dizziness...
In this episode I share 5 signs that your body is under too much stress, and you might be risking burnout. Your body can show different signs of stress before it enters a state of burnout. In this episode I talk about physical signs like pain, digestive problems, incontinence, and hunger. I also talk about mental signs like fatigue and brain fog. If I had known this earlier, I would probably not have gotten my burnout. I hope this ...
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