An evidence based approach to chronic fatigue treatment and chronic illness. Infections, viruses, injuries, toxic exposure or emotional trauma can create lasting changes in the brain leading to a phenomenon called sensitisation, where our brain’s threat response is consistently triggered. We can get stuck in a persistent protective state of fight, flight, freeze or shut down - causing severe symptoms. Befriend teaches you to heal this cycle, allowing the mind-body to get back to balance, and recover.
We would be delighted to help you with chronic fatigue treatment or chronic illness issues.
Work with Nadia or an affiliated practitioner for tailored expert support for chronic fatigue treatment, burnout, anxiety, life transitions, stress and trauma based conditions. Mentoring available for professionals.
Rest into a supportive journey that teaches you easy, simple, evidence-based skills for healing trauma, chronic illness and chronic fatigue treatment. No achievement focus or pressure, and plenty of support.
A trauma informed, evidence based microdosing masterclass grounded in reverence for plant medicine and the wisdom of nature. Free access to a community discussion space.
Physical and mental health cannot be separated because we are an integrated system. Befriend has simple practices for mind, nervous system, body, and spirit. You have gifts, strengths, a deep connection to nature, and a unique path.
The body will re-organise when it feels safe. Our deepest foundation is compassion, to help you stop consuming programs, diets, and treatments from disembodied fear. To instead approach your body and all parts of you with compassion and curiosity. There is nothing to achieve with us.
Our practices are focused on building a trusting relationship with your mind and body, not dominating them. There is no right way. There is no best way. We will help you find your way. Each person is unique and so we do not prescribe a set program. You have choice and agency here.
Chronic fatigue
Anxiety
Depression
Chronic Pain
Environmental Sensitivities
Fibromyalgia
Burnout
Post Viral Syndromes
Often in fight/flight/freeze
Trauma/CPTSD
Digestive issues/IBS
Poor self-relationship
Environmental illnesses
Loss of resilience
Neuroscience research has shown that these conditions involve a chronic stress response, which can keep the brain, body and mind in a loop of chronic illness and failure to thrive.
Fortunately, via our innate ability to harness neuroplasticity (the brain and nervous system’s ability to change and adapt due to new experience and learning), we can actively guide our brain, mind and body, to empower self-healing in our daily lives.
Medical treated only focus only on physical symptoms—without addressing the brain’s role in keeping these patterns going. That’s why many of us can suffer for many years with a vast array of symptoms like anxiety, pain, chronic fatigue (CFS/ME), loss of resilience, POTS, fibromyalgia, IBS, post viral syndromes like long covid, Post Exertional Malaise (PEM), and food or environmental sensitivities.
We will teach you how your brain protects you with stress responses, how your chronic symptoms are related to brain patterns, and the science and easy practices of neuroplasticity based healing,
From compassion and curiosity about ourselves, we can become our own medicine. You do no need to struggle or work harder to heal. Our community offers time, space, support, and deep expertise.
Nature does not hurry so neither should we. Our membership is annual, so there is no pressure for results and plenty of space to unfold. The cost is low at $379 a year to due our trauma-informed commitment as an organisation, which honours accessibility as a cornerstone of individual and community healing.
We believe healing comes from building trusting reciprocal relationships with ourselves, our bodies, each other and our beautiful home planet that gives us life.
We educate first so that you know you are not broken an an heal, and then teach simple evidence-based mind-body practices that are easy to integrate into life, that have empowered hundreds of people we work with to self-heal.
You can do each class in the order they are set or choose your own adventure. Not everyone needs everything. We will help you find what feels good to your unique mind-body being. Simple daily practices, over time, change lives.
We offer self-paced online learning, live classes ,masterclasses from visiting experts, and spaces to connect with others like you. We encourage humour, play and no achievement focus.
Our articles are designed to educate and empower you and are rooted in our biopsychosocialspiritual approach to health and growth. Psychoeducation is an evidence-based part of recovery from mental health challenges, trauma, and chronic illness.
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