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Using practices from occupational therapy, Dr Wendy Bryant’s Rest-Do Days is a must-read for those who are struggling to navigate living with long-term chronic fatigue.
In short, “a rest-do day is a practical approach to living with fatigue”, informed by Bryant’s own experience of living with a chronic illness, and by her work as an occupational therapist. At its heart is a sense that the author is very much sharing her own experiences, then offering practical ways her findings might be adapted to readers’ personal situations.
Adaptation is also the key to this “rest-do” approach — in Bryant’s words, “By attending to my everyday activities and making continuous small changes, at my own pace, rest-do days have meant that I can find ways of living with my fatigue”.
Packed with practical advice, and worksheets that invite readers to figure out their personal journey through fatigue (for example, “what helps me balanced?”, what it means to feel supported, what rest means, and how to identify your “sensory profile”), Rest-Do Days is thoroughly fascinating as it provides a valuable framework for living with chronic fatigue.
Joanne Owen
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Rest-Do Days: How to live with fatigue and get things done Synopsis
The practical guide to pacing, using occupational therapy principles to live well with long-term chronic fatigue.
A practical guide to finding a balance between resting and doing so that readers can recharge their energy levels and also do the things that are important to them. Using concepts from occupational therapy about pacing, occupational balance and creativity in everyday life, this approach is based on Wendy Bryant's professional experience as an occupational therapist and her personal experience of living with chronic illness through which she has learned how to adapt her rest-activity balance, keeping an eye on what (or who) is controlling her decisions and focusing on doing what's important and satisfying in her life. The book is not a quick-fix but includes ways to think about what is most important and satisfying for the individual reader each day so they can work with their own situation as it changes. It is aimed particularly at sufferers from degenerative diseases that involve high levels of cyclical fatigue with no expectation of cure, including multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, vasculitis, Parkinson's and any other chronic autoimmune disease.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781781612316 |
| Publication date: |
1st November 2024 |
| Author: |
Wendy Bryant |
| Publisher: |
Hammersmith Health Books |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
288 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Health & Fitness
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About Wendy Bryant
Dr Wendy Bryant MSc PhD PGCertLTHE DipCOT began her practice as an occupational therapist in 1984 and has worked across a range of health and social care settings, then becoming an academic in 2003, first at Brunel University and then at the University of Essex. She retired from clinical practice in 2018 but continues to teach and was awarded a Fellowship by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists in 2021. She is one of the three Editors of the latest edition of Creek’s Occupational Therapy and Mental Health (Elsevier).
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