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What grounding is, what it does to the nervous system, and my own experience with earthing products while bedbound.

What the vagus nerve controls, which three states polyvagal theory describes and how you influence your nervous system through breathing.

Your baseline has three parts: physical, cognitive and emotional. Why emotional exertion can hardly be measured and how to plan it into your pacing.

The lowest point is not the most dangerous day in a crash. Why the first better morning decides whether the push-crash cycle continues, and what helps in those days.

Because PEM arrives with a delay, a symptom diary is one of the most valuable tools: it connects reactions to triggers and helps you find your baseline.

A crash can happen despite all your care. Five steps that give you something to hold on to: rest, calming the nervous system, self-compassion and understanding what happened.

PEM (post-exertional malaise) is the core symptom of ME/CFS: a worsening that often arrives only 24 to 72 hours after exertion. What triggers PEM and how to spot your patterns.

Five things people close to someone with ME/CFS or Long Covid should know, and what actually helps.

What pacing means, why it is so hard, and how the Positive Pacing method helps you stay inside your baseline.

The baseline is the space in which your body stays stable. How to find it: documenting, measuring pulse, oxygen and time, and reading your patterns.