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Health Boost membership -Transforming adversity into resilience.
Who is it for?
If you're living with the daily health challenges of Energy-limiting conditions and seeking simple steps to navigate your wellness journey, all techniques have been designed by individuals who share your conditions and have a deep understanding of your needs. This memebership is for you!
What can I access on this site?
Access to resources in bite-sized chunks that are easy to manage to help you with your wellness journey.
Monthly online peer-led support group Tuesdays 2 pm-3 pm focused on how to craete more health and wellnesss .People who attend our peer support groups have found the experiences of others who’ve had similar experiences beneficial.
Access to meditation and relaxation audios to give a boost to your multiple body systems.
Access to weekly virtual live relaxation sessions.
Access to a WhatsApp and Facebook group where you can get support from your peers.
What are some of the techniques on this membership site?
We have developed a mindfulness education program to build mental resilience and offer coping strategies to encourage positive choices.
Self-management techniques about planning, pacing and prioritising from an expert-by-experience that will help avoid the ‘boom and bust'.
Encouraging our community to advocate for themselves on their health journey.
Meditation and breathing exercises: If you’re new to meditation, it’s not something strange or anything that involves chanting! It’s about feeling calm and in control, and we can use it to target and influence different areas of the body. Our techniques are suitable for people of all faiths and none.
We support, empower, and assist our community on their health journey.
What symptoms does this help?
We’ve seen significant improvements in various symptoms among those who have been through the programme. This progress not only enhances well-being but also boosts mental health, anxiety, and emotional stability, instilling a sense of hope and optimism.
I'm not sure about the course and if it's for me?
That’s ok, we understand. That’s why we’re holding a series of taster sessions throughout March and April 2025. To book a place on the online contact Karen@brainhealthbreakthrough.co.uk
How much time will it take each week?
The material will be released each week in small bite-sized chunks, and you will be encouraged to integrate these practices daily into your daily rest breaks routine.
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What benefits can I expect
You can expect to feel much calmer and in control of your recovery. You’ll also have a set of tools to continue to use and implement, as well as support from the group. then, of course, there’s the physical and emotional benefits too. Members of our community also support each other to be empowered in advocating their needs to employers, health professionals, friends, and family. We have evidence of increasing confidence, independence, and techniques at hand to regulate your nervous system and manage anxiety.
Why Us?
All our digital resources have been developed alongside our beneficiaries, who live with the daily challenges of an energy-limiting condition.
Your monthly memebrship fee will help us make a positive impact in the community. We appreciate the support!
About Brain Health Breakthrough
Brain Health Breakthrough CIC was established in 2018 and is an experience-led organisation. We have supported individuals with long-term invisible disabilities since 2019, including those experiencing Long Covid, the impacts of brain injury, and energy-limiting conditions such as ME/CFS.
Our work unites communities by building strong relationships and reducing social isolation and exclusion. We deliver high-quality training and effective peer support, providing somewhere safe to turn and feel truly understood, with tailored interventions that meet individual needs.
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AdviCe From members
Rest before you get fatigued
“Convalescence is a full-time job!”
Slow down and rest before you get fatiuged. Even on good days, pace yourself. .
“Convalescence is a full-time job!”
“Convalescence is a full-time job!”
Convalescence is the most important thing. Rest and don't push yourself.
Benefits of peer support
Benefits of peer support
Get peer support through support groups. It really helps to not be going through it alone.
Client Love
Client feedback
Client feedback
Client feedback
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⭐ Karen is phenomenal. Her toolkit of strategies is tried, tested, and effective. She has supported me recently, and I have more energy, drive, motivation and things are taking off in a new career direction. Practical and pragmatic, she doesn't just talk the talk, she walks the walk! Friends, even if you don't link up with her, please feel free to share this. Kathryn Williams ⭐
Client feedback
Client feedback
Client feedback
⭐I can highly recommend the BHB course with Karen, it has been pivotal in my continued healing process. The friendships and support I have formed have been fundamental in maintaining my mental health . I can highly recommend the investment! ⭐Saskia
Client Feedback
Client feedback
Client Feedback
⭐I have been attending Karen's coaching sessions for 18 months now and I look forward to them every fortnight. Karen's sessions have given me a sense of community and a compass point from which to navigate and get my bearings. Her guidance feels intuitive and relevant and her audios are bespoke to us as individuals weaving together common threads, images and goals to create a collective experience. I leave Karen's sessions feeling restored and refreshed.⭐ Eleanor
included in the memberSHIP
Monthly Peer Support
Tools, tips and techniques
Tools, tips and techniques
Be with people in a similar situation and receive peer support.
Tools, tips and techniques
Tools, tips and techniques
Tools, tips and techniques
To help you self-manage your symtoms and navage your recovery path.
Digital resources
Tools, tips and techniques
Digital resources
Access to bespoke digital resources guided videos, and relaxing audios.
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Jane's Story
Age 48.
I had various pre-existing health conditions: hypermobility spectrum disorder, ADHD, mild asthma, ectopic heartbeats, thyroidectomy due to previous thyroid disease.
My main covid symptoms were sore throat and throat swelling, cough, significant breathing difficulties unlike my usual asthma and not relieved by inhalers, hoarse voice, muscle weakness, tinnitus, some fatigue, and dry, sore bloodshot eyes, and in the early weeks I also had high blood pressure and tachycardia. I had one visit to A&E three weeks after starting with symptoms.
How Life is Now
As my breathing has improved, my energy and concentration have also improved. I sleep better. I have learned to be more relaxed and waste less energy. My peak flow measurements that are used to monitor my asthma started to consistently improve from four months after getting ill, around the time I started doing the meditations. I had a significant general improvement around five months. I have felt most well in the weeks when I have consistently practised the meditations every day. I am getting more work done, and am able to use my voice for longer before it gets fatigued. I feel more confident about being able to cope.
What surprised you about the programme?
I was amazed at the noticeable improvements in my breathing after each meditation. I did not expect to get such dramatic improvements. I have renewed confidence that I have the tools to recover fully.
Best piece of advice?
Convalescence is the most important thing. Rest and don't push yourself. Even on good days, pace yourself. Get peer support through support groups. It really helps to not be going through it alone.
The impact Covid had
Covid had a huge impact on my life. My lung function was so affected I struggled to manage a ten minute walk at a very slow pace. I was so out of breath I had to lie down after going upstairs. I have struggled to do basic tasks. The muscle weakness and breathing problems were frightening, took all my attention, and affected my sleep. I continued working part-time from home as I am self-employed, but had to slow down and was not able to do everything I normally do. I could do some written work, but was unable to talk much due to the breathing problems. Five months after getting ill was a turning point when I felt significant improvement.
Most beneficial part of the programme
Breathing improvements were measurable by comparing my peak flow readings before and after each meditation. I also had significant stress reduction and better sleep. I have felt supported by taking part and it has helped me to feel more positive and empowered.
A bit about me
Karen Haworth Founder Brain Health Beakthrough CIC
Alongside my credentials of having experienced Covid-19, and knowing first-hand how it side-swipes you, your life and the ‘normal’ you, I have various other qualifications.
I have a BA Hons in Education and Professional Development–in terms of why that is relevant, I know about the best ways to learn and teach. I’m also pretty savvy and results-focused. This is about impact and results for me, not something ‘nice and fluffy’–it has to work.
In my 20 years of experience in work, I’ve spent five years designing and running meditation groups. I’ve also been a therapist and worked in education for adult health and social care. I set up the CIC, Brain Health Breakthrough in 2018 and work as tirelessly as I can to help people who’ve had a brain injury enjoy life. Sometimes that’s with work experience, sometimes that’s coping with the impact a brain injury has. I extended this work to help unpaid carers as they also experience issues that can be treated through meditation. During this time I contracted Covid, and have been investigating how to manage thisever since; honing the meditations and approach to create the 8 week course you see here
interesting facts
Qualifications:
BA Hons Education and Professional Development
Diploma in Transformational Therapy
RapidTransformational Therapist
Licenced Peak State Therapist
Certificate in Education
A1 Assessors Award: Health and Social Care
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Meet the Team
Jane Colbourne Co-facilitator
Jane is a Long Covid survivor and co-facilitator for the Brain Health Breakthrough Long Covid support groups. She is also an events producer, performance poet, and freelance writer on science, nature & culture. She has past experience in complementary therapies, care work and tuition.
Cara Rimmer Co-facilator
Long Covid since April 2020
In July I joined the team at Brain Health Breakthrough as a Peer Support Facilitator.
Previously worked as a support worker for people with learning difficulties/disabilities and Mental Health in educational and private settings.
My passion is supporting individuals to reach their full potential by working with them to remove barriers, promote independence and enrichment in order for them to feel empowered.
Susannah Longworth - Volunteer Coordinator
Susannah brings a wealth of experience in addressing complex health needs, particularly in the context of person-centered and integrative therapy. She is an expert by experience, having navigated and overcome similar challenges in her own life.
Susannah is a qualified, person-centered, and integrative therapy counsellor. Her previous experience on placement with Brain Health Breakthrough in 2022 has equipped her with valuable insights and skills, making her a trusted member of our team.
As a new addition to the team, Susannah joined us in January 2024. She plays a crucial role in overseeing counsellors from Blackburn University who are on placement with us, enabling Brain Health Breakthrough CIC to offer vital one-to-one counselling to our community groups.
Susannah also oversees volunteers across all our programs and helps us increase our capacity to take on volunteers within Brain Health Breakthrough CIC.
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