74: Managing chronic illness (Personal, Emotional, Social) | Joelle Prevost

Are you someone who is having trouble managing through the personal, emotional, and social aspects of a chronic illness? Joelle Prevost, a registered Counsellor from British Columbia, Canada discusses strategies and her new workbook of how to deal with these factors. We also discuss how families and friends of those surrounding someone with a chronic illness can support their loved ones. Workbook: https://a.co/d/1kjOC5H -- Joelle Prevost holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology, is a registered clinical counselor (British Columbia Association of Clinical Counsellors), has a teaching degree, and has her own personal experience with chronic illness as she was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis in 2011. In private practice, Prevost works with individuals experiencing communication challenges, anxiety, trauma, and, of course, chronic illness. In her spare time, she writes music, makes cold-process soap, plays pool, and enjoys hanging out with her cat and dog in her native British Columbia, Canada. For more information, visit www.JLPrevost.com.   Chapters: 00:00-Intro 02:16-Managing Personal, Emotional and Social Aspects of Chronic Illness 09:45-Setting boundaries - Joelle’s 3rd book 14:45-Setting boundaries at work versus personal life 18:00-3 aspects of chronic illness 24:50-Relationship challenges and chronic illness 30:15-Being forced to deal with personal, emotional, and social aspects 32:00-Having a balanced attitude 34:00-Joelle’s YouTube channel 35:00-What is chronic illness? 37:40-People who don’t have chronic illness want it to have a finish line 41:32-Coaching family members on how to support those with chronic illness 44:18-Supporting children with chronic illness 47:35-Don’t you want to get better? 51:10-Loneliness and chronic illness 57:08-Social media comments to create connection 01:00:20-Adult bullying 01:06:15-How to talk to an adult bully? 01:08:20-Joelle’s curiosities 01:10:20-Are there things about people that get you frustrated? 01:12:45-Online counselling 01:18:40-Inside Out 2 01:19:30-Wrap-up