Resource: Guided Meditations for Alternative Pain Relief

A collection of free, guided meditations from around the web to help you cope with pain. Styles included: insight meditation, yoga nidra, seated T’ai Chi, and seated Qigong

Resource: Homemade BB Cream and Foundation

Recipes to create cheap, non-toxic beauty products including BB cream (tinted moisturiser with some sun protection factor), foundation, bronzer and facial oils.

Resource: Easy Haircare for the Chronically Ill

Blog post with tips on how to spend fewer spoons of energy on haircare, including a haircut in just one snip of the scissors. Also ideas on natural options which are good for people with multiple chemical sensitivity.

Resource: Essential Oils List for ME

A very brief summary of the reported properties of oils which may be useful for chronic illness.

Resource: Aromatherapy for Spoonies

I have no expectation of being Cured through aromatherapy. However, I have found that some oils help with some some symptoms. Recipes can also have a synagistic effect and so I’ve written up a few that I use below. You may also want to read this review and this list of essential oil properties. It isn’t free but some of the oils are £1 on ebay and last a long time (use this search to find them). You don’t have to use every oil in the recipe. The first 5 oils I’d buy would be: grapefruit, rosemary, basil, clary sage and lavender (≅£7).