Stress Management Lessons and Practice Videos

Hello, my name is Susan Masterson and I am a mom of a boisterous little girl, a wife, writer, and a total research nerd with a PhD in Health Psychology - living with a chronic illness.

For much of my life I had a combination of symptoms that no doctors realized were all connected in one underlying disease. It all finally made sense when I was diagnosed with Sjogren's in 2017.

But for years before that, I thought my symptoms were "in my head", blamed myself for feeling rotten, and tried to "lifestyle my way" into feeling better.

- I tried eating the "perfect", healthy diet.

- I tried exercising vigorously to get more energy.

- I was obsessed with getting enough sleep.

After my diagnosis, I finally understood that my body is different. Once and for all I gave myself permission to stop pressuring myself to "feel normal" and recognized that what I was doing was in fact, making me worse.

I do still believe that healthy lifestyle/self-care habits are necessary, but when you're living with a chronic illness, you have to tailor your approach to your body.

I want to bring you what I've learned about how food, exercise, and stress relate to autoimmune diseases, so you can avoid spinning your wheels like I did.

With my background in health/medical psychology plus what I've figured out from experience, you can benefit from what I know.

My courses and workshops will help you (in your partnership with your doctor) identify the lifestyle plan that will work best with your medical treatment - to make you feel better.