The podcast for people living with chronic illness who are ready to get back in control and thrive. If you’re stuck in an endless cycle of managing symptoms and chronic illness burnout, I’m going to show you that better days are within reach.

More Better Days teaches you how to get your mind on board as your greatest ally in your wellness journey:

• We’ll explore how developing resilience skills can radically transform your daily quality of life 
• You’ll learn how to turn down the volume on symptoms by tapping into the power of the mindbody connection through self awareness, brain training, and habit change 
• You’ll also get the inside scoop on my favorite life coaching skills, because let’s face it–chronic illness doesn’t exist in a bubble. The way we manage our mind and manage our life impacts how we feel in our body, and vice versa

Are you ready to show up for the challenge of getting the most out of this one wild and precious life of yours? Press play, and let’s do it together. 

I’m your host, Mischa Delaney. I’m a certified life coach and Mindbody Syndrome practitioner. I have a BA in Psychology, and a MA from Naropa University, the nation’s leader in contemplative education. More importantly, I’m a chronic illness warrior that found the secret to breaking the cycle of pain, debilitating fatigue, and brain fog that was keeping my life limited and unfulfilling. I’ll offer you safety, support, and humor as you embark on the journey of caring for your mind along with your body.

Visit www.morebetterdayspodcast.com for my free Better Day Breakthrough Workbook and follow me on Instagram at @mischadelaney for weekly tips on how to build your mindbody resilience.

Welcome to the very first episode of More Better Days. This is a podcast about learning how to thrive alongside chronic illness. To kick off the whole podcast, I’m going to use this first episode to tell you about me, my mission, and how mindbody resilience work can impact your life. 

While each of our bodies and experiences are different, I’ve found some universal wisdoms about healing that everyone can benefit from.

1. Well-being isn’t a destination. It’s a full journey of a lifetime.
2. Your mind can serve as your greatest ally or your biggest roadblock in your healing journey.
3. Chronic disease and healing don’t exist in a bubble. Every element of life influences our experience.
4. Have the courage to own your shit and take responsibility.

True healing happens when we acknowledge the complexity of the mind-body system and how it’s tied to the complexity of being human. Once you start seeing the results of mind-body coaching in relation to chronic illness, you’ll have more time, energy, and motivation to build the life you’ve been dreaming of.

What does living a vibrant and fulfilling life mean to you? Take a moment to envision yourself taking the steps to create momentum in your wellness journey. How would your life look and feel different from how it is now?

Download Your Free Mindbody Resilience Resource at: www.morebetterdayspodcast.com

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Today we’re really going to dive in, my friend. I want to talk to you about what it means to start taking responsibility for the role you play in your own suffering, and how mindbody resilience work is an act of love and compassion toward ourselves. I’m going to get really vulnerable and share about one of my lowest points in my journey, how I pulled myself out of the darkness, and how it was the catalyst to me learning how to thrive. 

We’ll talk about cultivating self awareness, and the number one mindset that often sneaks into our minds and gets in the way of accessing our empowerment. That’s right, we’re gonna talk about victim mentality, what it is, what it is not, and destigmatize it. 

I’ll give you tips on how to identify when victim mentality has snuck into your perspective on chronic illness, and give you an exercise you can use as the first step to letting it go. Note: this episode includes a discussion about suicide ideation.

Your assignment for this week is to take the role of the watcher. Become a non judgemental observer of your thoughts and feelings. Notice them, acknowledge them, then let them pass. 

Download Your Free Mindbody Resilience Resource at: www.morebetterdayspodcast.com

Follow me and say hello on Instagram at @mischadelaney

Learn more about my work at www.mischadelaney.com 

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: call or text 988 or 1-800-273-8255 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

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Today we’re talking about the next step in getting unstuck–and that’s adopting a growth mindset! 

This is where things get exciting–the process I’m going to teach you today can be really fun and rewarding. I’m going to give you a three step process to shifting your worldview by adopting a growth mindset, and some neuroscience behind why it works.

First, defining mindset: a mindset is a set of beliefs and attitudes that you have about the world that influences the emotions you feel and the actions you take in response. Most of these were developed in childhood, and need to shift as you grow and experience life.

Imagine that your mindset is like a garden. Here are 3 steps to cultivating a growth mindset:

1. Become the watcher.
2. Become the detective. 
3. Become the cheerleader.

Your brain is always trying to conserve energy, so the changes won’t happen on their own. Notice the wins, prioritizing process and progress and congratulate yourself for that. Discover the power of “yet.”

Download Your Free Mindbody Resilience Resource at: www.morebetterdayspodcast.com

Follow me and say hello on Instagram at @mischadelaney 

Learn more about my work at www.mischadelaney.com 

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Autumn is my favorite time of year. The sun is shining and there’s a crispness in the air, but I’ve had a challenging week. With all the work I’ve been doing and all the ideas flowing through my mind, my sleep has been disrupted and I managed to seriously throw my back out just from sleeping in weird positions. Managing the acute pain from that and still trying to get my work done has been a challenge.

However, I have found that I’ve built a resilience that allowed me to heal, rest, reflect, and still get things done. Resilience is the ability to navigate, adapt, and learn from adversity and challenging circumstances. It's also the ability to maintain and return to a baseline that is both emotionally and physically functional.

• Resilience is acceptance. There will be challenges, and they are natural and expected.
• Resilience is intentional love and acceptance of yourself.
• Emotional and physical resilience work together to form mindbody resilience.

Mindbody resilience is the combination of your body’s natural physical resilience and your intentional emotional resilience that you can cultivate. Together they create a positive feedback loop that supports each other.

In this episode, I will teach you some basics for how to build your emotional resilience and start to rewire your brain’s stress response.

Download the free Better Day Workbook at: www.morebetterdayspodcast.com

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Learn more about my work at www.mischadelaney.com 

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Something that I find really interesting about humans is that we crave newness and Novelty but we're also really scared of change and uncertainty–it’s a huge contradiction. What I love about thought work is that we get to observe those contradictions and choose what we want to do about them. We want our life to be different, but we don’t want to take the action necessary to create change. 

When you feel stuck, your life is in a state of stagnation–you’re not growing, you’re not trying new things, you’ve gotten comfortable with the status quo and aren’t motivated enough to really shift it. The #1 reason people get stuck is that they don’t know how to manage their relationship with discomfort. You get to choose between the discomfort of being stuck and the discomfort of growth. This topic is something that’s discussed a lot in personal growth and success, but I think it’s an especially juicy topic for those of us who live with chronic medical conditions. That’s because our circumstances and medical conditions are a reliable and constant source of discomfort, so we are more familiar with being uncomfortable than your average bear. You might be burnt out by all the discomfort you’ve experienced and just want to be done with it. If that’s how you’re feeling, then this episode is even more relevant for you, because the only way to get relief is to shift the way you perceive and think about this topic.

Get intentional about doing the things that your future self will thank you for. Get out there this week and do something uncomfortable on purpose! Let me know how it goes by sending me a message on Instagram at @mischadelaney.

Download the free Better Day Workbook at: www.morebetterdayspodcast.com

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Today I want to talk to you about unleashing radical wellbeing by unlearning perfectionism. If you’re feeling stuck and want to make progress in your life, make sure you pay attention because today’s conversation might just be exactly what you need to hear to start breaking free from perfectionistic thinking. Many of us have bought into the fantasy that perfectionism will keep us safe. But in reality, perfectionism is a flimsy armor at best, it’s a mask that gives a false sense of safety. 

Perfectionism is how we try to avoid and minimize shame, judgment, and blame. I think this comes up as a coping mechanism with chronic illness often because we are encountering both external and internalized ableism. We associate health with being good and sickness with being bad. Our society not so subtly teaches us to believe that health is something that is earned through discipline and being a good person. And as a result, if someone is unhealthy or disabled, it must be a result of their own failing and lack of effort. And so we turn to perfectionism in an attempt to reduce the shame of internal and externalized ableism. We hope that if we follow the rules perfectly, we will earn our health and be in good standing with ourselves and others once again. I’ll give you some specific examples of how perfectionism can show up in direct relationship with chronic illness. I’m going to give you two examples so you can start looking for it in your own life, and how to use thought work to begin unlearning perfectionism.

Download the free Better Day Workbook at: www.morebetterdayspodcast.com

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I thought it would be fun to do an episode with my top tips for how to feel less crappy on the hard days, because who doesn’t like easy go-to tips when you’re feeling crappy? Whether you’re experiencing a flare, or catch COVID or the flu this winter, or maybe you’re just having a one off day of feeling crappy, these tips are going to be so helpful. What I love about these tips is you can apply them in your life whether you’re new to thoughtwork or a seasoned pro. You might already know some of these, but I encourage you to really listen because oftentimes the tools and resources that help the most are simple–but they only work if you actually use them, and use them often to make a habit of it. Just because something is common knowledge doesn’t mean you’ve made it a common practice in your life. So I’m breaking these tips down to their basics to make them approachable and doable even when you’re feeling your worst.

Download the free Better Day Workbook at: www.morebetterdayspodcast.com

Follow me and say hello on Instagram at @mischadelaney 

Learn more about my work at www.mischadelaney.com 

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