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Alexandra Stenson

Alexandra Stenson

Fibromyalgia advocate and pain support group facilitator, UK-based HR professional (HMRC Social Mobility Lead), guest on The Conditions for Recovery Podcast.

Sep 29, 2026

43:34
It's like challenging, is this accurate or is this a thought that is adjacent to how I'm feeling currently? And recognizing that those two things are not the same thing.
43:44
That was the biggest part of my journey.
43:46
It really was a mental health journey and retraining my thinking and mindset journey as much as it was a physical one.
43:54
I spoke earlier about the physical interventions mixed with, don't know what else to call it other than brain training, of a whole subject matter that I'd previously completely wafted off.
44:06
I'd had mindfulness, affirmations, meditation, things like that floated my way or really heavily sold my way in my earlier years throughout things like uni and in my working life, and just completely, to be honest, been closed-minded, judgy of others that did it.
44:23
Oh, that's woo woo.
44:24
I've been brought up in a very hard, strong, keep calm, carry on, don't buy into that rubbish.

18 MINS LATER

62:50
Absolutely.

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