Going Our Own Pace Crew
Gentle support, powerful tools, and a community for life with chronic illness.
Chronic pain. Fatigue. Insomnia. Brain fog. You don’t have to navigate it alone — or do it the hard way.
💛 Why Join?
You’re not just getting access — you’re becoming part of something meaningful.
Your membership directly funds:
- The Finding My Own Pace book + audiobook series
- Chronic illness-friendly fiction with real representation
- Free tools for the wider chronic illness community
You’re helping me create resources by someone who gets it — for all of us going our own pace.
✨ What You’ll Receive
🌱 Restore
- NEW: Rest Yoga Toolkit ($49 value!)
- Gentle yoga classes & yoga nidra meditations
- Sleep resources to help calm your system naturally
📖 Reflect
- Full Library of Chronic Illness Tools (worksheets, trackers, printables)
- Symptom logs & pain plans that work with your energy
- New tools added regularly — including member requests
- Behind-the-scenes updates and reflections
💞 Reclaim
- First access to Finding My Own Pace audiobook episodes
- Cozy fiction stories featuring chronically ill main characters - get a behind-the-scenes look at my fiction process — including sneak peeks at upcoming stories, early chapters, and exclusive extras like deleted scenes or character letters. These are cozy, hopeful stories where chronic illness is seen and represented with care.
- The chance to shape upcoming tools & stories
- Representation, support, and kindness — all in one place
🎧 NEW: Finding My Own Pace Audiobook Series
Members get early access to each episode before it launches to the public — plus bonus reflections and tools that pair with the story.
“Thanks for your generosity in sharing all this info which can’t be found anywhere else.” - A chronic illness fighter
Choose Your Membership Plan
Whether you join monthly or annually, your support helps create resources and stories for the chronic illness community — tools, hope, and representation for those of us living life at our own pace.
Going Our Own Pace Crew- monthly
$10
per month
💛 Going Our Own Pace Crew — Monthly
✔️ Unlimited access to the full Library of Resources
✔️ Gentle yoga classes & meditations
✔️ Pain management plans & symptom logs
✔️ Early access to new resources I create
✔️ Exclusive updates & behind-the-scenes notes
✔️ Early access to the Finding My Own Pace audiobook series
✔️ Help fund free resources for the chronic illness community
✔️ Unlimited access to the full Library of Resources
✔️ Gentle yoga classes & meditations
✔️ Pain management plans & symptom logs
✔️ Early access to new resources I create
✔️ Exclusive updates & behind-the-scenes notes
✔️ Early access to the Finding My Own Pace audiobook series
✔️ Help fund free resources for the chronic illness community
💡 Your membership isn’t just access — it’s impact.
Every new member helps me:
✔️ Develop more tools for daily life with illness
✔️ Write stories where we’re seen
✔️ Share healing practices without hustle or pressure
In addition to exclusive updates you get...
- Sleep Better Worksheet Kit
- Yoga Nidra meditations
- Yoga classes
- Pain Management Plan Worksheet Kit
- Daily Symptom Logs
- and more as I add (including member requests)
The current value (if you purchased these resource separately is more than what you pay for any plan). I've got so many ideas for resources - I can't wait to share.
“I really love everything that you have for all of us suffering from this painful life we live.” - A chronic illness fighter
Who are you?
Hi! I’m Melissa — mama of four, writer, yoga and meditation teacher, and passionate advocate for living well with chronic illness.
For nearly a decade, I’ve been sharing my journey toward better wellness despite chronic pain, fatigue, and insomnia on my blog and YouTube channel.
After 20 years of unexplained symptoms, I finally discovered I have hypermobility spectrum disorder, along with ME/CFS and endometriosis.
Over the past 10 years, I’ve moved from moderate-to-severe symptoms down to mostly mild ones. Along the way, I’ve created and shared a wealth of free resources — from yoga classes and meditations to worksheets, courses, and books — all designed to help you feel more supported and less overwhelmed.
Here, you can dip in at your own pace, picking the tools and practices that work best for you. Through exclusive updates, I share the latest insights from my research and personal experiments — everything I’ve learned through a decade of deep exploration.
And, if you love a touch of magic in your life, you might enjoy glimpses into my slightly magical fiction world of Cassia Moonglen — cozy stories where chronic illness meets a sprinkle of the supernatural.
I can’t wait to share it all with you.
FAQs
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NOPE!! I offer my experience and guidance in starting self-care, lifestyle interventions, working through sleep and pain management. Starting my favourite practice for so many things - Yoga Nidra. And much more.
I've been doing this journey for over 20 years. In the past 10 I've learnt so much, and developed so many resources, this is a bundle of my best work for you. The magic, if any, is you taking the tools and using them (and them helping).
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📚 Library of Resources
Worksheets, eBooks, classes, trainings, and more — carefully designed for real life with chronic illness.
🎧 Gentle Yoga Classes & Yoga Nidra Meditations
Practical tools for calming your nervous system, easing pain, and improving sleep.
📝 Pain Management Plans & Symptom Logs
Track, manage, and understand your symptoms with ease — even on tough days.
💌 First Look at New Resources
Be the first to access every new tool I create for chronic illness management.
🤝 Support the Creation of Free Resources
Your membership helps fund free tools and information for others in the chronic illness community.
💬 Exclusive Member Updates
Behind-the-scenes notes, early access, and personal updates from me, Melissa Reynolds (Author of Fibromyalgia Won’t Win).
🎧 NEW: Early Access to the Finding My Own Pace Audiobook Series
Members will receive first access to each episode of the Finding My Own Pace audiobook — complete with bonus resources and early looks at the manuscript before public release on YouTube.
Be part of the journey and help shape the final series with your feedback!
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You retain access for as long as you are a member. Much of the content is immediately downloadable, so you will keep that forever.
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My resources are created for people with chronic pain and chronic fatigue. This spans many conditions. None of my work is meant to diagnose or treat conditions. It is supplementary and supportive to the work you do with your doctor.
If your doctor says to start doing yoga, I can help you do that.
When you need information to take to your doctor to let them know if something is working, the worksheets help you to do that.
Simple lifestyle changes can support our conditions and I provide guidance on that.
Nothing supersedes what your medical team tells you. But it may help you to advocate for better help!
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Have a look through the "products" bundled together. There's the "membership" where you will receive your posts/updates. The "library" where you will get a heap of resources. And I'll add courses/products along the way. You'll find it all in your student portal.
Start small and go slow. There's no rush.
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As much of the content is instantly downloadable, I cannot offer refunds. There is absolutely sure to be many things here that will support you in your journey. You may unsubscribe at any time and you will lose access.
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This is the consolidation of my previous membership group offered through Patreon. It was messy though, I'd do posts through Patreon. Then give access to the resources through Payhip (this platform) and it got messy and tricky.
This is a simple way to share the journey together and give you all the resources I want to. In a super affordable manner.
💛 Your Support Makes This Possible
The Going Our Own Pace Crew helps me create more resources for the chronic illness community — including:
→ The Finding My Own Pace audiobook and book series
→ Fiction books featuring chronically ill characters and cozy, hopeful stories
With enough support, I’ll be able to focus even more time on both — offering stories and resources that help us feel seen, understood, and encouraged.
When you join the Crew, you’re not just accessing resources for yourself — you’re helping shape the future of this work for everyone.
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What are the free resources the crew supports?
- YouTube channel with over 400 videos on all sorts of topics related to living as well as possible with chronic pain and fatigue.
- Including the free Finding My Own Pace audiobook series
- Gentle yoga classes
- Training and workshops
- Support, encouragement, and hope
- Free downloads
- Introduction to Fibromyalgia
- What is Hypermobility
- Free meditations
- Free gentle yoga class
- How to start a movement practice with ME/CFS
- Your Can Do List (NEW)
- Make Meals Easier (NEW)
- and more
Your support also helps me create low-cost/accessible resources such as
- Comprehensive guides and worksheets like
- Take Back Your Energy Pacing Plan
- Pain Management Micro Course
- LDN e-Book
- and much more
- Books and journals that support us in living with chronic pain and fatigue
- My Mama Has Fibromyalgia
- My Mama Has ME/CFS
- Finding My Own Pace (work in progress)
- Mindfully Yours, Ella (fictional representation of fibromyalgia)
- My Ultimate Symptom Tracker