The Gentle Energy Reset

Living with limited energy can affect far more than your plans. It can change your confidence, relationships, working life and sense of who you are—and leave you feeling guilty about the rest you need.

The Gentle Energy Reset is a compassionate reflection workbook for people living with ME/CFS, chronic fatigue or limited energy.

Created by Linda Woodford, a professional and personal coach who lives with ME/CFS, it offers space to explore what matters to you, recognise your needs and consider what support could make everyday life more manageable.

Inside, you’ll find seven gentle sections exploring:

- Recognising physical, mental, emotional, social and sensory energy demands.

- Making flexible plans around changing capacity.

- Resting without feeling you have to earn it.

- Communicating limits and asking for practical help.

- Adjusting expectations while making room for hope.

- Reflecting on identity, work and relationships.

- Checking in with your energy and wellbeing without pressure or progress scores.

Short reflections sit alongside practical worksheets, adaptable boundary phrases and reusable check-in pages.

Use a little. Skip a lot. Return when it suits you.

There are no deadlines, daily challenges or expectations to complete every page. Answer one question, write a few words or simply read—whatever feels manageable.

What you’ll receive

- A 36-page PDF workbook.

- 64 fillable spaces for typing your reflections digitally.

- Printable worksheets and reusable check-in pages.

- A calm cream, sage and forest-green design.

This is a digital download; no physical product will be sent. You can print the pages you need or complete them using a PDF app that supports fillable forms. Form support varies between apps.

Please note: This workbook supports reflection. It is not medical advice, a treatment programme or a personalised pacing plan, and it does not promise recovery. Its brief medical overview references NICE guidance, but the workbook has not been clinically reviewed. “Reset” means pausing to reconsider expectations—not resetting your body or restoring your energy.

For personal use only.

You don’t have to earn rest, justify your limits or turn every better day into a productive one.