Fatigue - Friend or Foe?

What if fatigue isn't simply something to fight - but something worth understanding?

Fatigue is one of the most common human experiences, yet it can also be one of the most difficult to explain.

For some people, it follows a busy day, a period of stress or a poor night's sleep. For others, fatigue becomes a persistent companion, affecting work, relationships, concentration, physical activity and everyday life.

In Fatigue - Friend or Foe?, Yvette Pelser combines lived experience with accessible science to explore what fatigue is, why it happens and what our bodies may be trying to tell us.

From the way our bodies produce and use energy to the effects of sleep, stress, illness, emotional demands and recovery, this book explores the many factors that can influence how energetic - or exhausted - we feel.

It also looks more closely at fatigue associated with cancer, ME/CFS, post-infectious illness, neurological conditions and other long-term health conditions, alongside the impact of work, caring responsibilities, nutrition, hydration and sustainable movement.

Rather than offering miracle cures or one-size-fits-all solutions, Fatigue - Friend or Foe? encourages a different approach: curiosity.

Why am I feeling this way?
What might be influencing my energy?
Do I need more recovery - or does something need further investigation?

Because fatigue does not always mean that the body is failing.

Sometimes it may be responding exactly as it is designed to respond.

Perhaps the question isn't simply how we fight fatigue, but what our fatigue may be trying to tell us.