Resources

We have developed multiple resources to support people affected by MCAS and those caring for people with MCAS. We have guides for work, education, diet, eating out, travelling, wellbeing, symptom tracking and much more. We also have resources for Healthcare Professionals caring and treating those with MCAS. 

Use the tabs at on the yellow box to find the right resources for you. Please let us know if you have suggestions for resources that are missing here

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New to MCAS

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Anaesthetic and Surgical Guide - Planning for surgery for people with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome

We understand that planning for surgery or any procedure requiring anaesthesia can feel daunting when you have MCAS. These situations can bring uncertainty - but with the right preparation and support, they can be managed safely. This guide, developed by members of our Medical Advisory Board, aims to help you feel more confident and informed about what to expect.

MCAS information for PIP assessors

This resource provides assessors with an overview of MCAS, how it affects daily living, and the support individuals may need, helping ensure assessments are safe, fair and based on an understanding of the condition’s fluctuating nature.

Managing MCAS At Christmas

The festive season can be joyful, but for those living with MCAS, it can also bring extra challenges - new foods, busy gatherings, extra stress and exposure to different things. This guide offers practical ideas to help you plan ahead, look after yourself, and enjoy the parts of Christmas that feel right for you.

Quick Guide to MCAS for Loved-Ones

MCAS is a complex condition and can be hard for our loved-ones to understand. However, their support is crucial for us to be able to manage our condition well. This handy Quick Guide to MCAS is designed to help your loved-one understand MCAS and begin to learn how they can help you. Share this with your loved-ones, so that they can easily understand what MCAS is.

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A Quick Guide to MCAS

A handy 2 page Quick Guide to MCAS. An easy to read and understand overview of mast cells, MCAS symptoms, triggers, management, treatment and the histamine bucket theory.

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Nourishing Health and Happiness with MCAS

We have worked with registered dietitian, Chloe Hall, to explore some of the most common diets followed by people with MCAS, and the key nutritional concerns that often arise. In this resource, we’ll look at practical ways to support your diet when living with MCAS.

Building Resilience with MCAS: Self-Care, Sleep, and Emotional Wellbeing Workbook

This workbook is to go alongside the session on Building Resilience with MCAS: Self-Care, Sleep, and Emotional Wellbeing hosted by Rebecca Fredericks.

Seated Pilates Guide

This Seated Pilates guide has been designed especially for those living with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS). Leanne is a Pain-Free Movement Specialist and Pilates Teacher with lived experience of multiple chronic illnesses. To use this guide, you might like to pick out an exercise, try it, see how you feel and then if you have no adverse effects try another.

Speaking to Your GP: Language and Tips for Effective Communication

This guide has been created to help you communicate more confidently and effectively with your GP. It offers practical language suggestions that can help you explain your symptoms, request support, and build a more collaborative relationship, whether you have a confirmed diagnosis or are still seeking answers.

Navigating Diagnosis: Support and Guidance for the MCAS Community

This guide is designed to support individuals in the MCAS community who are navigating the challenges of seeking a diagnosis.

Gratitude Handout

Use this journal however feels right for you. There’s no pressure to write every day or find something profound. Some days, it might be a kind word from a friend, a moment of peace, or simply managing to eat a safe meal. These moments matter. You matter.

Mast Cell Activation Syndrome - A Primary Care Guide

A primary care guide to Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. It outlines common triggers, diagnostic criteria, and key symptom patterns affecting various body systems, helping clinicians recognise and differentiate MCAS from other conditions.

Mandalas Colouring Book with Affirmations

Relaxing and creative activities like mandala colouring can help foster mindfulness and calm a busy mind. Why not spend some time colouring in these beautiful mandalas, drawn by talented Mast Cell Action supporter Ivy Lewis, and lose yourself in your own creative vision. As each colour fills the spaces in this book, may your heart find calm, your mind find focus, and your spirit find strength. You are your own masterpiece.

Arranging education for children who cannot attend school because of health needs

This guidance outlines how local authorities and schools can best support children who cannot attend school because of physical or mental health needs.

Navigating MCAS together - Mast Cell Activation Syndrome Support Guide for Loved Ones

This guide is for those who are supporting a loved-one with MCAS, and includes advice on maintaining your own physical and emotional health, as well as practical guidance on how you can support your loved-one.

Seated Qigong Guide

This is a seated Qigong guide which focusses on posture, Neck, Shoulders and Spine.

Mindfulness, Mindful Breathing and Mast Cells

This guide explains the benefits of Mindfulness and breathwork and provides short exercises to try.

Lotus Flower Breathing

Lotus Flower Breathing is a gentle breathing exercise that helps to calm the nervous system and reduce stress. With thanks to Deborah Bircham from Live Well With Chronic Illness.

Hand Breathing

This simple breathing exercise has been provided to us by Deborah Bircham from Live Well With Chronic Illness.

Lesson Planning Questions for MCAS Considerations

This list can help teachers and other educators to include students living with MCAS, when planning lessons and classroom activities

Supporting Safe Learning for Students with MCAS Full Pack

This full resource pack is designed to help you share vital information about mast cell disorder with schools.

Supporting Safe Learning for Students with MCAS for Teachers

This resource has been designed to explain Mast Cell Activation Syndrome to Teachers and guide them in creating a safe environment for pupils.

Supporting Safe Learning for Students with MCAS

This kit has been specially designed for parents and primary caregivers of secondary school students who have a mast cell disorder, such as Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS).

Knowing our values

Knowing our values is important to help us to achieve fulfilment. Use this guide to help you plan what you need to be doing in order to feel a sense of purpose and fulfilment.

Life Audit

Are you meeting your Core Needs? Conducting a life audit can be an insightful exercise to help you evaluate and enhance your overall wellbeing.

Triggers

This resource details some of the more common triggers of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.

Symptoms of MCAS

This resource details some of the more common symptoms of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Adults

When we experience anxiety or stress, our muscles can tense up. Progressive muscle relaxation can help to alleviate this tension and promote a sense of calm.

MCAS Testing

This leaflet documents some of the tests that may be used to diagnose MCAS and explains how to read the results.

Boom and bust cycle theory for adults

In the world of chronic illness, it's entirely normal to experience both 'good' and 'bad' days. However, if you overexert yourself on the good days, it can lead to an overcompensation of rest on the bad days. Trying to find a smoother path with more balance to your ‘good’ and ‘bad’ days can help to stop the cycle.

MCAS for Disability Officers

This information guide about MCAS, and the additional needs a student with MCAS may have, can be shared with Disability Officers and other members of staff at universities.

MCAS and higher education

This resource has been designed to provide general guidance and help students to access support as they approach further education at university.

Meditation by Deborah Bircham with music shanti by Annie Brunson

A short mindfulness practice for those feeling illness or discomfort

Mast cells and the mind

A PDF to support our session on mast cells and the mind by Deborah Bircham

Full school pack

This PDF combines our freedom kit, MCAS for teachers pack and letter for schools in one handy download.

Freedom Kit

The resource pack to help you to share vital information about your child's mast cell disorder with school and other care-givers.

MCAS for teachers

This pack can be used to share information about MCAS with teachers and other care-givers.

Letter for schools

Use this letter template along with the Freedom kit to share your child's needs with their school or childcare provider

The Spoon Theory

People with chronic illnesses like MCAS often have limited energy. In the spoon theory, by Christine Miserandino, this is represented as having 12 spoons per day. This can help to explain the impact of some everyday tasks on those living with chronic illness.

The histamine bucket exercise

This histamine bucket is a useful visual aid in trying to understand the impact of factors contributing to histamine levels.

The low histamine chef

Blogs, books and recipes written by the low histamine chef (Yasmina Ykelenstam), a health journalist who has managed her own histamine intolerance for more than 10 years.

Doctor visit preparation form

A form designed to help you to plan the questions you would like to ask and symptoms you would like to discuss at medical appointments.

A downloadable worksheet to assess personal stress levels for adults

Perceived stress scale - Adults

This worksheet helps you to estimate your personal stress levels and gives you an idea of your current wellbeing.

Adult mood check in sheet - printable

Mood check in sheet - Adult

This is a quick and easy resource designed to help you, and those that care about you, to check-in with how you are doing.

Living with MCAS

Recipe Ideas for MCAS

From our Nourishing Health & Happiness with MCAS series — simple, nourishing recipes designed to support digestion, comfort, and everyday enjoyment.

Supplements for MCAS

From our Nourishing Health & Happiness with MCAS series — evidence-informed guidance on supplements that may support wellbeing in MCAS.

Socialising and Eating Out

From our Nourishing Health & Happiness with MCAS series — practical tips for enjoying meals out and social occasions while supporting your health and comfort.

Reintroducing Foods Safely

From our Nourishing Health & Happiness with MCAS series — a gentle guide to reintroducing foods, helping you expand your diet with confidence and care.

Unwanted Weight Gain with MCAS

From our Nourishing Health & Happiness with MCAS series — explore possible causes of weight changes and find balanced ways to support a healthy body and mind.

Malnutrition and MCAS

From our Nourishing Health & Happiness with MCAS series — understand the risks of malnutrition with MCAS and learn how to nourish your body safely and effectively.

Gaining Weight on a Low Histamine Diet

From our Nourishing Health & Happiness with MCAS series — gentle, practical ideas for maintaining or gaining weight while following a low histamine approach.

Gaining Weight on a Low Dairy Diet

From our Nourishing Health & Happiness with MCAS series, discover nourishing, dairy-free or low dairy ways to support healthy weight gain while meeting your body’s needs.

Eating enough fibre with MCAS

From our Nourishing Health & Happiness with MCAS series — discover simple, gentle ways to include more fibre for better gut health and overall wellbeing.

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Nourishing Health and Happiness with MCAS

We have worked with registered dietitian, Chloe Hall, to explore some of the most common diets followed by people with MCAS, and the key nutritional concerns that often arise. In this resource, we’ll look at practical ways to support your diet when living with MCAS.

Supporting someone with MCAS as a Dietitian

Supporting Someone with MCAS as a Dietitian is a practical resource designed to help dietitians understand and support people living with Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. It offers guidance on the unique challenges that MCAS presents, particularly around food, nutrition, and symptom management.

Speaking to Your GP: Language and Tips for Effective Communication

This guide has been created to help you communicate more confidently and effectively with your GP. It offers practical language suggestions that can help you explain your symptoms, request support, and build a more collaborative relationship, whether you have a confirmed diagnosis or are still seeking answers.

Introduction to Water Purifiers

Handout on different types of water purifiers, created by Deborah Bircham

The Histamine Bucket Theory

This histamine bucket theory is a useful visual aid in trying to understand the impact of factors contributing to histamine levels.

Travelling with MCAS

This downloadable booklet contains tips and resources for managing Mast Cell Activation Disorders on the go, wherever you go.

Life Audit

Are you meeting your Core Needs? Conducting a life audit can be an insightful exercise to help you evaluate and enhance your overall wellbeing.

Triggers

This resource details some of the more common triggers of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.

Symptoms of MCAS

This resource details some of the more common symptoms of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.

Recipe Conversion

You can use this blank recipe conversion page to note down any MCAS friendly changes you have made to your favourite recipe's.

MCAS Self-management toolkit

This toolkit contains information about substances in food and in the environment that can affect mast cell activity or trigger MCAS symptoms. It also includes practical advice to help you understand and avoid these triggers, as needed.

MCAS symptom log

The histamine bucket exercise

This histamine bucket is a useful visual aid in trying to understand the impact of factors contributing to histamine levels.

The low histamine chef

Blogs, books and recipes written by the low histamine chef (Yasmina Ykelenstam), a health journalist who has managed her own histamine intolerance for more than 10 years.

Medication log - adult

A medication timetable to log daily medications

Medication log - children

A medication log blank which you can use to record medications, dosages and medication times in order to keep on track.

Loved-one with MCAS

Quick Guide to MCAS for Loved-Ones

MCAS is a complex condition and can be hard for our loved-ones to understand. However, their support is crucial for us to be able to manage our condition well. This handy Quick Guide to MCAS is designed to help your loved-one understand MCAS and begin to learn how they can help you. Share this with your loved-ones, so that they can easily understand what MCAS is.

Mandalas Colouring Book with Affirmations

Relaxing and creative activities like mandala colouring can help foster mindfulness and calm a busy mind. Why not spend some time colouring in these beautiful mandalas, drawn by talented Mast Cell Action supporter Ivy Lewis, and lose yourself in your own creative vision. As each colour fills the spaces in this book, may your heart find calm, your mind find focus, and your spirit find strength. You are your own masterpiece.

Navigating MCAS together - Mast Cell Activation Syndrome Support Guide for Loved Ones

This guide is for those who are supporting a loved-one with MCAS, and includes advice on maintaining your own physical and emotional health, as well as practical guidance on how you can support your loved-one.

The Histamine Bucket Theory

This histamine bucket theory is a useful visual aid in trying to understand the impact of factors contributing to histamine levels.

Seated Qigong Guide

This is a seated Qigong guide which focusses on posture, Neck, Shoulders and Spine.

Mindfulness, Mindful Breathing and Mast Cells

This guide explains the benefits of Mindfulness and breathwork and provides short exercises to try.

Lotus Flower Breathing

Lotus Flower Breathing is a gentle breathing exercise that helps to calm the nervous system and reduce stress. With thanks to Deborah Bircham from Live Well With Chronic Illness.

Hand Breathing

This simple breathing exercise has been provided to us by Deborah Bircham from Live Well With Chronic Illness.

Lesson Planning Questions for MCAS Considerations

This list can help teachers and other educators to include students living with MCAS, when planning lessons and classroom activities

Supporting Safe Learning for Students with MCAS Full Pack

This full resource pack is designed to help you share vital information about mast cell disorder with schools.

Supporting Safe Learning for Students with MCAS for Teachers

This resource has been designed to explain Mast Cell Activation Syndrome to Teachers and guide them in creating a safe environment for pupils.

Supporting Safe Learning for Students with MCAS

This kit has been specially designed for parents and primary caregivers of secondary school students who have a mast cell disorder, such as Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS).

Knowing our values

Knowing our values is important to help us to achieve fulfilment. Use this guide to help you plan what you need to be doing in order to feel a sense of purpose and fulfilment.

Life Audit

Are you meeting your Core Needs? Conducting a life audit can be an insightful exercise to help you evaluate and enhance your overall wellbeing.

Symptoms of MCAS

This resource details some of the more common symptoms of Mast Cell Activation Syndrome.

Progressive Muscle Relaxation for Adults

When we experience anxiety or stress, our muscles can tense up. Progressive muscle relaxation can help to alleviate this tension and promote a sense of calm.

Casper Colouring Page

This Casper colouring page is a fun resource for children and a great way for them to express their feelings and emotions in colour.

Boom and bust cycle theory for Kids

In the world of chronic illness, it's normal to have good and not-so-good days. But if you do too much on the good days, you can end up needing extra rest on the not-so-good days. It's like a seesaw that goes up and down.

Progressive muscle relaxation

When we feel worried or are in 'fight, flight or freeze' mode, our muscles can become tight without us even realising it. To help ourselves feel calmer, we can try focusing on each group of muscles in our body.

MCAS for Disability Officers

This information guide about MCAS, and the additional needs a student with MCAS may have, can be shared with Disability Officers and other members of staff at universities.

MCAS and higher education

This resource has been designed to provide general guidance and help students to access support as they approach further education at university.

Meditation by Deborah Bircham with music shanti by Annie Brunson

A short mindfulness practice for those feeling illness or discomfort

Mast cells and the mind

A PDF to support our session on mast cells and the mind by Deborah Bircham

Full school pack

This PDF combines our freedom kit, MCAS for teachers pack and letter for schools in one handy download.

Freedom Kit

The resource pack to help you to share vital information about your child's mast cell disorder with school and other care-givers.

MCAS for teachers

This pack can be used to share information about MCAS with teachers and other care-givers.

Letter for schools

Use this letter template along with the Freedom kit to share your child's needs with their school or childcare provider

My Feel better plan

When we are feeling worried or scared it can be tricky to find a way to feel better about the things that are bothering us. Download and complete this plan which you can follow when those worries feel overwhelming.

The Spoon Theory

People with chronic illnesses like MCAS often have limited energy. In the spoon theory, by Christine Miserandino, this is represented as having 12 spoons per day. This can help to explain the impact of some everyday tasks on those living with chronic illness.

The histamine bucket exercise

This histamine bucket is a useful visual aid in trying to understand the impact of factors contributing to histamine levels.

The puzzle of you

In the same way that a jigsaw is made up of lots of different pieces, each of us are madeup of lots of different parts too. This puzzle can help you to talk about MCAS being just one part of that puzzle.

Your wellbeing bucket

An exercise to help children identify the things which make them feel good, those which don't and what helps them to feel better when things aren't going so well.

Ball of wool game

The ball of worries activity introduces children to a practical coping strategy to make thoughts and worries appear more manageable.

Parent support leaflet

Parent support leaflet

A leaflet designed to help support parents and carers of children living with systemic mast cell activation and MCAS. It provides suggestions for how to care for your personal wellbeing whilst caring for someone with MCAS, and shares ideas and suggestions for how to communicate and support each other as a family.

An exercise to help you find your feel good activities

Feel good jar

An exercise to help you find the activities that make you feel good and may help to improve your mood. Suitable for children and adults.

A downloadable worksheet to assess personal stress levels for adults

Perceived stress scale - Adults

This worksheet helps you to estimate your personal stress levels and gives you an idea of your current wellbeing.

Children's mood check in sheet - printable

Mood check-in sheet - children

This is a quick and easy resource designed to help you, and those that care about you, to check-in with how you are doing.

Event Slides

MCAS and Mould

PowerPoint slides from Lisa Maylon from Indoor Air Aware and Deborah Bircham from Live Well with Chronic Illness' webinar 'Mould and MCAS'.

MCAS and Pain

PowerPoint slides from Dr Johanna Theron's Webinar 'Pain and MCAS'.

Hypnotherapy - what is it and could it help with managing MCAS symptoms?

PowerPoint slides from Liane Reeve's Webinar 'Hypnotherapy - what is it and could it help with managing MCAS symptoms?'.

Mindful Movement for Illness

PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham from Live Well with Chronic Illness' Webinar 'Mindful Movement for Illness'.

Neuropsychiatric Symtoms in MCAS and Histamine Intolerance

PowerPoint slides from Dr. Clare Ashby webinar 'Nervous System Regulation'.

Nervous System Regulation

PowerPoint Slides from Deborah Bircham from Live Well with Chronic Illness' Webinar 'Nervous System Regulation'.

Managing Extreme Fatigue

PowerPoint slides from Roselle O'Brien's webinar 'Managing Extreme Fatigue'.

Acceptance

PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham from Live Well with Chronic Illness' Webinar 'Acceptance'.

POTS in Children

PowerPoint slides from Dr. Pramod Nair's webinar 'POTS in Children'.

Urology and MCAS

PowerPoint slides from Camilla Gonzalez's webinar 'Urology and MCAS'.

Mast Cells and Relationships: Naviagtion and Education

PowerPoint slides from Roselle O'Brien's webinar 'Mast Cells and Relationships: Navigation and Education'.

Pain and the Brain

PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham from Live Well with Chronic Illness' Webinar 'Pain and the Brain'.

Compassion as a Healing Tool

PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham's from Live Well with Chronic Illness webinar 'Compassion as a Healing Tool'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Treatments: Meds, Reactions, & Being Brave to Try

PowerPoint Slides from Roselle O'Brien's webinar 'Treatments: Meds, Reactions, & Being Brave to Try'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Mast Cells and Relationships: The Garden of Self

PowerPoint slides from Roselle O'Brien's webinar 'Mast Cells and Relationships: The Garden of Self'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

EDS and MCAS from an Osteopathic perspective: How can Osteopathy help you?

PowerPoint slides from Rory Boggett's webinar 'EDS and MCAS from an Osteopathic perspective: How can Osteopathy help you?'.

MCAS and Menopause Workbook

This workbook is designed to go along with our 'Mastering Menopause: Working through Menopause for those with MCAS' webinar hosted by Rebecca Fredericks.

Building Resilience with MCAS: Self Care, Sleep and Emotional Wellbeing

PowerPoint slides from Rebecca Fredericks webinar 'Building Resilience with MCAS: Self Care, Sleep and Emotional Wellbeing'.

Mast Cells and The Mind

A PDF to support our session on mast cells and the mind by Deborah Bircham

Gratitude

PowerPoint Slides from Deborah Bircham from Live Well with Chronic Illness webinar 'Gratitude' exploring what is Gratitude, and how can it help us.

Navigating the Storm

PowerPoint Slides from Dr. Ashlyn Firkins webinar 'Navigating the Storm'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Understanding Mast Cells, Autoimmune Disorders and Comorbidity

PowerPoint slides from Roselle O'Brien's talk 'Understanding Mast Cells, Autoimmune Disorders and Comorbidities'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

MCAS and Related Conditions - Special Consideration for Anaesthesia Surgery with Dr. Anton Krige

PowerPoint slides from our Dr Anton Krige's webinar 'MCAS and Related Conditions - Special Consideration for Anaesthesia Surgery with Dr. Anton Krige'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Gratitude Handout

Use this journal however feels right for you. There’s no pressure to write every day or find something profound. Some days, it might be a kind word from a friend, a moment of peace, or simply managing to eat a safe meal. These moments matter. You matter.

Retrain Your Brain, Retrain Your Mast Cells

PowerPoint slides from Roselle O'Brien's webinar 'Retrain Your Brain, Retrain Your Mast Cells'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Foods and Inflammation

PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham's from Live Well with Chronic Illness webinar 'Foods and Infammation'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Dysautonomia

PowerPoint slides from Roselle O Brien's webinar 'Dysautonomia'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Your Safe Haven at Home

PowerPoint slides from Roselle O Brien's webinar on 'Your Safe Haven at Home'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

MCAS and Environmental Pollution the Toxic Truth

PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham's from Live Well with Chronic Illness' webinar 'MCAS and Environmental Pollution the Toxic Truth'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

What is detoxing and how might it help with MCAS?

PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham's from Live Well with Chronic Illness' webinar on 'What is detoxing and how might it help with MCAS?'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Stress and Mast Cells

PowerPoint slides from Roselle O Brien's webinar on 'Stress and Mast Cells'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Pillars of Health

PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham's from Live Well with Chronic Illness's webinar 'Pillars of Health'.

The Neuroscience of Mindfulness

PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham's from Live well with Chronic Illness's webinar 'The Neuroscience of Mindfulness', You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Understanding Lyme Disease – a general introduction to Lyme

PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham from Live well with Chronic Illness's webinar 'Understanding Lyme Disease – a general introduction to Lyme'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

How to Fight On in Tough Times – Tools and Tips to Foster Mental Resilience

PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham's from Live Well with Chronic Illness' webinar 'How to Fight On in Tough Times – Tools and Tips to Foster Mental Resilience'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

How to be Heard: Advocating for yourself within the NHS

PowerPoint slides from Vicky Pearson's webinar 'How to be Heard: Advocating for yourself within the NHS'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

How to Sleep Well

PowerPoint slides from Deborah Bircham's from Live Well with Chronic Illness webinar 'How to Sleep Well'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Vagus Nerves and Mast Cells

PowerPoint slides from Roselle O'Brien's webinar 'Vagus Nerves and Mast Cells'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Long COVID and the Mast Cell Connection

PowerPoint slides from Roselle O'Brien's webinar 'Long COVID and the Mast Cell Connection'. You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Immune Health - How to Fight off Bugs and Viruses Naturally

Powerpoint slides from Deborah Bircham's from Live Well with Chronic Illness' webinar 'Immune Health - How to Fight off Bugs and Viruses Naturally' . You can find the recording of this session on our YouTube channel.

Mast cells and the mind

A PDF to support our session on mast cells and the mind by Deborah Bircham

"I just wanted to take a moment to say a heartfelt 'thank you' from all our family for your lovely chameleon book and discussion cards. We're in a tough place at the moment where both our sons have crashed with a huge flare-up of their mast cell disorder. And your book was there to help us open the conversation with them about why their bodies are feeling the way they are and to help them find the words and space to tell us how it feels for them."

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