Rest, Reset and Rebuild Workbook Understanding the Connection Between Your Body

Living with chronic illness is not just a physical experience. It's emotional, relational, and deeply tied to your sense of self — and most resources treat those things like they're separate.

This 95-page workbook doesn't. It was built for people navigating the real weight of chronic illness: the grief, the identity shifts, the body that doesn't cooperate, and the daily effort of showing up anyway.

Created by a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) at Bodhi Counseling & Consulting. Evidence-based, compassionate, and written without toxic positivity.

✦ WHAT'S INCLUDED

✦ Fillable PDF — complete digitally or print ✦ 95 pages across 7 chapters ✦ Reflection prompts, skill-building exercises, and psychoeducation throughout

✦ INSIDE THE WORKBOOK

Chapter 1 — Chronic Illness & Mental Health The mind-body connection · what chronic illness is · emotional weight of living with illness · double stigma

Chapter 2 — Trauma and Chronic Illness How the past lives in the body · trauma responses · somatic awareness

Chapter 3 — The Emotional Weight of Chronic Illness Grief, pain, fear, anger, and isolation — going deeper

Chapter 4 — Changing How You Think CBT skills for everyday life · reframing illness-related thought patterns

Chapter 5 — Coping in the Body You Have DBT skills for living well · distress tolerance · emotional regulation

Chapter 6 — Practical Self-Management The everyday work of living well · routines, pacing, and support

Chapter 7 — The 12-Step Connection What recovery already knows about living well · closing reflection

✦ WHO IS THIS FOR?

• Adults living with chronic illness, chronic pain, or autoimmune conditions
• People in recovery navigating physical health alongside sobriety
• Therapy clients working through illness-related grief or trauma
• Clinicians seeking a structured psychoeducational resource
• Anyone who is tired of being told to "just stay positive"

Neurodivergent-affirming. Grounded in CBT, DBT, and ACT. Written without shame or judgment.

✦ INSTANT DOWNLOAD — delivered immediately after purchase.

Clinician use with individual clients is permitted. Not for redistribution or resale. District/institutional licensing: info@bodhicounseling.care