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From migraine medication for children to meditation for migraine to better cope as a family

What you will learn

Learn about migraine in simple terms. So simple, you can explain it to your child.

Get to know simple behaviour change techniques for a healthy lifestyle with migraine.

Find out how to look after your child’s and your own emotional wellbeing.

Gain a comprehensive view on what techniques help in managing migraine and where to get help.

Description

‘Managing Migraine: A guide for parents’ is a curation of my life-long experience with having migraine and my learnings from working with world-leading migraine & pain experts.

This course is for

  • Parents who are looking for help in managing their child’s migraine
  • Families on the journey to understand & manage chronic pain

How to use this course

  • As a flexible guide: Choose the order of modules based on your and your child’s needs
  • With an open mind: Not all things work for everybody, use the course as an overview & pick your individual journey
  • As a welcoming community: Share your experiences, learnings, and questions in comments so we can support each other further
  • In support with the right tools: Throughout the course and also after, download the Happyr App (free on iOS and Android) to log your child’s migraine symptoms and emotional wellbeing

You are the most important person in your child’s life. Their go-to person for when they need help. Most likely, you will be the person who takes on the challenges of managing your child’s migraine. Navigating different health professionals, understanding what medication and other relief methods you have to consider. This is far from an easy job, so let me tell you that you are not alone. One in 10 families face the burden of their child’s migraine.


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In this course, I am passing on my personal experiences and my professional knowledge about migraine in young people. For several years, I have been working with paediatric neurologists, pain experts, migraine advocates and charities across the globe. In the following modules, I am presenting you with a guide that helps you to manage migraine as a family. This will always be a very individual journey but I have curated this resource based on the latest scientific findings and expertise from the migraine community.

Let it help you in supporting your child with their migraine challenges.

Let me help you to tame the pain.

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Content

Introduction

Welcome
The Happyr App: Supporting your course journey
Course Ebook

Migraine Basics

What is migraine?
The ‘Migraine brain’
Migraine types & symptoms
Migraine attack phases

Chronic Pain Management

About chronic pain
Navigating healthcare providers
Medication for migraine
Migraine & emotional wellbeing

Migraine at school and in social life

Coping as a family
Parent wellbeing
Migraine at school

Migraine and lifestyle

Migraine triggers
Migraine & diet
Migraine & exercise
Migraine & sleep

Pain coping techniques

Relaxation techniques
Building healthy habits
How our mind tricks us to feel unwell
Thoughts, emotions, behaviours, and physical sensations