A QENDO Guide: Navigating Easter with Endometriosis + Pelvic Pain

For many in our community, Easter isn’t just chocolate and celebration. It can be a difficult time. Here’s our community guide to make it a little easier on yourself—body, mind, and heart.

1. Honour Your Yes, honour Your No

Easter can come with expectations—family gatherings,p services, or travel. Give yourself permission to say no without guilt. If your body needs rest, that’s reason enough.

2. Have a Pelvic Pain Plan

Plan ahead with what you might need:

• Heat pack? Check.

• Medications packed? Yep.

• Pain tracker updated? Great.

• Exit strategy if things flare? Always a good idea.

3. Modify Meals Without Missing Out

Food can be tricky. You don’t have to explain your plate to anyone. Bring something you know is endo-friendly, or eat before you arrive. Remember, celebration doesn’t require discomfort.

4. Rest Is Not a Weakness

Give yourself moments of rest—even during busy days. Lay down. Skip the clean-up. Nap in a quiet room. You’re not lazy, you’re managing a full-time condition.

5. Celebrate in Your Own Way

If big events don’t work for you, create your own rituals—watch a favourite movie, light a candle, walk barefoot in the garden. Joy doesn’t need a crowd.

6. Connect If You Can

Reach out to someone in your endo circle. Whether that’s a text, a QENDO mentor, or just reading others’ stories—it can help you feel less alone.

7. Give Yourself the Gift of Gentleness

This season isn’t about perfection. It’s about care. And that includes you.

A gentle reminder from all of us at QENDO:

Your worth is not measured by how much you participate. You are not a burden. You are navigating something invisible and often misunderstood—and you’re doing it with strength and grace.

We see you. We’re with you. You’re not alone this Easter.

In support,

Jess & the QENDO Team