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“You either walk inside your story and own it or
you stand outside your story and hustle for your worthiness”.
Brene Brown
How To Set Goals You Will Achieve When You Have A Chronic Illness
Learn to be flexible and adaptable Lets be honest, none of us will feel confident proclaiming that 2021 will be the best year ever. If 2020 has taught us anything it is to expect the unexpected. To set goals and achieve them adaptability is going to be more important...
How Self Compassion Helps To Combat Loneliness
I have written this article after being asked to share my thoughts on how self compassion can help with loneliness for the Podcast 'How To Be...' by the amazing Suswati Basu. What self compassion means to me Self compassion, put simply, is the ability to have self...
6 Top Tips To Manage Chronic Illness Crashes
When you live with chronic illness ‘crashes’ are inevitable no matter how hard you try to avoid them. Getting the balance between doing too much or too little is like walking a tightrope. Mostly for me a crash comes when I do too much for too long. I’m not stupid...
Lessons I’ve Learnt To Help Me Live With My Chronic Illness Long Term
Chronic illness has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. When I was diagnosed with my first big diagnosis in my 30's, Charcot Marie Tooth Disease (side note – it’s nothing to do with teeth) it floored me. I just second guessed everything and...
Self Care Is Not Self Indulgent
We live is a society that loves achievement, qualifications and success. Many people work extremely hard to get there - often ignoring the warning signs that their bodies are giving them. In this fast paced and driven world if you stopped and asked your self 'What do...
Energy Vampires
Have you ever wondered how the people that you spend your time with are impacting how you think and how you feel? Who are the energy vampires in your life and what can you do about it?
Shoes
Shoes... shoes... shoes Shoes are a girls best friend, you can never have enough, they can make you feel ten feet tall, on top of the world. It's true for some, I once had a friend that would put on her heels on a Saturday night and would immediately lose a stone.Give...
The Signs of Carer Burnout and How to Fix Them
I have three children, all affected differently with elements of Hypermobility Spectrum disorder (HSD), Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) and Charcot Marie Tooth disease (CMT) and new to the ever-growing list this year is Chronic Fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME). As...
The 8 Types of People You Meet In Hospital Waiting Rooms
I spend far to much time in hospital waiting rooms, people watching helps to pass the time, keeps me sane. Somewhere between booking in and hearing your name being called these are the types of people you might see... #1 Worriers. There are always worriers, those that...
Surviving a Crash When You Have a Chronic Illness
When you live with chronic illness ‘crashes’ are inevitable no matter how hard you try to avoid them. Getting the balance between doing too much or too little is like walking a tightrope. Mostly for me a crash comes when I do too much for too long. I’m not stupid...
Grief and Acceptance in Chronic Illness
Grief Acceptance has always been a huge part of the journey for me. For me it has been the key vehicle that has carried me from the darkest lands across hostile ground to a safe place again. This journey hasn't been without its challenges but i felt I'd reached a...
Top Tips for Being a Professional Patient
Help wanted. Hours must be flexible, pay poor. This job will interfere with your social life. Those with a morbid fear of doctors need not apply. The sheer amount of time that I spend ferrying myself or the kids to and from hospital appointments is insane. With...
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