Category: ME/CFS

Words on The Healing Journey

June 20, 2019 6:11 pm

‘For a Seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction’ ~ By Cynthia Occelli. This quote always moves me, and remains one of my favourites.... View Article

3 Gentle Ways to Calm and Soothe Anxiety

May 23, 2019 10:48 am

Anxiety is something that many of us experience at certain times in our lives, some of us more so than others. When anxiety makes itself known, it can really take over, sometimes without reason or explanation. Sometimes, we know what we feel anxious about. Sometimes, it can be more of... View Article

The Story of my New Mirror

April 26, 2019 9:51 am

This is me and my new Mirror. This Mirror is a big deal for me, a poignant moment in my healing, and I’ll share why. For a long time, I had what I guess you could call a phobia of mirrors? Since 2010 I’ve only had very small ones in... View Article

Words on Self Love and Mind Body Medicine

March 19, 2019 5:47 pm

Hello my loves, Today, I want to check in with you all to say hello and share a bit about how my year has started off. But before I dive in to what has been happening, I want to let you know that I am typing these words from the... View Article

Be Gentle with Yourself this Christmas

December 23, 2018 11:20 am

I know for many of us, this time of year can be difficult for a variety of reasons. Physically we have the additional pressure of trying to keep up with everyone else. We may feel disconnected and left out if we aren’t well enough to join in with things. I... View Article

Exploring the Layers Beneath ME/CFS ~ Part Four

November 7, 2018 11:58 pm

What I decided to do Next, My Treatment Protocols and Where I am at Now… So much has gone on medically speaking during the last two years, there have been so many ups and downs and ‘the search’ has been complex and very ongoing. I have wanted to share so... View Article

Exploring the Layers Beneath ME/CFS – Part Three

November 7, 2018 8:00 am

Part Three – Further Consultations and Digging Deeper A number of weeks later, after having had the MRI scan, I was back at the hospital to see my Endocrinologist again. The MRI results showed that I had a number of small lesions in the white matter surrounding my brain which... View Article

Exploring the Layers Beneath ME/CFS – Part Two

November 6, 2018 10:00 am

Part Two –  The Tests and Consultations  In the coming months I had a variety of consultations and appointments. Some were helpful, some not so much, but all of them reinforced that there wasn’t going to be an easy answer or singular solution to what was happening in my body.... View Article