It continues to surprise me, how so many of us fiercely resist rest. In society today, it’s as if ‘being busy’ is seen as good and ‘doing nothing’ is bad. I’m not sure where this belief came from, but its definitely there. Personally, even though I live with chronic illness... View Article
It’s been so long since I last checked in here. So today, I decided I was going to write a post, no matter what (although it actually ended up taking a few days to write this post in little chunks…but you know what I mean!) I wanted to say hi... View Article
During the last two years, I have had major issues with sleep. Until very recent weeks, it was rare for me to be able to fall asleep before midnight despite severe exhaustion, and many nights it wouldn’t be unusual for me to still be laying awake, at 6am. I felt like... View Article
The feeling of separation that comes, from not being able to be out in the world in the way you would love to. Your heart yearning to be able to live freely, without the crushing exhaustion or the payback that comes from taking that one step too far. The uncertainty... View Article
Hi lovely readers. It’s been a while since I posted here hasn’t it. I checked in to the Consciously Healthy website and blog today and it made my heart a bit sad that the last post was in February! So I thought I’d pop in to say hello. I’ve taken some... View Article
Today is seven years exactly, to the day, that I relapsed and became sick again after believing I had made a full recovery from ME/CFS. 17 years in total I’ve been on this journey with chronic illness. It feels surreal even acknowledging that. 13th Feb 2010, was the day it... View Article
I’m writing this after a few days away in the Canary Islands. It has been such a healing experience and one that has been so welcome after the last few months. It has been so lovely to be well enough to enjoy a few days away, soaking up the beautiful... View Article
Mindfulness is a term that lots of you will be familiar with, and its a topic I plan to write a longer blog post on very soon, so for any of you brand new to Mindfulness, do keep a look out for that post. It is a simple practise that connects... View Article