Tag Archive: mindfulness

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

As I turn Thirty Five

April 16, 2018 7:37 am

Today I turn 35. In the lead up to this Birthday there has been so much going on, as well as various thoughts and inner shifts that I want to share with you in this post. It’s a story of ups and downs and how life can become a little... View Article

An Extract from My Journal

March 1, 2018 10:35 am

Sometimes before I go to bed, I get an urge to pick up a pen and write. Often the words that come, are scribbled down onto the page in a semi conscious state, as my body is just about getting ready to drift to sleep. When the morning comes, I... View Article

Words on Life with an Invisible Illness

June 30, 2017 4:03 pm

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

Words on Letting Go….

February 22, 2016 2:04 pm

      Let go, Of holding on so tightly. Of thinking the world will collapse around you if you don’t do everything perfectly. It won’t. Know that is safe to let go. To just be. To allow mistakes to come, as they naturally will. Let go, Of holding on to... View Article

A Guide to the Festive Period with Chronic Illness

December 24, 2015 5:53 pm

When you are living with an illness such as ME/CFS, Christmas can be a really difficult time. Seemingly simple things that others take for granted, such as sitting at the dinner table, may well be impossible for you right now.  There will also, be a temptation to push yourself through symptoms... View Article