Tag Archive: recovery

Why I took a Step Back from Social Media

June 28, 2022 5:56 pm

Six months has passed since I posted on social media (and even longer since I posted here!) so I thought I’d pop in with a bit of an update sharing what has happened during the last six months, and why I disappeared offline for a little while. This post is... View Article

A Personal Diary Extract

April 27, 2020 5:48 pm

It’s been a month since I last checked in here and around five weeks since the Coronavirus lockdown began in the UK. I know for many of us, emotions are up and down, with some days being better than others. I’m sure that, like me, you’ll be seeing the parallels... 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

Be Like the Tree in Winter

May 21, 2018 10:16 am

Natures Lessons …   Learning to surrender to the times when rest calls. When symptoms flare. When my body stops me in my tracks. Aiming to gently let go. To tune back in. To allow stillness rather than fear. To sink into trust and faith rather than be swept into... 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

Moving through Difficult Days

February 15, 2018 1:14 pm

I want to talk to you about the times where fear and overwhelm creep in. The place inside your mind that may include the sentence ‘What if life is always this way?’ It seems to come when you’ve had one too many bad weeks after another. Maybe it dawns on... View Article

Do You Embrace or Resist Rest?

January 18, 2018 5:59 pm

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

The Heartbreak of Missing Out with ME/CFS

January 9, 2016 2:00 pm

This weekend was one I had been looking forward to for such a long time. My brother and I had booked to go and see Billy Connolly at the Apollo in London, along with my brothers girlfriend and a friend of mine. As I type these words, I should be... View Article