This little blog post probably comes under the banner of ‘accepting where you are in your recovery’ and talks about one of the lessons that took me the longest to learn. Deer art taken from Etsy As a lot of you know from reading my story, I’ve always been fiercely independent. While I’ve always prided […read more]
This CFS Fear Manifesto is something that’s been in the works for a while now. To be honest, the timing’s never really felt right until now, and I was so grateful for how well this manifesto was received that I thought it was high time to release it out into the world. Stick it on […read more]
As many of you know, as well as writing a lot about CFS, I love writing about fear. I have danced with fear for such a long time now, but I mean this in a beautiful, loving way, not in a…well…fearful way. I’ve come to realise that I get scared when I’m on the […read more]
What is wrong with me? Love: Nothing. Ego: But I’m really sick- I feel like life is running away with me. Love: There’s still nothing essentially wrong with you. You know this. Ego: But my body isn’t working. I’m so tired. What is wrong with me? Love: But you are not tired. You have boundless […read more]
Yep, it’s a very random title for a very random audio, but feelings of unworthiness is something that I’ve been brushing up against a lot recently, and it’s bene really playing out in my life in one area in particular. My husband is changing jobs soon and all of a sudden, just after returning […read more]
It’s all too easy to think that because we’ve been ill for a while that we know pain and suffering more than the ‘average’ person. We have to remember not to feed our pain to our egos. People go through terrible things every day and none of them necessarily involve chronic illness. Photo by […read more]
This is a very personal post, but one I feel that needs to be written. This is probably one of the most honest posts I’ve written for a while, so I really appreciate it if you’re here and are reading these words- thank you. Over the last few weeks, I’ve mentioned a few times […read more]
I’ve written difficult posts before, but I never thought this would be one I would have to write. Writing this post explaining why I’m scrapping my e-course is scary, but it’s one of the most authentic and freeing things I’ve done for a while. Let me explain… Image adapted from Unsplash The Headache Ever […read more]
Fear is an emotion I have battled long and hard with. I truly believe that fear has held me back in many areas of my life over the years. I don’t regret these times, but the power of hindsight in an incredible thing. Fear is the subject of countless books and spiritual theories, and […read more]
What is the one emotion worse than fear?! Apathy. Total and complete apathy. The one emotion worse than fear. Extreme ‘couldn’t care less’-ness (and truly meaning it). Couldn’t give a sh*t. Genuine nonchalance. Stuck. An unwinding. Knowing how to unstick yourself, but you can’t be bothered to go there. Getting someone else to […read more]
One of the biggest lessons I’m learning on a daily basis is how to let go. My monkey-mind often loves to go wild and try to overanalyse or control things, which can be…well…pretty exhausting, if I’m honest. Add into that my type-A tendencies and I can tend to drive myself a little crazy sometimes. […read more]
I was going to write a round-up of 2014 detailing everything that had occurred personally and for the blog in 2014, but the events in Sydney before Christmas changed how I wanted to do this. This is not your normal 2014 round-up, but I wanted to publish it anyway. For most people that I […read more]
As some of you may have read last week in this article, I’ve been feeling a bit wobbly on my blogging feet recently and have been wondering which way to go. I very quickly realised that I had forgotten the essence of why I set up the blog in the first place, as an […read more]
