We might not want to hear this when they’re crying out in pain, but our bodies are incredible. Our heart has been beating since before we even arrived here. Our veins and arteries are thick with blood and goodness that is constantly serving us. Our organs are working in pure, unadulterated harmony, without asking for […read more]
This post was written straight after a ‘kapow!’ session with the amazing Tara Bliss of Such Different Skies. Hop on over and pay my girl a visit- you won’t regret it! “Your problem is you are too busy holding on to your unworthiness.” – Ram Dass Let me put this out there straight away. […read more]
As many of you I’m sure already know, loneliness and isolation form a very large and intimidating part of this illness. You’re spending so many hours a day in your own head, in bed, wondering when it’s all going to be over, and to be honest, a lot of the time, stringing a sentence […read more]
If you’ve been following my Facebook page over recent months, you’ll know that I’ve been trying to find a way to make my teachings and experiences a little bit more accessible. As much as I enjoy working with mentoring clients one-one-one, I completely understand that having to navigate time zones and arrange to get […read more]
As I mentioned on my Facebook page a little while ago, I’ve become very interested over the last few months in not just helping people with CFS/M.E, but in spreading the word about the illness, in making people aware of the condition and in trying to somehow smash the myth that we’re all just lazy […read more]
I used to be absolutely woeful at resting. I struggled with it on a day-to-day basis. When I was a High School Teacher, my colleagues used to come in and say, “Oh hey, did you watch that programme on [……] last night?” Erm…no, no I didn’t. I’m stressed to bits over here and running around […read more]
For a while now, I really didn’t want to go anywhere near this post, even though I knew you might benefit from it. It’s such an incredible (and unintentional) coincidence that at the exact time I publish this on Wednesday evening, I’ll be sitting in a room with some like-minded people waiting to start […read more]
This post is dedicated to lovely Kibby from Kibby’s Blended Life- the official smoothie queen! If I had to put my name to a Chronic Fatigue Smoothie Recipe, this would be it! Seriously my lovelies- you have no idea how good this thing tastes! It tastes like a huge slab of strawberry cheesecake- no, […read more]
This is an republished article from my featured article on MindBodyGreen. When you’re diagnosed with a long-term, chronic illness, it’s incredibly hard to get your head around it and manage it. I was so exhausted after my diagnosis of M.E./Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) that I barely took on what this meant for my life. […read more]
(Scroll to the bottom of this post to view the replay). I’ve been wanting to do a Google Hangout on CFS Acceptance for a while, but kept shying away from it. Would anyone be listening? Would I just be speaking to myself? But sometimes, not taking the leap is worse than wondering ‘what if?’, so I’m […read more]
Warning: this post is probably going to annoy the life out of you. You want it and you thought you could see it a few weeks ago, but now you’re completely disorientated and you know that that finish line has moved away. You feel lost, dark, dense and like there’s no way you’ll ever […read more]
This is probably one of the most controversial things I’ve ever written on this blog, but I really feel moved to put it out there, so here it it. I wrote this blog post years ago, years before I even started blogging, after reading Anatomy of the Spirit: The Seven Stages of Power and […read more]
One of the hardest things I had to do during my recovery and illness was explain my symptoms to people and the reasons I couldn’t do everyday things. On the surface, if you see someone with CFS, unless they’re in hospital or in bed, they don’t really look ill. This was one of the […read more]
