Accepting The Now For What It Is I’ve known for a while that I’m quite stubborn. I’ve always prided myself on being independent, paying my own way, doing my own thing, but my concept of independence changed completely once I became very ill. My parents had to look after me, and me being so ill, […read more]
I’m sure that if I told you you were courageous right now, you’d probably tell me I was mad. But, you’d probably say something, then slowly turn back towards me, curious as to why I’d given you that now oh-so unfamiliar label. How can someone who feels so weak and helpless demonstrate outrageous courage […read more]
After receiving an email asking for relationships and CFS advice from one of my lovely readers, Carmen, I knew I had to write a little article for you all about this. It turns out that I actually had quite a lot to say on the topic(!), so this will be a two-part blog post […read more]
Click here to read part one in this relationships series. It’s very easy to fall into the trap of thinking, “What the point of a relationship? Who would want to be with me? Ah, I can’t be bothered- I’m such a burden.” Many people deliberately try and distance themselves from loved ones or potential partners […read more]
(This was my very, very first blog post- published in February 2013. Bless me!) Over the years I have developed a love of yoga and feel the benefits straight after class. I’m one of those people who goes to yoga for the spiritual benefits, rather than for getting fit and toned, although those are great reasons […read more]
I thought is was about time I created a manifesto for this website and for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. I’ve been meaning to bring this to you for so long, but it’s been on my wall for a while now and every time I look at it, I feel strong, powerful and full of universal […read more]
To celebrate my Birthday at the end of January and my two-year blogging Birthday coming up in the next few days, I decided to put a little package of my very favourite bits and pieces together and give them all to one of you lovely, lovely people. This is just a small token of […read more]
As many of you know, I teach full-time, and even though I enjoy the busy nature of it, there are some days when I barely sit down and can hardly strong a sentence together when I get home. In a strange way, I often feel grateful for these days, especially as I spent so […read more]
This article was reblogged for my article featured on health and wellbeing website, MindBodyGreen. Illness affects most of us at one point or another, whether it’s from an allergy a cold, or having to stay in bed for months — if not years — on end. I was in the latter category, having being diagnosed […read more]
After receiving several emails this week asking me about the ‘turning point’ in my healing, I decided to make this little audio blog for you. As you know, I firmly believe that going through the healing process will make you a stronger person, but to be honest, I would’ve given anything for a quick […read more]
Oh boy, here it comes. Raw, unadulterated, savage honest- something I’m definitely not used to being… If you’ve ever visited my Facebook page, you’ll notice that my official username has always been ‘Conquering Fear Spiritually – CFS’. At the beginning, I thought that this was a clunky, slightly inelegant explanation as to why I’d […read more]
Photograph taken from here I have to admit that when I was first diagnosed with CFS, everything that everyone said to me to help just made me feeling overwhelming down and even more disappointed in myself than I’d ever been before. Here are a list of the things that hurt the most: * “Yes, I’m […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]
