Six Life Saving Tips When Preparing to Attend an Event While Living With a Chronic Illness

Six Life Saving Tips When Preparing to Attend an Event While Living With a Chronic Illness Anyone living with a chronic illness knows that there’s so much to consider when dealing with a night out or any big social event. Sometimes events come along that make us want to do everything in our power to...

I’m Back…Again

So here’s the deal, I’ve written and rewritten this post ten different times in ten different ways trying to find the perfect way to explain why I’ve been so quiet on the blog for so long and the thing is that this post is never going to be perfect, because I’m not perfect. So to...

My fun intentions for 2023

I think we can all agree that 2022 was a rollercoaster ride. We’ve all had our huge ups and equally large downs. We’ve all been living through unprecedented times and experiencing once in a lifetime events. This year has been full of lessons, moments we’ll never forget, and truthfully, some moments we never want to...

Pandemic Pause – Why I took a Break from Blogging and Video Creation During the Pandemic

Pandemic Pause - Why I took a Break from Blogging and Video Creation During the Pandemic I honestly didn’t know if I’d ever get back to writing; so this post feels like I’m relearning something I haven’t done in ages (this definitely isn’t ‘just like riding a bike’). I haven’t written a blog post in...

My February 2021 Core Desired Feelings

My February 2021 Core Desired Feelings Welcome to the second month of 2021 everyone. I know that most of us are incredibly excited to have 2020 behind us and speaking for myself, I’m excited to see what 2021 has in store. With all the craziness going on I’m finding it more important than ever to...

My February 2021 Intentions

My February 2021 Intentions How is it already the second month of 2021?! The older I get the more I understand older folks when they say that time flies by even faster the older we get. As it’s still early on in 2021 I want to keep a few of my routines and get back...

February Word of the Month – Practice / Routine

February Word of the Month - Practice / Routine Success isn’t built out of thin air, it comes with daily work, repetition, and practice. So often, I get frustrated and feel like I’m not going anywhere or having no progress and then I remember something the awesome Gary Vee always talks about; life is all...

Bye 2020, Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out

Bye 2020, Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out I cannot believe 2020 is over (doing a happy dance as I write this). I know that for so many of us, 2020 has been a crazy and so often, crazy bad, year. This has been an unprecedented year full of experiences many...

Navigating Chronic Illness and Jealousy

Navigating Chronic Illness and Jealousy I need to confess something, sometimes I get jealous. When living with a chronic illness, it becomes glaringly clear what you have lost and the things you may have done before that you are no longer able to do. I sometimes experience bouts of jealousy when I get into thoughtful...

Your Spoonie Guide to Surviving Fatigue

Your Spoonie Guide to Surviving Fatigue Living with a chronic illness comes with lots of new lessons and unpleasant surprises. One of the aspects of living with an illness that I truly didn’t understand until my illness got severe, was the debilitating fatigue. I used to think that tiredness and fatigue were simply synonyms but...