Be gentle with yourself. Chronic illness and pain wears you out mentally, physically and spiritually. Nurture yourself through the pain, fatigue, nausea, loneliness and sadness. The ongoing constant nature of a chronic condition takes its toll on even the most positive and … [Read more...]
The Power Of Distraction – Part 2 – 5 Ways To Distract Yourself from Pain & Illness
Recently I published the first part of this post on using Distraction to help manage pain and illness. Here's Part 2, with my favourite 5 types of distraction that I use the most. 1. Music Music can take us in all directions and bring forward all emotions. It can be uplifting … [Read more...]
Fill Your Bucket to Help Combat CFS / ME
What fills your bucket? What brings you joy? What enlivens and nourishes your spirit? CFS has a nasty habit of draining our bucket, our spirit, our joie de vivre. But we can fight back. We can seek and identify the things in life that fill our bucket, and in doing so we … [Read more...]
The Power of Distraction in Managing CFS / ME & Pain – Part 1
When our body doesn't work properly but our mind does, it can be a lethal mix. One of the traps of living with chronic illness and pain is we don't have the same physical outlets as others, so we can tend to "get stuck in our head". Thoughts, emotions, beliefs, and information … [Read more...]
‘Allergic’ to Electricity – My Story with Electrosensitivity
(Please scroll to the bottom of this post to download or listen to the audio/mp3 version of this blog) In a number of my blogs you will have heard me refer to the electrosensitivity I live with. For some time I have been meaning to write a blog explaining my experience with … [Read more...]