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 Black Wednesday of Australian Sport (and our Society)
(I'm going off topic a little today, but I think people living with illness and pain can also get something out of this blog. Read it and let me know if you do or not) Yesterday was the anniversary of black Saturday in Victoria. It will now long be remembered as the black … [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...]
Enriching Relationships Fill Your Bucket When Managing CFS / ME & Other Pain/Illness
When you are managing pain and illness in your life there often seems to be constant withdrawals from your reserves of spirit. I often use the analogy of a bucket of water. Dealing with pain and illness depletes the level in my bucket, so I’m always looking for things that fill … [Read more...]