It’s easy to throw a pill in your mouth, take a swig of water and swallow it down, perhaps spending a few seconds hoping it will help before moving on to the next thing that needs to be done. It’s more difficult to take the time to heal the body
I recently read this humorous description of what I call ‘doing addiction’ by Copywriter, Kevin Rogers (The Copy Chief): “I remember a few too many evenings when I literally felt like I could not close the laptop. As if some kind of psychological octopus had wrapped its suction cup tentacles around
Some of you may have heard me say that chronic fatigue can be a gift. For me, my diagnosis and perpetual crashes forced me onto a path of self-discovery that provided me with clarity about how I was seeing and doing life in a way that exhausted me. This knowledge then
“At best, we were parented by “fair-weather parents” who were nice and kind or cold and sharp, depending on how our behavior suited them in the moment. At worst, we were abused, manipulated, or abandoned, left to feel like we were worthless or were some sort of an asset to be
From having my wrists bound and made prisoner in one room in my house by my 5 year old to playing Kitty Kitty where the cats (both my children) were stuck inside the house because of the alarm beams (cotton and sticky tape around the bunk bed), it does not
Following on the heels of my last post discussing how chronic fatigue is a spiritual experience this one was written to provide some suggestions for how to deepen spirituality for those who feel called to do so. There are two points I feel to share before I begin. Point #1:
Chronic Exhaustion was my dark night of the soul. For me Adrenal Fatigue Syndrome has been more than only a body and mind experience. It’s been a deeply spiritual one. I would go so far as to say it has been a spiritual awakening. I know this is the case
Do you always set goals as new year’s resolutions – like giving up smoking, exercising more and being a nicer person?! Do you ever consider where you have been and what has worked and hasn’t worked when you set these goals? To borrow a quote from Terry Pratchett: “If you
I know about the body and mind connection but I was not prepared for what happened to me last week. I recently felt called to make an appointment with a physio who specialises in pelvic floor dysfunction in relation to a few niggling complaints. In particular, I had experienced a
My 4 year old son asked me to help him find a ball so we could play together. I went into his bedroom and, miraculously, found it almost immediately in the tumble of toys that littered the floor, under his bed and on top of his bed. However, instead of
