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Fibromyalgia/CFS• Health & Wellbeing

Introducing M.E. Friends – a monthly zoom call for those affected by M.E.

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M.E. Friends is a monthly zoom call for people affected by M.E. and other energy limiting illnesses, so that they can meet up and socialise with others from the comfort of their own home. …

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A white woman with long dark hair, is sprawled across an unmade bed. She is wearing a white shirt and black shorts and covering her face with her arms. It is a vision of despair, the best I could find to express the trauma of PIP

Health & Wellbeing• Politics

The Trauma of PIP(Personal Independence Payment)

September 2, 2021

a white woman with short dark hair and wearing a blue top is laying in bed with her eye closed.

Health & Wellbeing

You do NOT want my life (don’t risk getting post viral illness)

a white square with 16 icons on it depicting various forms of disability in black and blue colours. From top left to bottom right these icons are: someone in a wheelchair; a wheelchair in a house; someone in bed; someone helping another person using a cane; an eye with a line drawn diagnonally through it, a pair of dark lensed glasses, two hands using sign language; an ear with two arrows pointing to a hearing aid, someone sitting on a bench, someone using a cane, someone being pushed in a wheelchair; someone using a walking frame; a wheelchair user playing basketball, a wheelchair using a ramp, someone with a prosthetic leg using a cane; and a wheelchair user getting onto a bus.

Health & Wellbeing• Politics

We Need To Talk About Ableism

January 19, 2021

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Health & Wellbeing

Tips & Resources for Isolation from a Chronically Ill Person

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Health & Wellbeing

Living With… Type 1 Diabetes | Interview with Oddhogg.com

Health & Wellbeing

Getting Stuck in Fight or Flight

September 4, 2019

Health & Wellbeing

The Guilt of Being a Spoonie Parent

Health & Wellbeing

Learning to Live Life in The Slow Lane

Prayer Candles

Health & Wellbeing

Embracing Uncertainty, Grief, and Vulnerability

Nothing ever lasts forever... Brighter days are always ahead

Wheel of the Year

Life is like a Spiral Dance: Reflections on the Solstice

December 21, 2016

Health & Wellbeing

Living with Chronic Illness – How We Support Each Other

August 27, 2015

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Ten Years with Endometriosis

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Health & Wellbeing

Blessings in disguise