Right now the top half of my home is full of construction workers fixing our roof and replacing the guttering. It is a job that needed doing, but the constant noise and having people around us is really stressful. Stress is something that I am supposed to keep to a minimum but stress and construction go hand in hand. What started out being just replacing the guttering which had gone rotten soon became replacing some of the roof and repointing…
When plans change it can easily trigger anxiety and sadness, two things that I find come up a lot in my life. Living with an anxiety disorder I am used to this and I use a lot of self care in order to work through it and get back to how I want to feel. If you have not been following my journey on YouTube and here on the blog, I have moved in with my mom. Me and my…
I never thought I would actually be too bothered about branding, it wasn’t something I really understood. I knew a little about working with making pictures so I assumed because of that I could get by on my own. However, working with a marketing consultant for my blog and you tube channel has really opened my eyes. I found Peacock Digital Marketing through an online group for the area where I live. They had posted about starting the business and…
Coping with a bereavement can be one of the hardest things to talk about, let alone to go through. It is made even more difficult if you are also someone dealing with chronic illness. The symptoms of your condition can feel overwhelming at the best of times, and experiencing a bereavement at the same time will be one of the toughest times that you will go through. Yet there are ways to cope that can help make your path through…
Good vision is vital to your overall well-being. However, maintaining good eyesight requires that you form good eye care habits. Thankfully, most of these habits are neither expensive nor difficult to develop. Here are a few key things you can do to improve your visual health. How to Improve Your Vision 1. Get Regular Eye Examination Regular eye examinations are vital in protecting your vision. Only through such tests can eye problems be detected and dealt with early before they…
This post is a collaboration with my friend Artie over at artiecarden.com and don’t forget to check out their You Tube channel as well. Trying to be a trans ally is not easy, it can be scary and leave you feeling overwhelmed with the language and uncertainty of what to say. However, when you put that against how they feel facing the world, it is so worth trying. You might read todays blog post and think it is different to…
Inspiration can come from the most unlikely places at times, and today it more or less smacked me round the head! I was staring at my screen, a headache looming, unable to think of what I wanted to say. Then I realised mindfulness is self care, if we realised this maybe we would put more time and effort into learning to use it? I started my mindfulness journey not long before I started this blog in 2016, and to be…
It is incredibly difficult to come to terms with the fact that you have an illness that cannot be cured. The day you receive a diagnosis like this, your whole life shifts and your world is changed forever. That’s why it’s important to understand how to cope and learn the steps that you should be taking. Things are never going to be easy from this point on, but they certainly don’t need to be a nightmare. Live Your Life First,…
We know that self-care is about looking after yourself. But there is more to it than just a facemask or a warm bath. Although those things certainly do the trick when it comes to making you feel good, for that deep down happy? There is more that you can do. Emotional Care Sometimes the world can be overwhelming, and that is certainly the case for many people in 2020. Often, we are too busy taking care of others and ticking…
Exercise has been important to me for many years now and for a long time I did yoga every day. Looking after my joints and muscles helps my pain and protects my hypermobile joints. But with increased fatigue, and moving house that changed and getting back to exercise has become a priority. I have found since moving and helping my mom, that my own pain and fatigue have increased. This was of course expected, but meant that a lot of…