This January I committed to the increasingly popular ‘Veganuary’ . My reasons for doing so were varied. I have previously blogged about moving towards a more plant based diet as a way of managing my RA and I have always …
Category: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Self care: Essential not Optional
Self care is a popular buzz word at the moment. Social media is littered with posts about it. I’m joining in writing this post about self care… Has self care lost it’s way? As a society we work long hours, …
You can’t have it all- I disagree.
Who says you can’t have it all? Forget the glass ceiling at work. What about the glass ceiling in life? As women we have been conditioned to believe we can’t have it all. As a women I feel like I …
Autumn 🍂 why this is my favourite season
Today I had my first Spiced Pumpkin Latte (now available as vegan) of the ‘season’ and whilst I was drinking it, it got me thinking about Autumn. I have never really spent much time over the years reflecting on the …
Your Illness, Your Journey, Your Life
Being diagnosed with an illness is hard, it is the unknown. You go from being healthy to labelled overnight. Okay, so it isn’t exactly overnight. You often live with symptoms for a long time before formal diagnosis, years for some …
Learning acceptance through yoga
One of the hardest things I have found when it comes to living with Rheumatoid Arthritis is the disconnection between your mind and body. It has at times felt like my mind and body were pulling in different directions. Some …
Finding my (running) feet with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Life starts at the end of your comfort zone Running is so far past the end of my comfort zone, it isn’t even in the same county! I have, for reasons unbeknown to me, signed up to complete the Birmingham …
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Smoke and Mirrors
Social media is a fantastic way of reaching millions of people, a way of providing a community and a platform for sharing ideas and experiences. However, we have to take caution when considering our life in comparison to what we …
Food and Flares
Nutrition and diet can be a minefield and having said that this post is purely based on my experiences with diet and food groups. You only have to turn on the TV to know this. One minute we should be …
Spoon theory
A year or so ago I watched a TED talk on disability and something the speaker said really resonated with me. I cannot walk in your shoes, and you cannot walk in mine. It didn’t interpret this statement as a …