Since starting this blog I’ve talked about my Rheumatoid Arthritis and living with an invisible illness. What I have talked less about is how my RA effects my eye. I thought about why that was and I think it’s because I have had eye problems for so long now, 25 years, that it has become…
Category: Rheumatoid Arthritis
The Everyday Diet, The Everyday Problem?
I have previously blogged about my interest in nutrition. As I continue to develop my knowledge, both through reading various books and working through my nutrition course I can feel myself becoming both more knowledgeable and more confused. It is no wonder many don’t know what to do for the best when it comes to…
Veganuary 🌱
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 had an interest and awareness around the sustainability of our planet. Veganuary felt like a…
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, are attached to our mobiles and are always chasing the next must have… taking time…
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 am expected at some point in life to make a choice; a career or a…
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 seasons or settling on a favourite. I have previously found that I just drift between…
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 people. Rheumatoid Arthritis and other autoimmune illnesses are often misdiagnosed or dismissed in the early…
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 days my mind is raring to go, ready to take on the world but my…
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 Half Marathon. Having never been a runner, not even before my diagnosis of RA, I…
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 see via these platforms. We should view what we see on social media as the…