It's here!! Family Matters is out now.
Reading Time: 6 minutesIt starts with owning your healing journey.
This means reclaiming your identity as more than a diagnosis or set of symptoms.
You are a whole person, worthy of love and belonging.
And you have people in your life who care deeply for you, as you are.
Reading Time: 5 minutesOne of the most empowering things that you can do for yourself in the face of a chronic disease diagnosis (or even if you are trying to prevent one) is to stop being at “WAR” with your body. We are often led to believe that our immune system has gone berserk and that our body has turned against us and this is particularly true in the case of autoimmune diseases. However, by treating our immune system (and our bodies) as our enemy, we are in fact shooting the messenger!
Reading Time: 4 minutesSelf care is also NOT selfish, indulgent, time consuming, or a luxury! It is a necessity and needs to be a part of everyone’s daily routine. It is about tuning into yourself and giving yourself what you need emotionally, physically, and spiritually on a regular basis.
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhat I find is that most people struggle to let go of a need to control what they really cannot and this makes them miserable. Letting go does not mean losing the knowledge we have gained from the past. The knowledge of the past stays with us. You simply choose to let go of what does not serve you so that you can focus on what really matters.
Reading Time: 7 minutesAs we all prepare to resume some kind of “normalcy” post these two months of lockdown, our future is fuzzier than ever. All we really know for sure is that many things will have changed when we reopen, some forever.
Reading Time: 5 minutesMore often than not we fail to realise we have given our power and in turn our happiness to people and circumstances which lie outside of us. This holds true for all aspects of our lives including our health issues