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- Learning to Like Myself – A Reflection
- The Labyrinth of Me
- Levels and Lymphocytes
- The Impossible Mountain
- The Able Body and the Mountain Within
- A Maven Clad In Raven’s Clothes
- The Cyclone That Life Can Be
- A Personal Victory!
- The Language of Smiles
- A Dance with the Waves
- A Journey of Ten Years
- The Lessons I’ve Learned
- Boats of Many Colours
- The Light of Small Joys
- The Deity of the Waves – Thoughts on Chemo and the River Within
- This Is My Journey
- Pushing Through
- Happy Birthday Max Shadow!
- Bodily Able – A Reflection
- The Power of Forgetting
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- The Many Ways of Mavenclad
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Tag Archives: Balance
The Labyrinth of Me
I had a Multiple Sclerosis flare up recently. It started with a back spasm during the day one afternoon that left me in a lot of pain. It was all downhill from there. I knew that something was wrong the … Continue reading
Posted in Brain Fog, Fatique, Flare Up, MINOTAUR, Rebel Satori Press
Tagged Balance, Brain Fog, chronic-illness, Dizziness, fatigue, flareup, health, Interview, Jamieson Wolf, life, mental-health, MINOTAUR, Multiple Sclerosis, Rebel Satori Press, Writing
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The Impossible Mountain
It’s not often that I’m made to feel disabled. Objectively, I know I’m disabled. I was born with spastic cerebral palsy and I have relapse and remitting multiple sclerosis. Despite that, or because of the disabilities that I live with, … Continue reading
Posted in Balance
Tagged accessibility, Anger, art, Balance, cafe, Change, creativity, exercise, life, Multiple Sclerosis, narrative, reach out, speak up, thought, travel, Voice, walking, Writing
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A Personal Victory!
I had a personal victory today. My body is at its worst in the mornings. For almost a year, I’ve been having issues getting dressed. My left leg is fine and I’m able to put it in my pantleg with … Continue reading
Posted in Challenges, Milestones, self esteem
Tagged Balance, exercise, fitness, flareup, health, movement, Multiple Sclerosis, Personal Victory, Spasms, victory, yoga
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A Dance with the Waves
A neighbour gave me a gentle telling off today. For the past three weeks, I’ve been going through a multiple sclerosis flare up. I thought I was just tired at first and suffering from burn out. Then that tiredness became … Continue reading
Posted in Flare Up, Multiple Sclerosis, Symptoms
Tagged Balance, diagnosis, fatigue, Flare Up, heal, joy, Multiple Sclerosis, nausea, Painting, push through, relapse, relapse and remitting, remitting, rest, time off, Vertigo, working, Writing
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Relearning How to Live
This is a piece that I was asked to write for today, the International Day of Person’s with Disabilities. It was published in a newsletter at work and while it was nerve wracking to put myself out there like that, … Continue reading
Posted in Bladder problems, Brain Fog, Canes, Depression, discomfort, fatigue, Spasms, Speech, Tremors, Writing
Tagged Balance, Cerebral Palsy, Challenges, Grateful, Living, Multiple Sclerosis, Pain, Spasms, Symptoms, Tremors, Vertigo, walking
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Letting Go Of Fear
I’m often surprised by my disabilities. The other day when I was coming back from a walk, I opened my apartment door and was taking a step inside when my body decided to have a full body spasm. I lost … Continue reading
Two Steps at a Time 