Your health is so important these days, and you need to do as much as you can to work toward improving this as much as possible. Think about what it takes to make the most of this, and factor in the ideas that can help you to become healthier in your life. You need to … Continue reading Changes you can make to work toward better health
A few weeks ago I went hiking with friends. I had an amazing day and thought I'd write a quick blog post about it to share why I absolutely loved it and how it helped me. Where did we hike? I met two of my friends who also have chronic pain. We all have different … Continue reading Walking for chronic pain: hiking with friends
I've realised lately that I am a goal-orientated person. I've always had goals, but I've never really thought about how much they motivate me or how driven I am by them. If I really set my mind on something, I can usually find the energy and drive to achieve it. So this has got me … Continue reading Wellbeing Wisdom: Setting some new goals
I've learned that the best way to look after my chronic pain is to look after me. If I'm healthy, energised, and feeling well in myself, it makes managing my pain so much easier. When I'm unhealthy, lethargic, and feeling unwell, then obviously the opposite happens - managing my pain is so much harder. I'm … Continue reading Wellbeing wisdom: Eat the rainbow
In this blog post I share my thoughts on Lauren Ephithite's new booklet how to make a bad mental health day a bit brighter. I've followed Lauren ever since I started blogging. She writes about mental health, wellbeing, and gratitude. I purchased the booklet from Etsy and decided to do a short review on my … Continue reading Wellbeing wisdom: how to make a bad mental health day a bit brighter #review
In last week's first post of this new seires, I jumped in the deep end and spoke about stepping out of my comfort zone. I wanted to talk about my events of the week to highlight how this can help us and how it makes us feel when we make that leap and try something … Continue reading Wellbeing wisdom: what is wellbeing?
When you have chronic pain, you know that you will be in it for the long-run, so you need to find ways of managing your pain so that you can continue doing the things you enjoy and living your life. It isn't just the pain itself that you need to consider as part of your … Continue reading Your complete guide to pain management for chronic pain
My new weekly blog post looks at the bigger picture of how to cope with chronic pain, and different ways of looking after your wellbeing. I'll share some of my own self care tips, new things I've tried, how I've pushed myself out my comfort zone, and the pain challenges I've faced. It will be … Continue reading Wellbeing wisdom: stepping out of my comfort zone
We are all encouraged to try and do 10,000 steps a day to make sure move as much as we can to help improve our overall health. But why 10,000 steps? And why having a lower daily step goal can make you move move. For me, movement is a huge part of my pain management … Continue reading Why having a lower daily step goal can be better for you
This is my weekly gratitude post where I share 5 things that I am grateful for over the last 7 days. Being grateful and focusing on the positives of our days and week can lead to better wellbeing, happiness, and can really change our outlook on things. It can also help with worry and anxiety. I'm … Continue reading What I’m grateful for this week
