As someone living with anxiety I find it really hard to switch off so I can relax or sleep and on when I need to focus, so I always tend to have something playing in the background to keep my brain from running away with me. One of my go-to things to listen to is …
Loving your body is hard… Loving your body when it’s changing is even harder. As a teen, your body is in the process of huge changes – hormonal, emotional and physical. You’re eagerly awaiting your “glow up” like a caterpillar in a cocoon, waiting to emerge as a butterfly… but what they don’t tell you …
Going back to school can be stressful enough, let alone if you have a chronic illness or chronic pain condition to manage on top of that. I wanted to help make back to school season less daunting, but as I have only been sick for 1.5 years and I spent a year of that off …
I was diagnosed with a chronic pain disorder called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome at the end of my grade 10 year. At the time, I thought chronic pain was for old people and that it would go away. I was terribly wrong. Over the past year and a half, I’ve become a person that I …
This past year I’ve had one main thing on my mind, finding an answer to what was causing my pain/illness. I wanted a diagnosis more than anything, as I felt as if I was constantly flying blind! I was trying every possible thing I could do to feel better. Fodmap diet, paleo, vegetarian and allergy …