When you have endometriosis or any kind of chronic pain, doctors often recommend that you do some kind of exercise because movement can help improve pain levels. Exercise is important when you live…

Living with chronic illness has taught me that life can change without warning. Cruising has taught me to find hope in the unexpected.

People often ask me how to live with chronic illness, especially when chronic pain seems endless. Here are my personal approaches I use to thrive.

When you have Spina Bifida, often it is more difficult to go to the bathroom because most a lot of the time your bladder and bowel muscles are affected and don’t work properly. I have two sto…

In this post, I explain what it's really like to live with pain. It's more than the physical pain because pain brings a lot of other issues.

Disabled and chronically ill people often spend more time in bed than someone who is not disabled, because sometimes we need a lot of surgeries to manage our health or live with chronic pain, and a…

Chronic illness changes what you can do, not who you are. Here's why finding identity outside your diagnosis is so hard.

Join us in the 2026 September writing prompts, where people with chronic illness and disability share about their lives using 5 shared prompts.

Hip replacement surgery is one of the hardest surgeries I have ever had to go through, which is saying a lot because I have had dozens of surgeries, but sometimes it is necessary for less pain. Whe…

Living with chronic illness, pain or other disability is an ongoing learning curve. Here are 18 tips for life with chronic conditions.

Resources and tips on how and what to wear after knee surgery, as well as wound care. Part of a series on my knee injury recovery process.

Summer is upon us here in sunny Scotland. Except, it’s not very sunny. There’s been a heatwave south of the border, but most days it’s actually quite wet, and dreich here in Scotland. Perhaps it’s…

Sometimes the longest journey isn’t across oceans. It’s finding your way back to yourself after illness, trauma, and the stories you’ve come to believe about who you are.

When you are disabled or chronically ill, sometimes you have to go to the doctor or hospital more often than non-disabled people because sometimes you have health issues that require a surgery or t…

Here are 365 mindfulness journaling prompts for self-improvement, self-care and personal growth. Plus some bonus journal prompts as well!

Most morning routine advice assumes a body that gets to choose what happens next. Here's why that model doesn't fit chronic illness.

July is Disability Pride Month. During the month of July, we celebrate Disability Pride Month, which is an opportunity to break barriers, educate people on ableism, and celebrate the uniqueness and…

Here are 365 mindfulness journaling prompts for self-improvement, self-care and personal growth. Plus some bonus journal prompts as well!

The Exhausting Math of Managing Your Own Chronic Illness Care

Disabled people sometimes struggle to accept their disability because we live in a society where disability is something bad that needs to be fixed. Disability acceptance isn’t something only…

I love routine and having set things at set times but changing routines so they don’t tire you out is important too.

Read as Stephen White shares more about the unique challenges that men with fibromyalgia face, in addition to being undiagnosed as a young adult.

Speaking up at appointments costs real energy. Here's how to advocate for yourself without losing the rest of your week to recovery.

Accessibility is important for disabled people because we can’t function without it, but it’s not just for disabled people and everyone benefits from a more accessible world.. Everyone should…

Pacing doesn't work the way you have been taught, this post examines the evidence and looks at why, because energy isn't just physical.

When you have a physical disability, simple tasks that come easily to most people can be more challenging because you don’t have as much stability as everyone else. It is frustrating to have …

My psychologist asked me to write a diary entry, “Grieving the Life That I Will Never Have”, as a person with chronic illness. Here's what I wrote.

Medical gaslighting is real, it's common in chronic illness, and it's not your fault. Here's what it looks like and what you can do about it.

Disabled people sometimes need to see more doctors than non-disabled people because a lot of the time, we have very complex medical issues that require more specialized training than your primary c…

Here's what it's like living with Antiphospholipid Syndrome from a patient's perspective. APS can interfere with many foods and treatments.

You are worthy of love when you are disabled, so many of us struggle to realise or believe this, but I think we need to change that

Exercise is just as important for disabled people as it is for non-disabled people, but it is more difficult when you are disabled because you have limitations and fitness is not accessible. Disabl…

finding joys on difficult days is so important, joy looks less like achievement, and more like listening, resting, and slowing down.

Your body sends early warning signals before a flare, but chronic illness makes them easy to miss and hard to trust. Here's what to look for.

Learn all about women's health in Antiphospholipid Syndrome, from pregnancy to miscarriage, birth control, menstruation, menopause and more.

Obviously, an important part of being a blogger is writing a blog post. Whether you’re a brand new blogger or an expert one looking to improve your skills, this post will help you better understand…

When you are disabled, you are constantly learning how to navigate ableist comments because non-disabled people are always saying, and most of the time I don’t think it’s intentional. O…

Chronic illness summer fatigue is real. Here's what it feels like when everyone else has energy you don't — and what actually helps.

As someone who has lived with chronic illnesses for over twenty years, I know that ‘good days’ often come with people assuming I am well. People saying I am looking better, or I seem well today do…

Read as Stephen White shares more about the unique challenges that men with fibromyalgia face, in addition to being undiagnosed as a young adult.

It's often presented as something productive, aesthetic, or aspirational, but let’s try the softest version of self-care on low energy days.

Burnout looks different when you have a chronic illness. Here's what it actually looks like — and why it's so easy to miss.