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Mindfulness for migraines
Mindfulness is the number one, overarching tool that has helped me reduce my migraine triggers (stress, fatigue, posture) and increase my resilience to the triggers I can not avoid (genes, hormones, climate etc.). As a result, I have managed to reduce my migraines from 3+ days a week (every week for…
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My migraine story
I have experienced migraines since I was 11 years old. In my younger years, they only appeared occasionally and did not have a major impact on my life. As such, I’ll be brutally honest and admit that I never attempted to understand my migraine diagnosis. I did not take the time…
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Contrary to contronyms…
Today’s post is tiny… and out there. I was curious to discover a heated debate taking place on social media between a reader and… a dictionary. Yep. It all started when Mirriam Webster posted a note to say that ‘supposably’ was a word. (For the record: my spell checker agrees…
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“The Vagus Nerve Reset”
I don’t often comment on what’s happening in the news, but the tragedy in Nepal is overwhelming. My heart goes out to everyone affected💔🙏 * For a long time now, I’ve been saying that the biggest step forward in my healing journey was learning how to calm down my over-stressed…
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Self-Guided Meditation
A significant part of my self-healing journey has been re-learning how to meditate. When I was in my 20s I used to attend regular Yoga sessions, and a short guided-meditation was almost always included at the end of the lesson. More recently, I started meditating again as a means of…
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What is hemiplegic migraine?
OK, so the last couple of weeks I have been travelling a detour, looking into books and beliefs and gawking at AI making me a podcast episode… it’s now time to return to the main road and talk about migraines and mindfulness. So, today’s post is about the source of…
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When no one believes
A while ago I did a post on how a very British lady called Sarah Colwill developed a Chinese accent after a severe migraine. The post included a reference to how Ms Colwill lost friends because they thought she was pretending (read more here). At the end of that post,…
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‘My’ first ever podcast episode
OK, so if you’ve visited my blog before, then you know that I feel very conflicted about AI. Two years ago, I was so excited to discover AI could make images for me with the push of a button… and then… the novelty wore off. Especially when the whole internet…
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The opposite of The Placebo Effect
I don’t identify with the term ‘pessimism’. I see myself as ‘rationally realistic’. My husband, an ‘eternal optimist’, would probably disagree. I’ve written before about the version of pessimism that I carry through life (which can be summarized as ‘hope for the best / plan for the worst’). The prior…
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Novel ways to be written off as a woman
As anyone with the internet knows, once you start reading certain posts, ‘The Algorithm’ starts feeding you more of the same. Sometimes, however, strange stories come through my news feed that feel random… or perhaps not. One such ‘news’ article that landed on my desk was “The most absurd female…
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Advice from page 47
Life is not always easy. That’s why it feels good to know there are other people out there looking out for us; sending us some good vibes. You guys do that for me, whether you know it or not. I feel your kindness even when I’m offline, and I thank…