Category: Creativity
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Bitter isn’t better
A while ago I saw a note on social media that went something like “I hope that every time I am misdiagnosed or medically gaslit, doctors all across the world stub a toe and suffer intense pain”. I confess similar thoughts have crossed my mind from time to time; there’s…
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Creating a gentler language for healing
Not long ago I wrote about the idea of a ‘migraine warrior’. I noted that whilst I understood the motivational intent of the language, I also said that it didn’t always resonate with me, because it is exhausting to always be at war with your pain. Today I want to…
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ChatGPT: what do you know about me?
ChatGPT is often accused of being ‘derivative’ – everything it writes comes from other people’s texts. Weirdly though, humans are not that different. We often write about what other people say, or about other people’s stories and successes and so on. Today’s blog, for instance is inspired by something someone…
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Vincent van Gogh’s pain
There are rumors going around the internet that several ‘alternative’ artists from the past, suffered from migraines with visual-auras. We’ll never know for sure, but I’m skeptical that an artist could have migraines on a regular basis, and no one would record them as being ‘poorly’ in their biographical notes.…
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Fridge poetry for pain
Chances are you know someone who has Fridge Poetry; those little magnetic words that you can arrange and rearrange to make poems on your fridge. I used to have an irrational jealousy of people who owned them. Why I never went out and bought my own set, I don’t know……
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Make a healing mandala
When I first started my holistic healing journey just over a year ago, I woke up and decided I was sick of being sick, and it was time to take things into my own hands so I could get better. The first thing I did was to write a program…
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Mindfulness… just sew
Sewing, cross-stitch, embroidery, knitting… they are all mindful techniques that can create a deep sense of relaxed concentration that becomes something of a state of Zen. Truly! I’ve recently been trying long-stitch, and I’m often surprised at how much I get ‘lost in the moment’ and ‘time flies’. It is…
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Your migraine needs a mood board!
In architecture, mood-boards are regularly used in the preliminary stages of design. And for good reason. The collection of images helps designers and their clients quickly visualize concepts in a way that is more efficient than words alone. Everyone who looks at the board can see the look and feel…
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Dancing with migraines
As a result of being sick so many days a week, I am not fit. When my neurologist suggested that I take up HIIT to improve my strength and stamina and improve my overall health and wellbeing, I quickly realized it was not for me. The sudden movements just made the pain…
The Mindful Migraine 