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Limits to Liberation: Building Resilience in Business (Part 3)
Read part 1 here and part 2 here. Running your own business can be a huge challenge, and sometimes it feels like it’s a PhD in patience and confidence, just entering that arena. Running a business while living with a health challenge can seem like it requires a super-power. But many people are turning to entrepreneurship due to chronic illness. It has lots of positives; you can often work from home, set your own hours, take rests in between tasks and make a living doing what you love. However adding the pressure of work to a life already struggling with pain and exhaustion can be a powder keg. I have…
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Limits to Liberation: Building Resilience in Business (Part 2)
Read part 1 here and part 3 here. Entrepreneurship is not for the faint hearted. It’s like a Phd in patience and positivity combined. But it’s a journey with unique rewards. I am a social entrepreneur. I’m living with chronic health challenges. I’m working hard on healing and living the best life I can. We try to balance our challenges and still be successful. I’ve found that to be able do this, or rather to keep doing this, I have to be resilient. It’s a requirement. Factors which make up resilience include: a positive attitude, optimism, the ability to regulate one’s emotions, and the ability to see failure as a form…
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Trailblazer Interview – Natasha Lipman: Wellness Rebel
Natasha Lipman is a London based chronic illness blogger, she is living with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and in 2013 was diagnosed with Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome and Histamine Intolerance. She began blogging in 2014, started a healing journey to try anything, at which point she found nutrition and became a well known Instagramer! Her background is in international relations, youth activism and entrepreneurship, she is a global change maker. Click to Tweet – Interview with @NatashaLipman, wellness rebel. We talk instagram, orthorexia + why she’s pursuing balance not ‘purity’. In this Trailblazer Interview we talk about: A deeper and very much needed conversation around what wellness means and how we pursue it…
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Transcript Trailblazer Interview – Natasha Lipman Wellness Rebel
Grace: Hello. This is Grace from GraceQuantok.com and you’re listening to a Trailblazer Interview. Today I’m talking to Natasha Lipman who’s a London-based chronic illness blogger. She’s living with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and in 2013, she’s diagnosed with Pott’s and Histamine in Tourettes. She began blogging in 2014 and started a healing journey for nutrition and became a well-known Instagram. Her background is in international relations in youth activism and entrepreneurship. She’s a virgin media pioneer and global change-maker. I’ve been following her work for some time now. I love her honesty and the intake on her fantastic food pictures. So, Natasha, thank you so much for joining us today. Natasha:…
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Guest Post: Beautiful Things to Do, Because… Self-Care is Within Reach
Beautiful Things to Do, Because…. is my way to catalogue all the lovely things happening in the world and to share ideas for having a delightful week. Enjoy and hop on Twitter to share your beautiful things with me. I believe in self-care. I know there are plenty of contrarians who don’t love the concept, and I think they’re right too! Because often self-care gets mixed up. It’s really not about the aspirational or indulgent. Real self-care isn’t photoshopped or Pinterest-or a performance. You don’t need a new body or more money. You don’t even really need more time. Real self-care is about honoring yourself, and acknowledging that you are innately precious.…
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