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Get Connected! With the World At Large…and Our “Secret” Vlog
Have you seen my Wellness Provocateur Vlog? If not, what are you waiting for? Check it out. (You’ll be glad you did!) But I’ve got a secret. Vlog, that is. And it hasn’t been public…until now. It’s the L & B WALK VLOG! You see, Linus and Bertie go for a walk every day, and although we love our wheelchair ride adventures, I can’t always go with them. Not wanting me to miss out on this very special time, Linus created the L & B Walk Vlogs to share the joy. And there is so much joy to be had out and about with my husband and pup! Seeing the…
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A Hundred Thousand Dreams
This Earth, all its birdsong, orchids, teacups, and toffee is already a living paradise. Perhaps we incarnate to experience sheer joy. For ourselves and for the Divine. After all, God/dess cannot run through a field, play with a puppy, paddle in the sea, enjoy a foot rub, savour freshly picked broad beans or make love. But we can. And through us, God/dess feels the delight. We need to feel joy so the Divine can experience these treasures. The world is meant to be beautiful. It is beautiful. In the Celtic traditions the world has good and bad equally alike; where curses are blessings and the bitter pain gives life its piquant sweetness. I cannot…
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Get Your Scribbles Going: Story Contest!
Oh, yes! Grab your pens or Dragon Speak headset, it’s time for a story contest! And the entries are bound to be doozies. Will yours be one of them? As a person with a disability, how many times have you heard: “I knew a girl in a wheelchair like you; Her life is over.” “God did this to you.” “Have you tried walking/exercising/drinking more water/prayer/goji berries?” “What’s wrong with you? What’s your prognosis? What do the Doctors say?” “Will you ever walk again?” “Were you born like this?” “Can you have children?” “Will you live?” “My aunt died of that.” “Well you did always used to ——- so I always…
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From Sick Chick To Trail Blazer: My Story
When I was 22 the doctor told me that he thought I had sarcoma, bone cancer. I was terrified. Everything spun in double time. I desperately longed to rewind. One of my friends had sarcoma, so I knew about the illness and the grueling rounds of chemo. I’d had friends die from cancer. I’d been living myself with serious illness for many years already. Like many people faced with a new diagnosis, I knew these things happened but I was totally unprepared when my time came. The (many, many) blood tests began. And the waiting. Two long weeks of awful, maddening, waiting. Followed by a merciless, unforgiving fear. It was…
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I Was, Now I Am: From Fear To Liberation
I was a sick chick and now I’m a wellness trailblazer. I was defined by my diagnoses. Now I’m redefining what it means to live and work with chronic illness. I was written off as broken, for no one had seen someone so ill survive. I was scared and redundant, complicit in the belief that my physical limitations limited my possibilities as a person. Not anymore. I’m creating a world that works with my strengths. And makes them stronger. I used to use a wheelchair and I still do. This is not a miracle cure story. It is a story of liberation. That liberation is my happy ending…and a magical…
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