“My head is full and my heart is heavy”. This was the only way I could describe how I am feeling to my husband this morning. Full, heavy, weighed down, overwhelmed. I know that so many people are going through tough times right now, the air feels full of worry and stress, like when you […]
I am in the middle of having therapy, it is trauma focussed CBT (Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) along side talking therapy. This is to help me with the feelings I have had around years of illness, surgeries and ongoing illness. Though I was nervous going into it, it has been hugely helpful to me. I wanted […]
I am doing an event on Facebook premiere with Clinimed about helpful hints and advice for looking after your stoma. I am joined by a ostomy product specialist and a stoma care nurse to answer all your questions about life with a stoma. Join us on Thursday 15th July at 10.30am on Facebook. Sam xx
I wanted to talk a bit about The Gap. The Gap between what I want to do and what I am able to do and how I am learning about it all the time. When you have a chronic illness, there is this gap, a space between what you are physically able to do and […]
It is World IBD Day today and to celebrate this day, I thought I would write a little about the journey I am on and have been on for so long. After multiple surgeries and when my body is scarred, in pain and struggling, it is easy to feel broken. But I am not broken. […]
I was absolutely honoured and over the moon to win the Sarah Nulty Award for Creativity in the Sheffield Star Women of Sheffield Awards!!! Thank you so much to everyone who nominated me, it is truly an honour! Peace and love Sam xx
Hey badasses, I am sorry for being absent for so long. It has been a bit of a rough ride and I just haven’t had the emotional energy to blog for a while. I think it is really important to put your own well being first, and often as a blogger, you feel the pressure […]
I am doing some creative writing workshops with the brilliant Off the Shelf festival and I wrote a piece about how my panic attacks feel. I thought I would share an excerpt from it here. I have had a bad few days but the release of writing has really helped me. I want to talk […]
I saw this tweet this week from showupforthis and it stopped me in my tracks. It is talking about the trauma of Covid and the past year of the pandemic, and makes complete sense. But for me it made me think about the trauma of several years of ongoing poor health, surgeries, pain and suffering. […]
So we are a year into the Covid pandemic, who would have thought it was still going to be so tough a year later?! Twelve months of fear, lockdowns, isolation and worry have done us all in. I miss my friends, I miss family, I miss being able to go out and have a coffee […]