I finally feel that I have enough energy to post about how things have been for me recently. I have posted about feeling down and anxious and seeing a counsellor but things have got worse and the last week has been the toughest time of my life. Ive felt things slipping for a while, work […]
I joined Slimming World 12 weeks ago, this week I was asked how I could talk about a major diet industry whilst encouraging body positivity and I thought it was a really interesting point and it got me thinking. So I haven’t always had the best relationship with my body, I was a size 8 before […]
Earlier this year, I was asked to feature in the quarterly online magazine The Ostomistic Life and I totally forgot to share it with you guys! Take a look here, I am on pages 12-15.
When I first had a stoma, the nurse told me that lots of people name theirs and it helps them to come to terms with it. I believe I wanted to tell her to f**k off, though I held my tongue. I just wasn’t ready to have that conversation. I am comfortable with my stoma […]
I was at Glastonbury this year and for once, it was HOT!! The heat was tough but I drank plenty of (non alcoholic) fluids to stop the dreaded dehydration and having a few bag changes as the hot weather didn’t do my ostomy bag much good! I unfortunately had a crap experience (!) with the toilets, and it […]
I LOVE photographs, I have thousands, both on my phone, on hard drives, in albums, on the walls and in boxes hidden away. I adore looking through them and remembering brilliant times and revelling in just how small and precious the kids were. Now they are teenagers. And honestly, they don’t really want me to […]
One of my favourite parts of everything to do with So Bad Ass is that I get to do talks all over the world about IBD, ostomies, disability, parenting and body positivity and so when I was asked by our local Scouts group if I would come in and talk to their Cubs about disability, […]
Last summer I was contacted by Transport for London and a TV company about doing some secret filming and trialling their ‘Please offer me a seat’ badges. The ‘Please offer me a seat’ badge and card for people who find it difficult to stand when using public transport. The badge and accompanying card were created following […]
Today is National Sister Day and so I thought I would do a little post about my big sister Lisa. She lives in Sydney, Australia and I miss her every single day! We are ten years apart in age and when I was younger, I always looked up to her so much. I don’t remember […]
This year, Timm, the kids and I headed off for a week at Glastonbury festival and had a whale of a time! We hadn’t been with the kids in 10 years and so it was lovely to revisit such an awesome place with our now teenagers, it was a lot less stressful than taking three […]