When you have a child, you make this silent vow, a promise to yourself that you will protect, love and adore this baby and always be there for them. And so when something makes that difficult, when an unplanned illness or injury makes you falter at the most important job you have ever had, it […]
Hope you have all had a fantastic Women’s Day 2015. I have had a weekend with friends and family and LOVED seeing my Facebook and Twitter feeds filled with wonderful stories of inspiring women and feminism. I thought I would share my talk from last year’s International Women’s Day in Barnsley where I spoke about […]
Very quick update about Harry the hernia… I blogged about getting the news I was being treated at a private hospital. Well, my letter has come through and I’m booked in for the 21st March! Just under 3 weeks time. Though I know it’s a routine operation and I trust my fabulous surgeon Mr Brown […]
So, this week has been crazy!! After my post of the letter to the woman who tutted at me for using the disabled toilets went viral, the website has had over 2 million views and I have been in newspapers, websites, radio stations around the world and even had an appearance on BBC breakfast. I […]
Who has seen the Poo Pourri campaign? I LOVE it, it’s a brilliant advert that after I fell on the floor howling, I wanted to try it straight away! Take a look… With over 31MILLION views on YouTube, I’m not alone! Here’s what they say. “When you spray Poo~Pourri into the bowl before-you-go, our proprietary […]
After my post on using accessible toilets with an invisible disability went viral with over 2 million views, I knew I had to harness this amazing audience and do something good with it and so after spending the week talking to people with disabilities all over the world and also Disability Charity Scope, I am over […]
Thank you so much for all your comments, reads, shares, emails and messages. I am so overwhelmed by the outpouring and humbled and honoured to read your stories. I am getting thousands of emails and comments. Some are deeply personal stories and are heart breaking. I am trying my best to reply to as many […]
I will be on the couch with BBC breakfast today at 7.40am! I’ll be talking Ibd and *that* letter! *Update* You can see my interview here… http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/health-31636415
So the past few days have gone WILD! My post about using disabled/accessible toilets when you have a hidden disability went viral and I can’t believe it, but So Bad Ass has had over 1.3 million views!!! On Tuesday evening, I wrote the post, an open letter to people who judge others using public loos. […]
I was invited to the Pelican Healthcare Life Your Life roadshow in Cardiff to talk about living with an ileostomy and self esteem. It was a great day, there was a ton of information stalls and products as well as dietary advice, a reflexologist, the Get Your Belly Out team and lots more. The super […]