Over the past year and a half/two years, I’ve enjoyed a time of relatively good health. Especially when you compare it to the years of being predominantly housebound that happened before that. But that in no way means that I am better and no longer have ME/CFS. It is strange, but even many of my… More The More I Can Do The More Invisible My Illness Becomes
Eating out in Amsterdam is a very expensive pursuit, so it is important to find somewhere with tasty food immediately. After having lived in Amsterdam for over ten years, here are my top favourite restaurants to eat out. You should note that I am vegetarian so I can only speak for the vegetarian food at… More Best Places to Eat Out in Amsterdam
Amsterdam is a beautiful city, the city centre is increasingly becoming over touristed! It can be difficult to explore the more realistic side of the city. So, to help you out, here are some of my favourite, non-touristy things to do in Amsterdam. 1. Storytelling at the Mezrab The Mezrab is one of my absolute… More Five Non-touristy Things to Do in Amsterdam
The English language comedy scene is booming in Amsterdam at the moment. There are new professional shows and open mics popping up everywhere. So here is a non-exhaustive list of comedy clubs and shows you can find throughout the week in Amsterdam. One thing to note is to look out for whether you are going… More English Language Comedy Shows in Amsterdam
Whilst we often hear about the fact that trauma can lead to chronic illness, something that we talk about less often is how having a chronic illness is a traumatic experience and can cause trauma. So, as today is World Mental Health Day, and I’ve just experienced a pretty traumatic health crash, what better time… More 7 Things to Know About Chronic Illness and Trauma
My last blog post was now several months ago, and I was talking about how much healthier I have been. One of the questions I posed at that point was, when should I start working? Well, the cost-of-living crisis rather forced my hand and, fed up with constantly stressing about money, I took the little… More Where was I? Freelancing with a chronic illness!
As you may or may not know by now, I am a huge fan of period pants. When I first discovered the existence of period pants, after being recommended them by a friend, I took to them straight away… and they have genuinely changed my experience of having a period. So, unsurprisingly, I was overjoyed… More Accessible period pants for the win!
Gay Pride month is one huge, commercial party nowadays. With slogans like “Love is love” and other vagaries I think we sometimes fail to talk about some of the very important things that LGBTQ+ people face in their day-to-day realities. So here are four things to think about this Pride month. Hate crimes against LGBTQ+… More 4 things to remember this Pride month
I recently re-downloaded Spotify, after not having used it for many years, and listening to my “favourites” playlist, I heard one of the songs that I used to cry to as a teenager driving home from school. This triggered a number of other memories and, after a sleepless night piecing everything together, I came to… More I was a queer teenager and I didn’t know it
One of the hardest things I found about getting sick was the feeling that I had completely lost my identity: who I was, and what made me me. In the first years of being sick I found this really difficult. Turns out, chronic illness identity, the future and dreams, are all big and complex topics… More Chronic illness identity, dreams and the future!