This is an Essential Practice After Major Illness
The honest-to-god truth is when I got home from brain surgery, all I could think of was the fact I had three months off work. I had three glorious months off from my life, and all I had to do was take...
View ArticleIs There a Silver Lining to Health Issues?
I had this incredible realization the day I got home from hospital after having had brain surgery. I was sat on my leather sofa, and I distinctly remember being in a daze because, well, someone had...
View ArticleWhat Your Medical Records Don’t Say
I have special folder, shoved deep in the dusty depths under my bed. It contains all my medical notes from around the time I was diagnosed with a brain tumour and multiple sclerosis. Inside those pages...
View ArticleWhat Does Your Future Hold? You Decide
You’re not invincible. If anyone should know this, it’s YOU. Cancer, depression, even severe debilitating eczema; whatever your poison you know what it’s like to suddenly realize you’re not impervious...
View Article3 Strategies to be Yourself
“Just be yourself, you’ll do great”. I’m sure just like me, you’ve heard this so many times you never stop to consider what this really means. Another classic is, “Be your authentic self” which frankly...
View ArticleMy Story: Turning Adversity into Hope
Life is precious. If anyone know’s this, it’s YOU. Because when you’re 80, you want to be able to look back on your life with a gentle smile on your face and no regrets. I’m with you on that. So this...
View ArticleYour First Step Post Recovery
The night before I went back to work, I found myself bawling my eyes out in the shower. I felt like I was crazy because I should have felt happy my brain tumour had been successfully removed. My health...
View ArticleAre You Waiting Until New Years?
Yeah I know what you’re thinking, we’re nowhere near New Years right now. That’s precisely my point. What exactly are you waiting for? I know you’ve done this, we’ve ALL done this at some point. In...
View ArticleTackling Post Recovery Blues
Like an ice cream maker churning deep in my stomach, the relationship with my leading man no longer felt right anymore. The sad fact was, that since recovering from brain surgery I had started...
View ArticleWhy Your “Authenticity” is BS
There’s authentic Canadian maple syrup tapped in Quebec, authentic Van Gogh paintings painted by the Post-Impressionist master himself, and authentic Champagne from the Champagne Region in France....
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