Healing isn’t about pushing harder,
it’s about listening deeper.
When My Body Goes into Overdrive: Living with Post-Medical Alarms and Crohn’s Urgency
An honest look at managing the physical panic of medical trauma history during everyday exercise alongside the daily reality of Crohn’s disease urgency.
When Your Body Becomes the Battleground: Living with Autoimmune Disease
Autoimmune diseases turn your body’s defenses against itself, causing pain, fatigue, and unpredictability. In this post, I share how living with Crohn’s taught me the power of rest, self-compassion, and tools like somatic movement, yoga, and art journaling to find hope and healing.
Healing Through Movement: Reconnecting with My Body
I spent years believing that healing meant pushing through, but my body taught me a very different truth. Gentle movement, restorative yoga, somatic exercise, and mindful breathwork helped me rebuild safety, strength, and trust after trauma and chronic illness disconnected me from myself. Now I move in a way that honours my body, and I help others do the same.
When My Body Forced Me to Listen
I used to ignore my body’s whispers: tight shoulders, shallow breath, racing heart. I was too busy volunteering, leading activities, and “doing it all.” Then, after a pulmonary embolism and major surgery, my body screamed. It was exhausting, humbling—but necessary. That’s when I started to really listen.