Updated: Jan 19, 2022 by Heather McCormick (she/her) Listen to this blog here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1vJLrAsFlUcoi0kLnS2xSb?si=2e4255691f6f4542 When I offered to write this post for women’s month, I didn’t know what to write about or focus on. In reality I could write a book on my relationship with my body, and how it has changed with various illnesses, …
By Heather (she/her), Racheal (she/her), and Jack (he/him). We have grown up hearing the importance of “walking a mile in someone else’s shoes” in regards to empathy. Whilst not even realising it, as a society we have been wearing the shoes of people with chronic illnesses and disabilities for the past couple of months now …
By Heather (she/her) Listen to it here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5U0hY5M7zPEYzFfqEJIZMS?si=6b5aa64ce1c64854 Hi, Heather here. This week we are all talking about what we have lost and gained through our experiences of ill health. Some of these might be focussed on positive life choices, but not mine. Background I was diagnosed with Lupus (SLE) almost exactly 7 years ago …