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Learning the same lessons over and over again is all a part of this journey we call life, so why does it feel so new and surprising when it happens?! An update on my Year of Adventure, and why it's SO OK that it's not going to plan. Your Chronic Illness Superpower: click here to tap into the wisdom of your chronic illness and start living in the way you truly want to be living, from the day-to-day to the big dream stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do I have a problem with productivity, what is ‘productivity’ anyway and why have I applied it to a part of my life that doesn’t need it? In today's episode,I explore how a dormant belief about needing to be productive has thwarted my Year of Adventure, and what I'm going to do about it. LINKS: Your Chronic Illness Superpower: click here to tap into the wisdom of your chronic illness and start living in the way you truly want to be living, from the day-to-day to the big dream stuff. A link to my Substack https://onfiguringitout.substack.com - I'd love to say hello to you over there! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Month 1 into my year of adventure - what lessons have I learned? This is how our dreams, goals and ambitions can be healing by nature. There’s so much we can learn from going for them, but much less to learn by being afraid to try. Subscribe to my Substack On Figuring It Out - https://onfiguringitout.substack.com Your Chronic Illness Superpower: click here to tap into the wisdom of your chronic illness and start living in the way you truly want to be living, from the day-to-day to the big dream stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do we do when the dreams, goals and ambitions we've been building up in our head for SO LONG, underwhelm us in reality? What does the chronic illness experience have to do with that, and how do we pick ourselves back up...again? Your Chronic Illness Superpower: click here to tap into the wisdom of your chronic illness and start living in the way you truly want to be living, from the day-to-day to the big dream stuff. My new Substack - On figuring it out - https://onfiguringitout.substack.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you step into your purpose, dreams and ambitions whilst living with chronic illness, in a way that heals rather than harms? Is it possible to achieve what you want in life, without having to push yourself beyond what's 'good' for you? You bet that's what I'm discussing this season, and I can't wait to get into it. Your Chronic Illness Superpower: click here to tap into the wisdom of your chronic illness and start living in the way you truly want to be living, from the day-to-day to the big dream stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Listen in as I explore the concept of recognising and celebrating the progress and achievements we've made in our lives, even when it feels like we're not where we want to be yet. Sharing my personal experience with chronic illness and how it taught me the importance of acceptance and surrender, I highlight that the difference in my mindset and approach to life came not from the manifestation of my illness but from changing the way I thought about, felt about, and treated myself. Your Chronic Illness Superpower: click here to tap into the wisdom of your chronic illness and start living in the way you truly want to be living, from the day-to-day to the big dream stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It can be really easy to see chronic illness as a ‘but’ in your relationship, something without which your relationship would be much better. But, as my view stands on most things chronic illness, there’s space to see things another way. I think chronic illness in relationships has the power to be a really positive force in your relationships, and today, I'm discussing why. Your Chronic Illness Superpower: click here to tap into the wisdom of your chronic illness and start living in the way you truly want to be living, from the day-to-day to the big dream stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So you’ve heard about chronic illness coaching, but you’re not sure what it is, whether you want or need it, or how it will actually help you. One thing you’ve likely realised as you’re here, is that living with chronic illness changes you and you want help, guidance and support with navigating your way through that. Your Chronic Illness Superpower: click here to tap into the wisdom of your chronic illness and start living in the way you truly want to be living, from the day-to-day to the big dream stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I recently met Emma in Ruth Poundwhite’s membership, The Soulful Sales Society*. In her intro post she mentioned about having recently been awarded Access to Work. In short, Access to Work is a UK government grant, designed to help those with disabilities, physical or mental health conditions, or neuro-divergence either get or stay in work by providing the funding you need to access support. In this episode, I talk to Emma Cossey about her Access to Work application and how this support has helped her in running a business. If you want to find out more about Emma, check out her links below; Website - freelancelifestyle.co.uk Instagram - @emmacossey The Freelance Lifestyle facebook group *A quick heads up that this post might contain affiliate links, meaning I’ll receive a small commission on anything you buy through those links, at no extra cost to you. All affiliate links will be marked with an asterisk*. Your Chronic Illness Superpower: click here to tap into the wisdom of your chronic illness and start living in the way you truly want to be living, from the day-to-day to the big dream stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Pleasure as a pathway to healing - can it be? Yes. Is it important that it is? Most definitely yes. In this episode, I explore pleasure as your basic human right, and why it's so important you don't put it on hold for when you feel up to it. Your Chronic Illness Superpower: click here to tap into the wisdom of your chronic illness and start living in the way you truly want to be living, from the day-to-day to the big dream stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I’m finally here with the season 4 finale. I wanted it to be really conclusive but honestly, that’s just fuelling my procrastination. So now I am going to close out the season with a stream of consciousness, what’s on my mind, what’s next, 4 semi-unrelated thoughts that I can’t shake so need to talk about, kind of episode! I'll be back with season 5 sometime later this year, so for now, the best place to connect with me is via my newsletter. Your Chronic Illness Superpower: click here to tap into the wisdom of your chronic illness and start living in the way you truly want to be living, from the day-to-day to the big dream stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

My friends, today is the final guest episode of S4! I will be brining you some kind of season finale next week, but I just want to take a moment today to celebrate and thank all the guests who I’ve chatted to this season…there’s been something of a shift that’s happened, that I’ll talk more about next week. But for sure, that shift has been hugely facilitated by this group of wonderful humans. So, for this last episode, I’m talking to Caitlin Gwynn; a friend and fellow small business owner who is so full of colour in every possible way. Caitlin is a creativity coach and small business cheerleader and she believes creativity makes the world go round. Caitlin sincerely believes that creativity makes her a better business owner and prioritising her own creative needs and play time during a period of burnout whilst running her online business has lead to her helping others do the same!  Caitlin creates experiences to help you bring the fun back to freelancing and, to help you unleash your own unique creative self expression… and rumour has it she is about to launch a podcast of her own. LINKS: Caitlin's webiste - https://caitlinthecreative.co.uk/ - https://www.instagram.com/caitlin_makes_stuff/?hl=en MY LINKS: Your Chronic Illness Superpower: click here to tap into the wisdom of your chronic illness and start living in the way you truly want to be living, from the day-to-day to the big dream stuff. Creativity, or creative self-expression, for me, has always been an outlet during my journey with my health, and in life in general. What I didn’t expect, however, was to discover how so much of the creative process, how so much of learning to express yourself, can be used as a metaphor and as a training ground for healing and learning to live at peace with your chronic illness. She’s a beam of light and her creative superhero ways are infectious. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.