PTSD stands for post-traumatic stress disorder, but it’s not a disorder of the brain; the brain is doing what it is naturally supposed to do. What is at fault is the trauma, not the response to it.

I am so grateful I learned these techniques in my recovery, because they are my lifelines now, and I still wish I had known them before my breakdown, and so here are my pacing tips for you.

‘The habits you created to survive will no longer serve you when it’s time to thrive. Get out of survival mode. New habits, new life.’ Healing Pathways for your new life.

What is Luck, Anyway? Me, on my MS diagnosis

Storytelling. Telling our stories. So much more than three words.

2017. The year dreams came true.

My body is my secret shame. (Well, not so secret now).

Learning to stay in the abyss. Until it merely evaporated from around me.

Anniversaries can feel very difficult to traverse. This post marks my 9th.

Even in recovery, triggers can exist. New ones can even be created. And that's OK.