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Body Talk: Reinventing Life and Embracing Disability
As we journey through life, our connection with our bodies moves and shifts with time. The intricate dance becomes more challenging as we age, especially when faced with chronic illness or disability. We may encounter physical constraints and emotional and mental limitations that come along. Coming to terms with our circumstances can be daunting, but embracing self-love amidst bodily struggles is truly beautiful. In this heartfelt post, I delve into the complex relationship we have with our bodies during adversity, the accompanying grief, and the profound joy we can find in accepting our new reality.
Let’s get uncomfortable
Let’s get uncomfortable
How often do you treat yourself, put yourself first, think of yourself before someone else?
Have you ever looked deeply into the eyes of a partner and told them how much you love and appreciate them? Yes? Me too.
Ever done that to your own reflection? And I’m not talking about a passing “hey, cutie” as you pass a mirror. I’m talking that deep soul-connecting gaze, a long lingering look as you say “I love you”.
Is it making you feel uncomfortable even reading this, are you squirming a bit?…
Performative Love in the Body Confidence Arena
As a disabled person, and someone with multiple chronic illnesses, I have become somewhat wary of the seemingly helpful trend to love your body for its performance instead of its looks.
Hey, Trauma? The party’s over you can leave now, ok!
It’s occurred to me, as I try to minimise the impact of this latest re-traumatising event, that no matter how much we heal we might just have to accept that our past may always creep into our present and sit on our chest stealing our breath away like a childhood monster from under the bed. And this may not be news to you but it is for me because I thought that I’d done it, you know, healed that trauma. Ticked it off the list and moved on. So it came as a bit of a shock to find that it still had the power to bring me to my knees.
Welcome, it’s so good to see you here
Well, I talked about it long enough and finally it’s here, my lovely little blog. I hope you’ll enjoy this space, where we won’t be constrained by word count or “grid aesthetics” and we can be free to talk about the things that matter most to us, in the way that we need to.