by admin | Apr 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
In choosing to take unpaid leave from my part-time role, I had to contemplate the financial toll this would take on my everyday life. I needed to fund my daily coffee intake! So, reinstating the dreaded ‘disability pension’ was necessary. After becoming largely...
by admin | Apr 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Rehab still continues, just striding with my eyepatch now! After years and years of aidless park Physio walks, being a hot day I took to the shady neighbourhood pavements! A new route definitely helped change things up a bit. Often we tend to do the same thing and...
by admin | Apr 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
After I had my stroke, the thing that I found most powerful in my recovery was the reminder to stay present. It’s always been evident to me that through every transition of change that I go through, it’s so easy to get fixated on the past and the “what if’s” etc. I...
by admin | Mar 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Are you a human ‘doing’ or a human ‘being’? My dear friend and mentor, Paddy Spruce recently said to me “Em, it sounds like you’re a human doing, not a human being.” I write in my acknowledgements in my book, Reinventing Emma, the below...
by admin | Mar 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
As you may have noticed, I’ve been quiet on the writing and posting for my social media for the last few months. It’s been a difficult time in my health and I needed to take a break from posting. I am now ready to share more of my story of what my life has been like...
