lifestylin', chronic illness livin', twenty-somethin' creative mess
I'm a collector. A collector of symptoms, that is. In my bag, I've got wheezing and coughing, sciatica and swelling, anaphylaxis and aches, plus everyone's favourite; anxiety. Most of my chronic conditions have been with me since birth, or developed once I finished puberty. However, there is a condition that has only been with me…
Continue reading ➞ What Is Chronic Fatigue? | Speaking From Experience | Rosie Abigail
We are back baby! Back with a New Year, and back with some more No Year’s Resolutions. Personally, I hate the framing of ~resolutions~ - something that you only resolve to do once the new year starts, and these tend to be tasks with a short lifespan. I’m talking crash diets, immense workout schedules, unreachable…
Continue reading ➞ 2023 *No* Year’s Resolutions | Setting Goals for the New Year | Rosie Abigail
How apt is it that I am welcoming PCOS awareness month with a PCOS flare up? It’s like my body has decided to try method acting. Sorry, I’m speaking in acronyms like some eighties businessman - let me clarify what I’m on about. Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. A surprisingly common disorder that not a lot of…
Continue reading ➞ What *Is* PCOS? | PCOS Awareness Month | rosie abigail
We’re not on about breast implants today; I think my double Ds don’t need any extra help. I’m talking about the implant a la birth control! With the discourse surrounding abortion and birth control as rife as ever, including misinformation, I thought it would be good to share some real life experience, and to talk…
Continue reading ➞ My Experience with the Implant | Birth Control | Rosie Abigail
To quote Obi-Wan Kenobi, “hello there”. To quote myself, “long time, no see, eh?” It’s been a little while since I’ve been in the blogging sphere, a few months in fact. I’m sorry for not heading off with an interim “I’m off!” post or a “see ya in August!” message. You see, I hadn’t planned…
Continue reading ➞ Change is a very good thing… | Rosie Abigail
Colours, patterns, prints! A splash of pink, yellow, green! Dresses, skirts, crop tops! Don’t mind me, just looking into my wardrobe. If fourteen year old, Blue Banana, Tumblr era Rosie could see me now, she would be so disappointed. Dress is from Joanie Clothing Nowadays, as a twenty-something creative mess, I am a huge fan…
Continue reading ➞ Dopamine Dressing: Dressing to Feel Like Me! | rosie abigail
If there is one thing I like to think I am an expert on, it's being anxious. Okay, it wouldn’t be my Mastermind category (that would be on Walt Disney World, in all honesty), and I’m not an expert in the clinical sense. But with over eight years of anxiety under my belt, I like…
Continue reading ➞ Dealing with COVID Health Anxiety | rosie abigail
“How’s your meter?” What, my meter reading? Well, it’s pretty damn high thanks to this inept government. “No, your social meter, you silly soul.” Oh. Yeah. That thing. That’s a glimpse of a conversation I have with my partner, almost daily. My social meter is slang for how I’m feeling mentally and socially. Each time,…
I won’t sugar-coat it, living with a chronic illness can be ruddy hard. And I mean beyond the actual chronic or condition part of it. I’m talking about the expectations and understanding of other people. Speaking from experience, that’s a different kind of struggle. So many people in the world do not understand (or choose…
Continue reading ➞ Talking to Your Boss About Chronic Illness | rosie abigail
When it comes to skincare, bath and body, there is only one company that has stolen my heart. Look, Lush may be the queen of bath bombs and Glossier the princess of brows, but if you are looking for an all-round icon, there’s only one. Of course I’m talking about The Body Shop. If you’ve…
Continue reading ➞ Exploring the New Wellness Range at The Body Shop | Wellbeing & Self-Care
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