Our holiday had started the day before we got on board 'Adventure of the Seas.' To avoid the stress of travelling and rushing to get to the port on time, my parents and I drove to Southampton on Wednesday and stayed overnight in a Premier Inn close to Southampton Port. I will admit that the anxiety levels were high, and did work myself up about going on the holiday. However, the anxiety was not about the cruise itself, but rather...
Continue readingWelcome to the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge brought together by WEGO Health – a social network for all health activists. Again, I am participating in the annual Writer’s Month Challenge in which I will be writing about my health activism and health condition based upon prompts given. Today’s prompt reads as follows: Why I write...
Continue readingWelcome to the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge brought together by WEGO Health – a social network for all health activists. Again, I am participating in the annual Writer’s Month Challenge in which I will be writing about my health activism and health condition based upon prompts given. The first prompt reads as given: Keep Calm and Carry On...
Continue readingWelcome to the sixth day of the National Health Blog Month Challenge hosted by WEGO Health. Every day during the month of November I will be writing a new blog post related to health and living with a chronic illness based upon given prompts provided by WEGO Health. Today's prompt reads: Say WHAT?! What's the most ridiculous thing you've heard about your health condition? Was there any context? What did you think at the time you heard it - and what do you think...
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In 1969, the Swiss American psychiatrist Elizabeth Kübler-Ross published her groundbreaking book called 'On Death and Dying'. In the book, she introduced the now famous 'Five Stages of Grief'. Her theory suggested that there are five stages of adjustment after a loss, which are: Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance The theory described the five stages of grief concerning the mourning of a loved one. However, these five stages have also been used to describe many areas that involve a loss. These five stages of...
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