If you ask most people what they want in life, outside of the material things and jobs and accomplishments, a lot of us have the same basic desire: to be happy, to live to our fullest potential, to find and learn to love who we are. I know for sure that I have that goal. … Continue reading Surviving Isolation
[featured image thanks to Kara O'Keefe (instagram: @karaokeefe)] Though I’ve been living with this condition unknowingly my whole life, it was 5 years ago, during my first year of university, that this illness finally made me take pause, that it started to change my life completely. When this happened, I was in my first year … Continue reading Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome – The Tip of the Iceberg
I'm an undoubtedly positive person, even with all the hardship illness has brought my way the last handful of years. Dealing with illness is hard and dealing with a rare disease has its additional hardships. In this post, I'm going to share my secret to having a positive attitude and that is to “fake it … Continue reading Faking it ’till I Make it
I've always love the night sky. I'm a science lover through and through; nothing intrigues me more than how things work, how life works. However, I also grew thoroughly enjoying the opposite end of the dichotomy: art. While growing up, my family and I would spend our summer nights taking a dip in the pool … Continue reading Stargazing
As I mentioned in my fall decor blog post, decorating is one of my new favourite ways to participate in and celebrate holidays! I strongly believe in our environment impacts us - it makes us feel good. An environment that's healing can make us feel safe and relaxed and that's one of the reasons why … Continue reading Modern Rose Gold Christmas
I've always loved holidays but I've been finding less joy in them the last few years as many of them centre around food. However, this year, I've decided to change things up and celebrate holidays differently nay incorporating things I enjoy like decorating! Usually my mom has always been the decorater but the last few … Continue reading Affordable Autumn Décor
I’ve always been an introvert at heart. I don’t dislike people, it’s the opposite in fact. But when I spend a lot of time around people, by the end, I’m all peopled-out and need some quiet time to be with myself and my thoughts. My brain gets time to relax, no longer needing to be … Continue reading Finding Community in Adversity
You just finished a long day at work and are pretty exhausted. You're looking forward to just getting home and resting but you decide to stop for coffee on your walk home. You know that all the local coffee shops have drive thru service only but you figure it shouldn't be an issue, you can … Continue reading Let’s talk about straws!
May is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome awareness month. I wrote this in hopes of giving a better understanding of how *I* have experienced EDS throughout my life; keeping in mind that EDS is a spectrum meaning some people barely have any symptoms and can live normally and some have more severe symptoms. This is not a full … Continue reading Moving into the light
When browsing social media, my feeds are regularly heavily populated with cute graphics sporting quotes encouraging its reader to “hustle harder”, with advertisements linking to blog posts teaching you how to make more money and be more successful, with influencers constantly promoting the newest and hottest products, and with people romanticizing a life of little … Continue reading Untangling Self-Worth from Productivity
The Invincible Summer 