Our Health
A spiritual and cultural movement for health and wellbeing.
Those of us with compromised health, or those struggling with temporary setbacks in our wellbeing, when denied what I call ‘the big pleasures of life’, learn how to appreciate small, fleeting moments of meaning and joy. One warm summer afternoon last week, I returned home from a church service feeling tired, rather dizzy and hot.… Read More
Due to chronic illness, my world has become smaller on many levels. It is the opposite of those Russian dolls which were popular when I was young, where the more layers you uncover, the smaller the doll becomes. Now I find all attempts to expand my world lead to an ever bigger cage. The first… Read More
This is hard to write but maybe it will resonate with others who live with chronic, long-term conditions or disabilities. Or with those close to them. The greatest sadness I have felt over these past 12 years is caused by the distance chronic illness creates between me and others. When illness strikes, our expectation is… Read More
Today I saw a stunning photo of a beautiful Rio beach posted on Facebook by a friend of mine. I felt my stomach lurch and a deep sense of longing for the sea. I can almost project myself into the photo, feeling the sand beneath bare feet, the water rushing up my legs and then… Read More
Living as I do with a chronic condition, the term ‘compromised health’ resonates well with me. Picking our way through official terms like ‘disability’ or confronting the stark choice between ‘ill’ and ‘well’ is not an easy path. We find the idea of compromise a more helpful and comfortable one, perhaps because we know that… Read More
If you are sighted and want to imagine you are blind, how would you go about it? Perhaps you could close your eyes for a few minutes and have a short walk with a stick to guide you? No. This would be misleading. Those of us with sight rely on images and visual reference points… Read More
