I mentioned a few weeks ago my intention to discuss the issue of birth trauma. This one’s a very sensitive topic for me, so I won’t go into too many details as it can be quite physically and emotionally triggering. I’ll also add a trigger warning to some of you reading this, as you may…
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Hi! I'm Jen the Girl on Fire. Diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2016, I started this blog as a way to raise awareness about fibro, share helpful tips and tricks and to allow others around me a space to contribute and share their own experiences with this condition. I am a mum, a wife, a singing and dancing enthusiast and fibro blogger, working hard to achieve new dreams despite a chronic condition.
Reflections
I’m going to start this post a little differently. I will post Finding Our Voice (Part 2) soon about this issue of birth trauma but it’s been a big couple of weeks that require reflection. Usually I like to reflect on things much more in the past, where I can provide personal anecdotes that connect…
Finding Our Voice (Part 1)
I’ll have to divide this post into two parts otherwise it will be incredibly long, but both fall under this concept of having lost our voice at some point along this journey, or at least, struggling to be heard and understood by our peers, friends and family. A while back, when I started this blog,…
R U OK (Day)?
The post I wrote last week-“Anxiety” was quite unexpectedly timely. Today is national R U OK? Day; a day dedicated to mental health awareness, suicide prevention and the chance to reach out to loved ones and ask “are you ok?” But when asking, it’s not the flippant “how are you?” you might give when chatting…
Anxiety
Well, howdy there people! Its been a long, looong time since I’ve posted on here. It’s not that I didn’t sometimes feel the need or the want to post at times, but mostly that life got busy and carried me away. To catch you up to speed on things that have been happening in my…
Checking In
A dear past work colleague of mine died in the last week. And its’ deeply saddened and shocked me. I had an incredible fondness for her, as for me, she was the epitome of life-vibrant and quirky and also protective of me in a maternal sort of way. (Remembering that I was only 23 when…
The Nitty Gritty
It’s been nearly two weeks since my last post. Which, in the Blogosphere probably translates to two months. Yes, it has been busy and things have been happening, not only in my own life, but in the lives of my extended family, which inevitably draws you in. But….I have also been procrastinating with the subject…
Sometimes It’s Easier Just to Write About It……
In my first blog I mentioned that I was re-admitted to hospital about five weeks after Miss Five was born, but this time to have my pain symptoms investigated and very hopefully, managed. Not so long before that, I had already tried presenting to my local public hospital, but finding nothing that they could immediately…
Looking on the Bright(er) Side
A few days ago, Hubby reminded me to try and keep some of my posts light and I’ve struggled for content ever since. Fibromyalgia as a topic does not tend to lend itself to the warm and fuzzies, even though I would normally pride myself on being able to celebrate small achievements or small, special…
Expectation vs Reality
As children, we spend so much time looking forward to becoming adults. You feel that life would be full of endless possibilities, once you achieve the freedoms that adulthood has to offer. You dream about your career, your future partner and where you will live. As parents now, we also encourage our children to think…