The No-BS Journal
This Journal isn’t about sugarcoating life. There’s no “everything happens for a reason” here, no fluffy affirmations, no pretending I’ve got it all figured out. This is my no BS space to lay it all out my mess, my chaos, my survival. The days when my body won’t cooperate, my mind won’t stop racing, and the world feels like it’s moving forward without me.
This is where I get real about chronic illness, mental health struggles, trauma, and the uphill battle of just existing. It’s messy, it’s raw, and it’s honest the kind of honesty most people avoid.
Here, inspiration meets reality. Education meets raw truth. Awareness meets healing. And yeah… it’s basically my virtual journal, documenting the unfiltered truth of navigating a life that doesn’t come with an instruction manual.
You’ll read about the hard stuff the heartbreak, the isolation, the setbacks no one warns you about but also the wins, the small wins, and the unexpected moments of clarity that remind you: you can survive this, and you can rise from it stronger than you thought possible.
Topics include:
Domestic Violence and Healing – the ugly, the painful, the survival
Living With Chronic Illness and Pain – the days that feel impossible and the wins that keep you going
Reflections – raw thoughts, uncomfortable truths, and insights from the trenches
The Unseen Series – deep dives into specific topics, struggles, challenges, and education so you can really learn, relate, and reflect
This space is for anyone who’s tired of pretending. For anyone who’s felt unseen, stuck, or defeated. Your pain doesn’t define you, your courage to rise does. Step in. Read, reflect, and claim your power.
Reflection - Conflicted
For a long time, I never questioned people's intentions. I didn't question where I stood with them. I overlooked shitty behaviour, made excuses for people, gave chances, reached out first, and often walked away questioning myself, wondering if I was the problem
Reflection - The Confusing World of Dating
When the connection changes, the silence grows, and you're left wondering where you stand.
Reflection - Silence Spoke Volumes
Things you once brushed aside suddenly don't sit right with you anymore. Behaviours you once made excuses for begin to feel uncomfortable. Conversations, relationships, friendships, and even the smallest interactions start making you question things you never used to question.
Reflection - There Is a Message in Everything I Share
Every reflection, every song, every blog entry, and every piece of content I create has a theme. There's a reason behind it. There's awareness, education, lived experience, and often a little piece of my own story woven through it
The Unseen Series -Learning to Notice
Have you ever stopped for a moment and realised just how much of your life you spend rushing through it?
Reflection - The Magic Number Is 5
There is a number I've learnt to pay attention to over the years, Five.
The Unseen Series -Intentional October
October is my reminder to stop waiting for life to slow down before I start appreciating it. To find the beauty in the ordinary, to be present for the life I'm living right now, and to remember that even in the hard seasons, there is still goodness to be found.
Reflection - Creating a New Space
I'm sitting here listening to the sounds around me, watching an absolutely fucking amazing sunset, and thinking about how different my life looks now.
Reflection - The Emotional Rollercoaster
Three sessions into trauma therapy, navigating menopause, and learning that healing doesn't always look the way you imagined.
The Unseen Series - Intentional Living
We can become so good at living on autopilot that we stop questioning whether the life we're living is actually the life we want.
Reflection - When Chronic Illness Makes Your World Small
It’s moments like this, when a chronic illness flare hits, that suddenly your world becomes fucking small.
Reflection - The Art of Just Being
For a long time, I was always thinking ahead, planning, anticipating, fixing, managing symptoms and trying to keep everything together.
Reflection - When Life Slows Down, I Notice More
A flare-up meant less energy, fewer plans, quieter and a lot more listening. There was a time when I would have fought that pushed through, kept going and felt frustrated that my body wasn't cooperating.
Reflection - Behind The Scenes Something Is Changing.
For the last five years, I’ve been writing, blogging, reflecting, learning, healing, sharing, educating and creating.
Reflection - Living with Vestibular Migraine & PPPD
Living with vestibular migraine and PPPD isn’t just about having a migraine. It’s learning to navigate dizziness, sensory overload, exhaustion, frustration and the limits an invisible illness can place on everyday life. This is the part people don’t always see the flare days, the darkness, the silence, and the reality of needing more support while still trying to live your life.
Reflection - Learning to Notice Life Again
Sometimes healing isn't found in the big moments. Sometimes it's in the cherry blossoms, butterflies, birdsong and those quiet moments where you suddenly realise — I'm here, I'm noticing, I'm living.
Reflection - When Life Gives You Little Tests
The little moments that test us, teach us, and sometimes completely challenge us. Raw reflections on life, healing, growth, boundaries, lessons learned and the messy moments in between because sometimes the smallest tests teach us the biggest things.
The Unseen Series - Creating a Beautiful life Chronic Illness Edition
The conversations behind the diagnosis, the reality nobody sees, the messy middle, the grief, the growth, the adaptations, the tiny victories and the moments that remind us we're still living, not just surviving. You are more than your diagnosis. Your body is not your enemy, and your life is not over because it looks different.
