Fatigue & Fire: Living with Chronic Illness While Running a Business

My Fatigue & Fire series is an honest look at living with chronic illness while running a business. The difficulties of balancing ambition, fatigue and self-employment. Lessons in pacing, surrender and redefining success when your body demands rest. Coping with developing M.E. in midlife has been a steep learning curve.

Sex and Disability: Intimacy, Desire, and Pleasure When Bodies Have Limits

This piece was written by a previous version of me, one who had higher libido, non-progressive deafness, and who didn’t yet know what it was like to live with chronic illness. It was before I moved into perimenopause, before I suddenly developed M.E. What follows is my early exploration into sex and disability, motivated by kindness and curiosity and a desire to create a place which resonates with anyone affected. I now count myself among that number.