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Writing and Performing Poetry as a Wheelchair User

When your movement is restricted, it is important that the words carry more power and do most, if not all, of the expression.

Blog Versus Newsletter

There is this continual debate in online and the e-commerce space as to whether a newsletter or maintaining a blog is the better approach.

Money Doesn't Buy You Happiness…or Does It?

Having said that, money can give you opportunity. Think of it being like ‘it's not what you know, it's who you know’.

Planning With a Chronic Illness Is by No Means Impossible, but It Is Very Difficult

Chances are you know somebody with a chronic illness. Contrary to popular opinion, a chronic illness is not an illness that is extremely...

The Essays I Write Are Not Like the Essays We Are Made to Write in School

Just know — before you decide to scroll past — that you will be missing out on insight and perspectives. I've said this before, and I'll...

A New Essay out Soon

In this essay, I explore what loneliness really means, and apply that in an every day context. As with almost anything that I write, the ess

Not All Writers are Millionaires

As much as we'd like to be, not all writers are millionaires. Don't get me wrong — there is always hope there, and I've got my fingers...

Three Reasons why Introversion and Empathy are Tough

It may surprise you to know that I often wish I wasn't an empath; at least not as empathetic as I am. Empathy is a term that you may have...

Education Does Not Have to be Scary

Education is a scary word, but it doesn't have to be. I have written an essay on what it is like to be a wheelchair user. In the words of...

In Thirteen Pages or Less, I can Improve your Understanding of Disability.

In thirteen pages or less, I can improve your understanding of disability. Does what it says on the tin. This essay gets real about what...

To Be Easier on Myself

I need to take it easy and realise how far I have come. The only person who can do that is me. For those who don't know, I have an essay...