The Muhammad Ali Approach to Affirmations Last year for Christmas I bought a ‘Big Life Journal’ for my two boys. It’s a guided journal with a series of research-based activities and resources to help kids build positive “growth-based” mindsets. The one we got was for “tweens/teens”, but there are different versions for younger kids. My … Read more I’m The Greatest!
Disease or Condition? I had a call from a friend yesterday that had been reading my blog. She asked me why I kept referring to Parkinson’s with the word ‘Disease’, as she knows I hate that term. I explained that it is a new website and I wanted to attract the widest traffic I could, … Read more What’s in a Name? The Living With Parkinson’s Blog
Medication Woes There are some things that are still relatively easy when you have Parkinson’s Disease. My mind is thankfully still sharp, I think, talk, (though some have trouble with this) and personally I enjoy a long walk. Walking is actually quite tricky unless my medication is working well, and that brings me neatly to … Read more Medication Woes
Pain Sucks Hey, well I…oh, I’m still alive. Sorry I’m a child of the 90s, I can’t help quoting Pearl Jam lyrics. It’s still my internal sound-track, although the grunge era (and my teens) are well over. But being alive is feeling pretty good even though I dropped down to a low ebb this week. … Read more Pain Sucks – The Living With Parkinson’s Blog
I am Who I am I wrote a piece this week about how I felt about exercise. In it I wrote a list of things I feel when people talk to me about Parkinson’s. Two points were “I know I look fine, but I’m not” and “Stop trying to make me feel bad because I’m … Read more Just Me, No Apologies – The Living With Parkinson’s Blog
I Hate Exercise I hate exercise. This morning I got up, ate my usual breakfast of five tablets and started doing yoga. I do it first. (Well, I visit the bathroom. Too much information?!) I have to do it first else I won’t do it. There I was, trying to copy the exceedingly bendy woman … Read more I Hate Exercise – The Living With Parkinson’s Blog
“Underlying Health Conditions” The Living With Parkinson’s Blog Well it’s certainly been a strange few days here in New Zealand. What a blast I had over the weekend of the 7th – 10th August. It was my birthday, and I’d promised Miss Twin 10 that I’d spend it in the snow with her for years … Read more Underlying Health Conditions
The Living With Parkinson’s Blog Karate ticks a lot of boxes I started learning Shotokan Karate with the awesome people at Kapiti Karate without any intention of doing something to help improve my movement. I just thought I would give it a try as an activity I could do with my eldest child who was … Read more Karate For The Win
The Living With Parkinson’s Blog Why do people think that because I’m living with Parkinson’s my life is done? It’s a common theme and something that really drives me up the wall. It’s not much fun when I wake up and recall that I need to reach for a packet of pills before I do … Read more Living With Parkinson’s Doesn’t Mean I’m Done
Make A Good Move With Us If you’re newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, you probably feel like that’s it for you and good moves. That your days of both moving well and making good moves in life, are done and in the past. Well, we’re here to tell you that is not true. You can … Read more Living With Parkinson’s? Make a Good Move Now!