National Stroke Week (8-14 August 2022)

It’s National Stroke Week (8-14 August 2022) – a week I never fathomed I’d ever have to personally celebrate! But 17 years as a stroke survivor, I see it as a great opportunity to raise stroke awareness, educate everyone and hopefully prevent the...

Ableism: Are you unintentionally disempowering another?

A recent situation and article I read made me really contemplate how much our language can really disempower and limit people with disabilities. I guess “Ableism” is the best term to encapsulate this! I often walk my two cavoodles to my local cafe and get my caffeine...

Flowing with Fatigue

Managing my fatigue is something that I’ve been trying to grapple with since acquiring my stroke 16 years ago. Initially in rehabilitation, the fatigue fog engulfed me from the beginning of the day. I write in my book reinventing emma – “…I...

Advocacy: Are we flexible and inclusive enough?

I just booked my first flight to present interstate face to face. Since the beginning of the pandemic, my input has been virtual. In fact, whilst I have missed the engagement that seems to take place when I am working face to face with people, I’ve loved the...