wellness

SLEEP IS REALLY IMPORTANT. Here ar six ways to help make your sleep sacred.

This probably won't come as a surprise, but taking care of yourself is probably going to piss some people off.

It’s a strange day to be writing about how my mental illnesses have made my life better.

In the face of funding shortages, Vale of York Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has decided that patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above, as well as smokers, will be barred from most surgery for up to a year. But don’t fool yourself, this isn’t about health, or healthy behaviors – this is about money, and it’s about the people in charge deciding whose blatant oppression the general citizenry will tolerate. Years of campaigns suggesting that it’s fine for people to stereotype fat people and blame us for their problems have led to a situation where people are comfortable with us being denied the same medical care that they receive. And that should horrify you.

You and I are creatures of habit. And our habit is to be busy. Occupied. Focused on creating and maintaining momentum and a functional life.

There's nothing wrong with taking a break to recharge and re-center.

The morning dread. The withdrawal from co-workers and loved ones. The point is: my job was no longer working for me. And it was time, debt or no debt, to set myself free.

I don’t know that I’ve ever really trusted doctors.