GUGG?! Yes, In choosing the catchy, slightly tongue-in-cheek business name of The Get Up And Go Guru back in 2012, I didn’t think it completely through when it came to what the acronym would be. (This is not the first time this has happened. Read the P.S for more info!) But despite the slightly weird-sounding […]

I always seem to have a number of projects on the go. My body may not want to ‘go’ a lot of the time, but my mind seems like it never stops. So I wanted to tell you about my latest project, which initially may not sound like it has anything to do with the…

This project has been over 6 months in the making, but very soon I will have all my blog posts uploaded as mp3s for people to download and listen to. I am adding this aspect to my blog especially for people with CFS and other chronic illnesses who are bed-bound and/or have trouble reading. Why…

(I started this blog 2 weeks ago, but you know how it goes … my recent health challenges have meant I haven’t finished it until now. Part of the reason was also that I wanted to do the blog justice & include lots of photos to really give you a feel for why THIS event…

I realised something the other night and it shocked me. I’ve been at war with my body. I’ve been treating it as if it is a traitor, and being angry and resentful of its betrayal of me. And not surprisingly, that hasn’t been working out too well for me! Really, it shouldn’t have come as…

Sometimes I find it so hard to cope with this illness and pain. I put on such a good face and fool everyone so well. I write a blog about living powerfully with CFS for heaven’s sake! But sometimes I really don’t feel powerful. Sometimes I really don’t feel like I’m coping. Sometimes I just…

My blogs have been a bit few and far between lately, mainly due to my little stomach parasite setback. So today I just thought I’d recommend a great book I’ve been reading and tell you a little bit about it. Women Food and God: An Unexpected Path to Almost Everything This amazing book by Geneen…

I love music for so many reasons and it has been my constant companion in my CFS/electrosensitivity journey. Sometimes it lifts me up, sometimes it taps into a particular emotion I find hard to articulate, sometimes it makes me want to dance and sing, sometimes it makes me feel peaceful. One way or another, it…

I’ve been off the radar for a while – I just realised it’s over 3 weeks since I last posted. I have been working on a few posts, but mostly I’ve been working on healing from the stomach parasite that has been upsetting my immune system. Turns out I wasn’t so over it as I…

Isn’t it lovely when someone unexpectedly helps you out? Today my Mum was in town and spent the morning cleaning and tidying my house that had got out of hand while I’ve been wrestling my little stomach parasites to the ground and evicting them from my body (see previous post for explanation!). I’m not a…