This entire blogging website’s motto is mental health. I talk the talk when it comes to mental health, especially one relating to disability, illness and now more on a frequent basis, motherhood. But the real question is, do I walk the walk when it comes to mental health? Sometimes I wonder and question it myself. I have my bad moments of doubt and despair. I even have my bad days. It’s hard enough to be a woman who has a physical disability and a chronic illness. It’s even harder to be a mother who has a physical disability and a chronic illness. Christina Applegate’s recent interview with People Magazine gave me an entirely new perspective on my life as a disabled mom, as well as my journey to become a mother as a whole…

I was recently reminded of the 2016 flick, ‘How To Be Single’, which starred Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, and Alison Brie. In the movie, the main character, Alison, breaks up with her boyfriend of 4 years for no reason at all other than her curiosity as to what life is like as a single woman. But it made me think long and hard of breaking up with someone for the sake of starting over following a chronic illness diagnosis. No, not with a romantic partner (though it’s not uncommon as 75% of marriages end in divorce when one of the two struggles with a chronic illness), but rather breaking up with your old self.

A recent conversation exchange between my family about me that didn’t even include me in the room got me thinking a lot about something – what makes a disabled woman a superwoman? Let’s analyze…

A recent outing with friends was really like no other. I got an entire different perspective on someone I used to know, and that day, and a specific conversation that I had with his spouse, brought me a whole new light on those people who aren’t disabled living a disabled life vs someone like me, who’s disabled aiming to live an able-bodied, ‘normal’ life…

Writing my previous posts and having numerous conversations with friends made me think a lot about ableism that doesn’t just happen in a disabled person’s personal life, but in the job market as well. Companies might have their quotas to hire disabled people, and it might be illegal not to hire someone due to their disability, but in reality, all that is complete bullsh*t! But I don’t just tell you of my experience in the job search, as I continue to do so from the previous post, but I also give you Canadian statistics as well on what the job market looks like for disabled people.

I recently got the chance to watch ‘Champions’, which is available on Amazon Prime and stars Woody Harrelson. At first, I thought it was called that because the basketball team Woody Harrelson is coaching wins the Paralympics with his aid. Though that’s the initial goal, the title of the movie ends up having a much deeper meaning for anyone who’s disabled. It’s about a disabled person being a champion in life…

On December 28th, 2023, Gypsy-Rose Blanchard, who killed her mother in 2015 due to parental abuse for most of her life, was released from prison after serving more than 8 years for second-degree murder. Marc Feldman, an international expert on factitious disorders, said this was the first case he knew of in which an abused child killed an abusive parent. So here’s what we can all take away from this sad tale of events…

This particular post was going to be a part 3 to the two previous posts, but as I was in the process of writing it, it became a lot more than just about a woman’s life postpartum. Therefore, here, we cover a woman’s life and everything that can break down when she doesn’t take care of herself due to her career ambition – as told by former child star, Hayden Panettiere.