Holly May Cookson was diagnosed with CML Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia at the age of 27. Diagnosed only two years ago, in this episode Holly discusses with us all what her interpretation of living with an invisible illness is truly like. It is safe to say within society cancer is one of the most known and feared diagnosis there is and Holly most certainly does not hold back on the truths of what experiencing cancer as your reality can truly be like. If there is anyone who would like any h...
Holly May Cookson was diagnosed with CML Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia at the age of 27. Diagnosed only two years ago, in this episode Holly discusses with us all what her interpretation of living with an invisible illness is truly like. The dangers of the sever lack in mental health support during this journey and what adventures she has been on alongside her own mental health so far since facing this huge life transition. We also discuss in this episode going back into the workplace after su...
Holly May Cookson at the age of 27 was diagnosed with CML, Chronic Myelogenous Leukaemia. Diagnosed only two years ago, in this episode Holly describes her surprise in what it is now like living alongside an incurable invisible illness and her struggles navigating society with an illness that cannot be detected by sight. We have a right good chinwag about dating while taking our disability and illness along with us for the ride, romantic relationships the whole personal invasion people feel t...
Jenny Watts is back with Season 2 of The Normal Kind of Disabled podcast and this season we are spicing things up as she is joined by others who are also living alongside a disability, illness or mental health or individuals who's lives have in one way or another been affected by one. Why ?!... to normalise what it truly means, is and embodies to be and become these labels called disabled and ill. The NKD podcast has been created to provide AWARENESS to the multitude of disabilities and ...
Work comes in many different forms and you may or may not have a traditional societal job right now and that may or may not be down to your disability or illness. But in my opinion there isnt a human being alive who gets through the day without some level of work being done. Aint nobody round here not working !. And there was just no way i was going to ever create this podcast series without exploring and discussing one of the most taboo subjects when it comes to living a life alongside an il...
Work comes in many different forms and you may or may not have a traditional societal job right now and that may or may not be down to your disability or illness. But in my opinion there isnt a human being alive who gets through the day without some level of work being done. Aint nobody round here not working ! and there was just no way i was going to ever create this podcast series without exploring and discussing one of the most taboo subjects when it comes to living a life alongside an ill...
Whatever you do in life make sure you show up, you dare to dream & that you actually take your true selves along with you for the ride. In this episode i tackle the very taboo subject of keeping positive and healthy whilst living alongside our complex disabilities and illness. I also address how i handled keeping positive and healthy during a mental breakdown and how i flipped the script and old teachings on this thing called positivity. To get myself from almost taking my own life ...
Whatever you do in life make sure you show up, you dare to dream & that you actually take your true selves along with you for the ride. In this episode i tackle the very taboo subject of keeping positive and healthy whilst living alongside our complex disabilities and illness. I also address how i handled keeping positive and healthy during a mental breakdown and how i flipped the script and old teachings on this thing called positivity. To get myself from almost taking my own life ...
Relationships of all kinds require a lot from us and they also fulfil a great deal of us too!. So i think its safe to say they are definitely of great importance and definitely something we should look at being able to navigate in a healthy way. After all as human beings we are designed to be social communal creatures, we are not suppose to do this crazy thing called life alone! But lets be honest, relationships can be very difficult to navigate while we have so many other complexities g...
So get ready this episode Reconnecting Part 2 is the fun bit, its what makes all the brutalities of being authentic in this world especially living alongside an illness or disability worthwhile. Its like your whole life especially when you have a disability or illness you wait for this world to just start to embrace you and welcome you with open arms. Well this whole reconnecting journey enables you to do that for yourself ! you don't need the world, anyone or anything to be the one to do tha...
Relationships of all kinds require a lot from us and they also fulfil a great deal of us too!. So i think its safe to say they are definitely of great importance and definitely something we should look at being able to navigate in a healthy way. After all as human beings we are designed to be social communal creatures, we are not suppose to do this crazy thing called life alone! But lets be honest, relationships can be very difficult to navigate while we have so many other complexities g...
In this episode i am going to highlight discovering and reconnecting with the real you that's potentially hiding away right now. To help you understand and see what not living your life as your true authentic self has possibly caused or what it has the potential to cause to your life if you keep denying yourself of YOU !. I wanna shed light on ways to recognise those auto pilot numbing behaviours we have all become so accustom too. And then the fun bit, how to find the real you hiding in ther...
In this episode i delve into discussing the word that on becoming disabled your whole life seems mapped out by and revolves around and that's Diagnosis. Now the topic of diagnosis beyond fascinates me and i quite honestly have many conflicting thoughts upon the matter as you are about to hear. Through my own personal journey in this episode i talk about what its like to have your body completely fall apart and not to be given a full diagnosis or answers, yet to still be gifted wit...
I really don't think its possible to have the life changing event of becoming disabled or being diagnosed with an illness happen to you and there not be trauma that's created from that. Becoming disabled shocked me into trauma and i spent a decade after the event unbeknown to me being left stunned locked in it. With no real guidance or help while constantly building and adding more stress and trauma into the mix. It wasn't until i had built that much on top of myself and i got hit with ...
In this episode i discuss my experience of how not being able to accept disabled as my reality and what i had became for a whole decade, how that lead me to supressing and squishing my true self down to embarrassingly become a robotting real housewife of nowhere land. I highlight survival mechanisms we can do such as the blocking of feelings and emotions and how that can impact your life and the lives of those around you. I discuss how and why the preconceived notion that being disabled...
Not to show favouritism here or anything but i think this episode is personally one of my favourites of the whole of series 1 so i promise you, its worth a listen. In this episode i step away from how you might be feeling and what you might experience during your recovery period like we discussed in Recovery Part 1 and in this episode i start to address what might actually help during this time. Cause its blooming brutal you might want or need your girl to share some advice. Now i do this in ...
There really is no recovery from becoming disabled especially if your disability or illness is incurable like mine, i would say its kind of a thing your stuck with !. So why is there a two part episode on recovery then ? you might ask.... well i see the 'recovery period' as the first three years after initially becoming disabled. Its the fighting for your life, all soldier's on deck, saying goodbye to your old life and learning to adapt to this new body and life you have been given. It ...
In this episode I discuss my thoughts, feelings and personal journey with this jazzy thing called pain management and trust me when i say i embarrassingly do not hold back !. I share my experience of what pain management so far on my being and becoming disabled journey has brought to me. I highlight what being addicted to a very highly addictive prescribed pain medication and having to withdraw from them twice was like. I even talk about my time jumping on the cannabis oil hype in...
Episode one is an introduction into what The Normal Kind of Disabled is and more importantly what it stands for to be and create in this world. In this episode you will get a glimpse as to who the heck Jenny Watts is and why im on a podcast blabbering away, what I am on a mission to create and a sneaky peak as to what is in store for series one of The Normal Kind Of Disabled Podcast. If there is anyone who would like any help or advice regarding anything discussed within this episode or...