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Armchair Rebel

Chronic reflections about adjusting to life in the slow lane

Michelle Spencer

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You are not a vending machine

What convinced you to act like one?

Michelle Spencer

On a wooden surface, a book with jottings in red says ‘Enough’, a hand with a pen in the foreground, a red mug with black coffee in the background

When enough doesn’t feel like enough

Saying thanks, guilt and stealth crossing a milestone

Michelle Spencer

You Should Honour Severe ME Day

There are 4.5 to 6 million reasons why*

Michelle Spencer

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The best of all possible friends

Do you befriend yourself?

A friend, a good friend or the best of…

Michelle Spencer

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Written on my heart

On the screen, a heart is beating. My heart.

Michelle Spencer

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Crosspost: Joy is Only For The Productive

Rae Katz of Inner Workings and I Talk Joy and Chronic Illness

Michelle Spencer

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Subduing the Body

Subdue v. to overcome, quieten, or bring under control (by force)

Michelle Spencer

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A short walk into wonder

Don’t it always seem to go, that you don’t know what you’ve got till its…

Michelle Spencer

You are Miraculous

So am I. So are they

Michelle Spencer

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The problem with ‘commitment’ rhetoric

It can be a gate to keep people out and then devalue them for…

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