“Mum, why do you talk about MS ALL the time?”
When my daughter was ten, she asked me something that stopped me in my tracks:
“Mum, why do you talk about MS all the time?”
It wasn’t said with frustration, just curiosity. And it made me pause.
At that point, MS was a big part of my life. A lot of it was invisible: the fatigue, the brain fog, the overstimulation. But it was always there.
I don’t talk about it as much now. I’ve adapted in lots of ways. But MS is still in the room with me, especially when I get tired, forget words mid-sentence, or need a quiet space to reset.
The biggest lesson MS taught me?
We all need brain breaks.
We all need moments of play.
We all need to feel like humans again.
So I built that into my business.
Now I run creative workshops and team-building sessions that offer something different:
Not just another meeting.
Not just another goal-setting day.
But laughter.
Connection.
A sense of calm and creative spark.
Whether it’s flower hammering or blindfolded finger painting, slow stitching or knitting, these aren’t just crafts.
They’re creative reset buttons.
So maybe I don’t talk about MS all the time anymore.
But I’ll keep telling my story, because invisible illness deserves visibility.
And because sometimes the best way to care for your brain…is to let it play.