JOY Wellbeing

01/04/2026

After 6 months out, I’ve returned to work today, back to routine and adjusting to my new normal. The rollercoaster has been wild and grateful to be on feet again. Hopefully progress continues.

28/03/2026

New post: Tomaytoes or Tomatoes? What You Eat and Your Fibromyalgia. Fibromyalgia Tips.

https://open.substack.com/pub/feelwellwithjoy/p/tomaytoes-or-tomatoes-what-you-eat?r=75k4db&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

Link to all Substack articles is in bio🙏🏼

Fibromyalgia Tips

24/03/2026

It’s Tuesday, it’s grey, breezy and wet outside. Have been keeping cosy with the chihuahua and spending the day writing my next fibromyalgia article.

22/03/2026

Please do not rush to pull up the dandelions because you find them offensive in your garden. They are a vital food source for bees at this time of year while everything else for them is still growing. Save the bees.

20/03/2026

Today’s message 🧿🙏🏼

20/03/2026

Happy Spring Equinox, Happy Ostara 🙏🏼, Flowers are blooming, plants are returning to green, birds are singing, bees are starting to buzz, ladybirds are lady bugging. Daylight is lasting longer and longer. Renewal has returned 🌺🪻🌷🐣

19/03/2026

It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Sowed with love and looking forward to some home grown veg. Love feeling the soil in my hands and planting seeds, I find it grounding and calming. Let the magic of germination happen.

14/03/2026

Let a little wildness stay in your garden. What looks like a basket of dead leaves is actually so much more. Two little ladybirds are tucked in dormant and waiting. If you look closely the green is already pushing through the brown, life is quietly keeping on going.

There is something in this for all of us, we are quick to see dormancy as failure, those quiet seasons, the periods where nothing seems to be happening, we judge them, rush them and try to tidy them away. However at times we do not see the most important work, sometimes rest is growth. The little ladybirds are not stuck, they are not failing, they are simply gathering their energy for the moment - just like you are.

This is why we should not make ourselves ‘tidy up’ too soon. Those dried stems, the scrappy bits we are quick to cut back. They are home, they are shelter, they are the reason these tiny, amazing creatures make it through.

Let a little wildness stay in your garden and in yourself. Those messy, dormant and in-between seasons are rarely the end of the story. They are just the beginning.

Keep on keeping on
🙏🏼🧿

12/03/2026

I am grateful to be on my feet again and adjusting to my new normal, has taken 6 months. Nice to be out and about again, taking in a view. The health still has a long way to go but glad to be where I am right now after being in the eye of a storm🙏🏼🧿