Living

“Summer, summer, summertime! Just sit back and unwind.” - Will Smith Oh, the soothing air of the hot summer breezes basking in the sun, letting time pass by. It’s a...

Let me tell you about my vacuum cleaner. It sucks. Groan! Seriously. It cleans amazingly well. It probably could suck the dust from the bedroom right through the living room...

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) or Tapping is a mind/body self-supportive method. Bringing together Eastern and Western healing modalities, EFT is rooted in the ancient principles of acupuncture and incorporates contemporary...

What makes us the people we are? Living with a serious health condition like atopic dermatitis can mean we spend a lot of time thinking and talking about ourselves as...

Do you remember those waterbeds in the 1980s & ’90s?  The old dark wood frame with the waterbed bladder. I remember having one as a kid, and I really liked...

I began a new sewing project the other day. A beautiful (I hope) stained glass style quilted table runner, which I knew my daughter wanted. As I was organizing the...

There is no pleasing me. I have spent the last few months moaning about the winter months and now it seems I am having a go at the summer! I...

It sounds like such an odd thing to even think about - clothes that don’t hurt - but if you experience eczema, I’m sure you understand. Some clothes just irritate...

You and I are like the commonly known “Chinese” bamboo tree, my eczema friends. The bamboo tree appears to lay dormant with no growth in sight for 5 years, suddenly...

The thought of being in partnership with eczema can unleash a variety of emotions for many. That used to be, hands down, my biggest fears. One, that a relationship wasn't...

Today is the 20th of May 2021 and I have now been fully vaccinated. It is a great day. I feel I can walk among other humans without fear of...

Stress has been a contributing factor in causing my eczema flares. Stress as a cause for eczema may perhaps be anecdotal, or perhaps there’s some science behind it. I just...

A few years back, I was on the road to Gatwick Airport. I was going on holiday to Italy. I made the monumental error of not making a list of...

I’ve started sewing again. Some of you might remember when I wrote about the problems I had dealing with different fabrics as a seamstress. In my retirement, I’ve done only...

Morning and night routines are some of the best things we can do for our bodies. I will focus on my morning routine during the worst stages of topical steroid...

Is it just me, or does anyone else have a summer essential kit? It’s kind of like an expanded first aid kit. Every summer, our family takes a few trips...

Yesterday I sent an email to my primary carer begging for her help with my atopic dermatitis. Just recently my skin has really started to become unbearably sore and tight...

At the beginning of this pandemic, many of us made this huge laundry list of things we would get done. Whether we made this list mentally, physically on paper, or...

I almost didn’t recognize my own feet and still almost don’t. They are much smoother than usual, even with my regular ritual of applying creams and lotions right after my...

Up until the early noughties, my skin routine was pretty poor. For years I had messed about with numerous moisturizers, lotions, and ointments, trying to find the most effective ones...