Jen’s Happiness Ten: March 2015
Hola! This month’s Happiness Ten is late because I packed my bags and skipped off to Malta for Easter for Annie Mac’s Lost & Found festival and I’m still not organised enough as a blogger to...
View ArticleFriday Thought: Compassion
Two emails have dropped into my inbox this week that had my heart in my throat a little bit. Sadness. Despair. Frustration. They both asked me the same question: ‘How do you keep your shit together?’...
View ArticleTips To Calm Your Anxious Mind – From A Newly Anxious Person
So. I have sort of alluded to the fact that lately, things have been getting to me a bit. Nothing in particular, but I’ve felt that I can’t put into practice all those awesome ‘fight on baby’ nuggets...
View ArticleJen’s Happiness Ten: April 2015
It’s May! And we had a bank holiday to welcome it in! And it’s gonna be warm now yeh? Hmmm… moving on swiftly to the joys of the past month, then. 1. The Disco Shoes Ahhhhhh the disco shoes!!!!...
View ArticleJen’s Happiness Ten: May 2015
Oh my goodness. MAY. You hot mess. What a whirlwind. I really don’t know where to begin. Apparently the beginning’s a good place to start, so we’ll try that. 1. This Skirt I mean. Upon turning 28, I...
View ArticleWhat I Eat… And Why
A little while back I did a day in the life vlog of me pootling about living my life and having a little natter about type 1 diabetes. You lovely people seemed to enjoy it, so thanks for that. In it I...
View Article#DiabetesAndMe – 19 Reflections In 19 Years
This week is Diabetes Week, which I always find kinda weird, because every week is diabetes week really. How about Diabetes Life? But it’s great to have a focus and raise awareness in a concentrated...
View ArticleJen’s Happiness Ten: June 2015
Remember June? Glorious, chaotic, technicolor June? These summer days are whizzing by with an absolute heady fury, and my routine has been somewhat out of joint for a while. You may (although more...
View ArticleVolume, down. Life, up.
Well this is nice. It’s 8.30am. I’m in a coffee shop, post gym, using the 90 minutes I have between the end of the changing room kerfuffle and the start of my working day to bask in the glow of having...
View ArticleJen’s Happiness Ten: July 2015 (Or, 10 Inspirational Speeches To Make You Happy)
This Happiness Ten has been entirely delayed due to my little digital detox, so apologies for that. *glosses over the fact that this is a July post and it’s nearly September…* I’m also cheating with...
View ArticleJen’s Happiness Ten: August 2015
Ok, ok. These are getting later and later and I’m limping over the finish line of September having not written August but y’know, life. We’re not here to judge, ok? Here’s a unicorn wine holder...
View ArticleMy First Ever Blog Post (and why it’s all Adele’s fault)
Adele’s BACK. Thank Christ; that cackle is medicinal I’m sure of it. Also at the risk of sounding simultaneously needy AND stalkery (I’ll go with it, it’s not a new thing), can we have a night in the...
View ArticleDear Virtual Friend…
Oh hey, you made it! Amazing! SO nice to see you! How was the journey? Can I get you a tea? Gin? Thought so. You didn’t get here by accident. You’ve reached my corner of the Internet through a single...
View ArticleJen’s Happiness Ten: Sept 2015 (Or, Fowey you stole my heart)
I’m cheating with this again. Forgive me but it’s probably going to save hours of your time, not to mention exasperation over what we’ll call my ‘proficiency’ at tangents. I wanted to write you a...
View ArticleJen’s Happiness Ten: The Podcast Edition
You know what’s making me really chuffing happy lately? Podcasts. Well, the clue was in the title. Way to give the game away, Jen. But SRSLY, Podcasts. Giving me life. I’ve actually altered my commute...
View ArticleResolution.
Resolution rɛzəˈluːʃ(ə)n/ noun A firm decision to do or not to do something. The quality of being determined or… The post Resolution. appeared first on missjengrieves.com.
View ArticlePsychological Support for Type 1s – The Missing Link
I’ve been pondering this for so long. It’s a biggie. The link between living life with type 1 diabetes 24/7/365, and the mind of the diabetic in question. *adopts brace position* As a diabetic, mental...
View ArticleA Tale of Two Cities
Last December, I split my life in two. It wasn’t conscious in the way that that makes it sound like I sliced it down the middle with a knife. But I very consciously took a job 200 miles from my...
View ArticleThe one where I had some of my heart lasered off
WARNING: This is MAMMOTH. Get a brew, get a brewery. Get ready. Since being wheeled off in an ambulance with a rather stubborn case of SVT (superventricular tachycardia if you’ve got time or the...
View ArticleVia Insta: My Heart Is Officially Whole Again
Today an excellent consultant told me on official terms that my funky heart is definitely properly working once more, and it’s not about to make a break for freedom out of my chest anytime soon as I...
View Article
