I love this yoga teacher for focusing on making yoga routines that are accessible to people with chronic illness and/or disability. Monetta Wilson is starting a 2-week bed yoga wellness challenge on April 1.

Check it out:

https://monettawilson.com/bedyoga

#yoga #disability #wellness #exercise #ChronicIllness

It’s high time we start being honest about what’s behind a lot of the push towards “wellness”.

It’s ableism and eugenics. Its scared people who can’t face the fact that they could lose their health at any moment.

It’s people who desperately need to cling to control.

First of all I’m not at all opposed to a healthy lifestyle.

I was an avid hiker and yogi who followed a whole foods diet, did regular meditation and followed a lot of wellness influencers.

I still became chronically ill.

When the “wellness” activities didn’t cure me, that community abandoned me.

They looked at me as a failure. They believed I wasn’t “wellness-ing hard enough”.

If it were them, they would be getting better.

The root cause of this is ableism. Disability terrifies people.

The idea that there are conditions which won’t necessarily kill you but will rob you of your quality of life? Its scary.

Knowing there’s no treatments or cure? Terrifying.

But it’s not fair to blame the ones who are suffering. To scrutinize their past behaviour for signs that they brought it on themselves.

To hammer them with unsolicited advice and “tips” for things they could do if they really wanted to get better.

No one asks to be chronically ill. It just happens.

And everyone is one virus, infection, accident or stroke of bad luck away from it happening to them.

The odds that they will be the “exception” are incredibly low.

Let’s not forget that “wellness” costs money. A healthy lifestyle doesn’t come cheap

Disability is expensive. Nothing can prepare you for how devastating it is to spend every cent trying to stay ahead of your dwindling health, only to be told you’re not doing enough

Most of us can’t afford the lifestyle that wellness folks peddle. It’s big business. They’re not helping for altruistic reasons, they’re lining their pockets.

They don’t even care if their recommendations are harmful (and they definitely don’t care if they aren’t helpful)

Please, don’t blame someone for their disabilities. Don’t comb through their past looking for points of “weakness” that can absolve you of facing your own fear of chronic illness

No one is perfect. We’ve all done things that aren’t “healthy”. No one deserves chronic illness

If someone in your life is blaming you, know that you can set firm boundaries to protect yourself.

You don’t have to put up with that kind of gaslighting behaviour

I know it hurts, I’ve been there many many times. But you have the right to walk away

Remind yourself it’s not about you. It’s their fear of the unknown. Their fear of disability. Their own internalized ableism.

One day when they lose their health they will be forced to confront their false beliefs, and there will be a reckoning.
Until that day comes the best we can do is protect ourselves from the toxicity of people who can’t face the reality of our conditions.

We can fight for one another. We can support one another. We can be loud, visible and unashamed.

#disability #chronicillness #longcovid #mecfs #spoonie #ableism #wellness #Maha #eugenics #fascism #disabilityrights

PIVOT! PI-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-VOT! If your life is careening into oblivion, this week's Three Minute Reset is a must read.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/adapt-thrive-navigate-pivots-ease-molly-cantrell-kraig-ustdc/

#3MR #pivot #stress #wellness #mindset #MentalHealth #life #blog

This week’s Three Minute Reset is all about power, money, kindness and hugs. Lots of good stuff awaits. Just click the link:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/your-mission-ensure-safety-kindness-prevail-molly-cantrell-kraig-9xobc

#3MR #mentalHealth #wellness #leadership #mindset #MLK #life #blog

Living a Very Long #Life! Are we ready for the gift—and the curse—of extended time? #mentalhealth #wellness #siliconvalley #AI #playinggod #MCU #overpopulation #neuralink #qualityoflife #immortality #AI #time #technology #liveforever #Amazon #books #blog

https://jiteshbalakrishnan.blog/2025/01/08/living-a-fulfilling-life-the-quest-for-longevity/

Happy new year! 🎉

I saw Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and Netflix drop a trailer yesterday of her new lifestyle series and just thought I’d reshare a piece I wrote a few years ago just for fun…

To those of you online who have been saying she’s suddenly pivoted to become a lifestyle influencer, well no actually this was what she was originally doing, so it’s clear she’s going back to what she did well at before.

Just before the Royal Wedding 👑, the BBC asked me to see if I could find a connection between Meghan and business. I had just happened to be researching her and her work and I’d discovered that her Tig blog and branding had clearly been working towards a goal and had been starting to garner her an income, so I wrote about it.

When my piece came out, it was one of the first in the corporation to delve into the topic of “wellness” at all.

Fun to be right on the money again, even when it’s got nothing to do with tech ✨

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-43241866

#meghanmarkle #business #wellness #journalism #netflix

What beliefs, fears, or habits are holding you back from embracing the life you deserve? It’s time to let go. #embracingfailure #mentalhealth #wellness #personalgrowth #blog #death #life #lifetransformation #noregrets #lovelife #love #future #selfdoubt

https://jiteshbalakrishnan.blog/2025/01/02/life-after-letting-go-steps-to-personal-revolution/

Never forget: you are a music maker, and a dreamers of dreams. Self care tips and mind-hacks for when the world has gone mad.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/being-backward-aint-so-bad-heres-why-molly-cantrell-kraig-07bec

#3MR #SelfCareSunday #mindset #wellness #life #USpol #mentalHealth #wellness #blog