emily evison
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
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| Location | United Kingdom |
| Introduction | In 2011, at 38, I went from being perfectly healthy to incurably diseased. Stage 4 cancer had wriggled its way into my very core, riddling my spine and filling my abdomen. Moving out of teaching and the classroom, I have taken time to question and reassess; developing a new way of living. Much talk in the cancer world is about 'fighting' but I didn't want to spend the rest of my life fighting. This new way would need to nourish me, and starve the cancer. Although I am open to the possibility of a miracle, it is more important that I find a way to live alongside my cancer. Sharing this body, this life. I can learn from it if I can listen to it. It could become my guru, my muse. After all, my body has created this cancer, how can I hate it if I love myself? As cancer becomes more socially prevalent, and our medication better able to manage chronic conditions, this new approach will become more crucial. |
| Interests | Living. Healing, nourishing, gardening, crafting, cooking, qi gung, yoga, green juice. Singing along with my man on guitar. Walking through the woods and fields with my kids. Bonfires. Beaches. Ruins. Nature is my religion. |