This week marked the first of three #privacyUG sessions. #privacyUG stands for “privacy underground” and it is an open and connected class around privacy. I called it underground because I wanted to add intrigue and fun into the sessions so that anyone physically attending would have to follow the cryptic instructions about how we can…
Category: IBD
Engineered Digital Habits
“to share anything they want with anyone they want in a natural way” – Mark Zuckerberg, 2016 – On the back of Facebook’s annual conference, it was this line that has stuck out for me. The belief that our online networks and connections are considered as natural as speaking face-to-face. These semantics do not come…
Opening the backdoor to vulnerable communities
“We don’t know how to make a backdoor that only good guys can go through” Cory Doctorow I hope that the debate over the Investigatory Powers bill is common knowledge. I know that I am particularly concerned about my online privacy and security so much so I am often met with a lot of resistance…
Paleo Banana and Blueberry Pancakes
My goodness I love whipping these up as a weekend treat. It takes just a couple of minutes to prepare so it’s super quick and makes a delicious brunch option! This is low FODMAP, gluten and dairy free (if you don’t add yoghurt afterwards) and as far as pancakes go- pretty darn healthy! To make…
Probiotic-ful
I think everyone I see regularly is starting to get a little tired of me babbling on about probiotics. But I managed to brew/ferment/culture my best yoghurt batch yet, bursting with probiotic goodness and I can’t help but tell everyone. Weekend of wellbeing: taking care of my inner tube with low FODMAP diet and probiotics…
Eat to Heal
As you may have read in this post, I found some an interesting TED talk by Mark Hyman; however, I actually came to his research about healing your inner tube prior to finding his talk on the social aspect of managing chronic illnesses. I think that this advice has got to be helpful for anyone,…
And I’m feeling good!
So as part of my ongoing treatment for Crohn’s, I take biweekly injections coupled with another immunosuppressant to prevent building immunity to the injections. Crohn’s is considered an autoimmune disorder which means that your immune system goes into overdrive and starts attacking healthy cells in the body (they are recognised by the body as foreign…
Community can be part of our healing
“Most chronic disease is very often a social disease and not just a problem of biology” We are so fortunate to be living in such a well-connected society that building communities does not necessarily mean we have to be geographically placed close to others. Through social media (particularly Instagam and Twitter) I have met some…
Happy Gut for 2016!
I’m welcoming 2016 with open arms, not that 2015 was bad or anything… So come December I really started to think about making positive changes in my life and if you follow me on Instagram, you might have noticed a sudden spike in activity (especially with the food pics). I haven’t ever been shy about…
IBD by Association
I am very aware just how transparent my digital identity is; I have consciously chosen to share (an embarrassing amount of) pictures and thoughts about education, Crohn’s and photography. I try not to share too much else, if I can help it (but I share more than I probably should). I have met people online…