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…
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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…
Workshop for Films to Make you Feel Good
In the midst of working with researchers and project leads pioneering with innovations in pedagogy, I find myself often forgetting my background in the creative arts. As part of my role as Projects and Community Assistant, I manage students and graduates who work ad-hoc on projects in different capacities; some of these are media production…
SOLEs; are we asking the right questions?
Self Organised Learning Environments (SOLE) is a term coined by TED-talker Sugata Mitra. His very powerful (yet also hugely criticised) talk uncovers how children living in India (and often digitally illiterate) learnt how to use and programme computers that were installed into public places. These children were not supervised throughout the project. SOLEs fall under problem…
Game Changers is coming!
We don’t have to wait much longer before we launch the pilot of Game Changers! I have been working with Sylvester Arnab and Alex Masters to develop the programme. During the Disruptive Media Learning Lab’s first year, there were many requests for game development support; however, tailor making games for individual modules will inevitably take…
75th Anniversary of Coventry Blitz, as seen by George Rodger Archive
Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Coventry Blitz; this means that 75 years ago Magnum co-founder George Rodger was one of the first photojournalists to witness and report the devastation. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/233027398″ params=”color=1560ab&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] I was with Jinx Rodger a couple of years ago uncovering her late husband’s photographic archive…
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…