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  • The Resilience Rundown: March 2026

    Hello Neighbours! I hope your March is off to an absolutely cracking start. Whether you’re currently smashing your physiotherapy goals, figuring out how to navigate the world with a new perspective, or simply finding a bit of well-deserved peace and a quiet afternoon cuppa, I see you. Remember that in this game, every single small…

  • The Resilience Rundown February 2026

    ❤️ Love Your Brain (And Your Leftovers) Hello Neighbours! Welcome to February! The month of love, pancakes, and—let’s be honest—hopefully a bit less rain than January threw at us. Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s, Galentine’s, or just “I-Got-Out-Of-Bed-Today”-entine’s, we’re sending you a massive digital high-five. If you are reading this, you are winning. Handling life as…

  • Resilience Rundown January 2026

    New Year, New Neurons! | A Jan ’26 Neuro-Update Hello folks Welcome to your very first newsletter of 2026! I hope you’ve had a relaxing festive season and managed to successfully dodge the worst of the mince pies (or at least the ones that look like they’ve been used as doorstops). Whether you’re raring to…

  • The Great Attention Heist

    Why “Brain Rot” is Real (and Why It’s Sabotaging Your Recovery) I want to start with a question that might seem rude, but bear with me: How long has it been since you finished a book? Not a blog post. Not a magazine article. A real, chunky, requires-actual-commitment book. If the answer is “I can’t…

  • The Apples We Didn’t Eat: On Love, Timing, and the Art of Missing Out

    In 2019, back when my hair was longer and I was arguably a “lesser” version of myself, I walked into my local shop. I was in the middle of a crisis, the kind of mental fog that makes the world feel sharp and abrasive. She was there, restocking shelves. We started talking. I don’t remember…

  • Decoding Your Stroke Recovery: The Rise of Genetic and Biomarker Profiling

    Remember those “magic 8 ball” toys that supposedly predicted the future? Shaking that mysterious orb, hoping for answers, and often getting a vague response like “Reply hazy, try again.” Well, predicting stroke recovery used to feel a bit like that – a lot of guesswork, uncertainty, and hoping for the best. But now, thanks to…

  • From High Blood Pressure to Hope: lessons from my Journey Overcoming Stroke

    The end of this month marks a bittersweet reminder of health. The stroke association contacted me to ask me to participate in their campaign to raise awareness of health conditions that could lead to stroke, specifically high blood pressure. I will link their campaign below, but before that, I just realised I had never talked…

  • The Long Road Ahead: My Stroke Recovery Chronicles

    This page will serve as the Landing page for the retelling of my story as a stroke survivor

  • Peering Inside the Black Box: How Neuroimaging is Revolutionizing Stroke Recovery

    For years, treating a stroke was like trying to fix a car engine with your eyes closed. Doctors relied on external symptoms and basic tests to assess the damage, but the inner workings of the brain remained a mystery. Enter neuroimaging, the superhero of stroke recovery, giving us unprecedented access to the brain’s inner workings…