The Cripple Chronicles

Hi friends!  Happy new year! we may already be a little bit into January of 2025 - but the new year started very slow, I had episodes I recorded at the end of the year and this episode nearly killed me editing it. I spent over 8 hours fixing export issues on top of the nearly 10 hours editing and 2 hours recording.  I love what I am doing with the podcast, getting more confident in myself where th...

Hi friends!  December is a hard time of the year for me, like many others. I know I dont need to explain myself, but sometimes I want to. There has been a few breaks that I have taken this year where I wasnt able to verbalise what was going on in my brain and the fact that I needed time. I hope you have enjoyed the episodes that I have released over the past year, if you have and you aren't a...

Hi friends!  Hi friends!  In this episode, I open up about my deeply personal journey of living with a disability and the impact of shame rooted in childhood and family dynamics. From my upbringing in a household where worth was measured by productivity to the moment a life-changing accident redefined my identity, this is my story of unlearning shame and embracing acceptance. Join me as I discuss...

Hi friends!  This episode is about the recent trip i took going round the west coast of scotland. Stopping off in Largs, the Isle of Bute, Glencoe, Fort William and going all around the isle of Skye. I started this episode with a little bit of background information on my accident as before i had my crash Skye was top of my list of places to visit and at points of my recovery i didnt know if it wo...

Hi friends!  Today i decided to do a podcast episode talking about my love of poetry, some of my favourite poems, poets and sharing some poems from my own book at the end of the video. I am thinking about writing a second book, so if you would like them both listed on amazon to buy and read, leave a comment down below and it might give me the motivation to format the second book because right now...

Hi friends!  Being a nurse was something that for a long time felt like my life passion, and part of that was learning about different types of medications, how they worked and the different kind of side effects, because although i was not a prescriber, i did have a duty to give medication to my patients, to know what i was giving them and the side effects that i had to look out for. And although...

Hi friends!  I am coming back with this episode, and my tail between my legs after thinking i was out of my rutt and starting Season 2 of the Podcast and then taking another bit of time off. My mental health hasnt been the best recently, and i have been trying to put things in place from therapy, give myself more compassion, have time for my loved ones, mentoring a young person, and also then tryi...

Hi friends!  After taking a few months off, I thought i would call my come back a season 2. I have a bit of a plan for episodes and i am really excited with how this episode came out with my editing and just how it flows! I am wanting to do more AITA stories; feel free to send me your own 👀 to cripplechroniclespod@gmail.com.  I am also going to be reading some of my poetry, having a look on at le...

this is part two of my little representation series, looking at representation that has been important for me in my journey of accepting my disabilities. I am really proud with how this episode has turned out after recording it once and not liking it, recording again and having upload issues meaning its a little delayed on releasing. I hope you enjoy the things i have to say within this episode. a...

This is a bit of a mix of content as I wasn't happy with the first recording, this was my research when initially trying to look for representation of visible disabilities and I got sidetracked looking more into Big Brother and representation of disabilities within the traitors. This is part one of a little sub-series of the podcast for representation as I feel like there may be a lot of thin...

A little bit different, but something I am wanting to give more of if I stop questioning my own opinions 😂 Anything you would like to get in touch with: Email: cripplechroniclespod@gmail.com Website: https://cripplechroniclespod.my.canva.site Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cripplechroniclespod Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cripplechroniclespod

this is the second part of the healing and relationships recording, this was all done in the one day so if you wanna follow along, you're best to watch last weeks video here - ‼️ Trigger warning for mentions of sexual abuse and sex being harmful, please skip from 5:20-14:00 If you would like to donate a few pound towards my new wheels please do here: Wheelchair GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/dbc...

this week I take some time to sit down and talk about the police coming back to see me after my house was attempted to be broken into back in December, feeling invalidated and being able to stand up for myself. being able to stand up for myself literally in terms of having my prosthetic and doing more walking and then a look at some views I have on accessibility downsides. If you would like to don...

this week is one with a little less editing involved as was more of a raw episode, never quite realised that I would end up recording for over 2 hours with this episode hence why it is split into two parts, but dont worry - you only need to wait a week for the next episode  If you would like to donate a few pound towards my new wheels please do here: Wheelchair GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/dbc35819...

This was an episode that I sat and recorded when I had energy and then the start of energy kind of drained it out of me. I am trying to get back into the grove of content creation, focusing on the podcast and being creative in a more hands on sense. This was a bit of a rough episode to record, edit and debate about posting but I am trying to stop living my life in fear of what other people think o...

12.12.19 I left the house to take my ex to work and my whole life changed in the space of half an hour. 4 years of literal blood, sweat and tears. I never knew what was coming that day and it has taken me a lot of work to get to the point I am at today. I hope you enjoy the format I took for this episode, it is actually one I am extremely proud of.  If you would like to donate a few pound towards...

I recorded this a couple of months ago, but life got in the way and my mental health took a dip, but it's here at last! This episode of the Cripple Chronicles, I wanted to talk about the things that are in place to make my life more accessible as an ambulatory wheelchair user. I had my leg amputated in 2022 after a car accident at the end of 2019. I got this idea from a short video I had seen...

This episode of the Cripple Chronicles, I touch on what has been happening mentally with me for the past few weeks while I haven't been keeping up with uploads. In the time that I have been away, I celebrated the first year since having my leg amputated and the things I have been able to achieve in that year. Enjoy! P.s - I noticed when editing that I had said Burger Island didn't have a...

This weeks episode I decided to sit down and just chat through where I am at, somethings from appointments that sparked some feelings in myself that I wanted to open up to be a wider discussion. I guess sometimes it feels like maybe I am just being dramatic or upset about the wrong things, but if im upset by it, I am upset by it. I guess I am just struggling with where I fit into the world and I a...

TRIGGER WARNING - blanket trigger warning for discussion of mistreatment in medical settings, abuse and self harm. I have tried to indicate when speaking where particularly triggering parts may be and have also detailed in the timestamps. This episode I get into talking about where I am at with some struggles in my recovery with a couple of appointments I had in the last week. And then I had a bit...

This episode I get into talking about my second and third year of uni and the challenges I faced with nearly being kicked out and told I would possibly need to go in front of an NMC board for misconduct. I didn't even know if I was going to be able to graduate. I also wanted to touch on the reasonings of why I feel like I can't go back to working in nursing with the current system we hav...

I decided that I wanted to chat a bit about life before the accident and the three years before where I felt like I had to really fight with myself and the uni to get my degree and my registration as a nurse. I realised I had a lot more to say than I initially thought so pls tune in to the next episode to hear the rest of the journey. Anything you would like to get in touch with: Email: cripplechr...

This episode I chat about what disenfranchised grief is, chatting through research that was done involving grief and PTSD following road traffic accidents. As well as my input on my mental health. Anything you would like to get in touch with: Email: cripplechroniclespod@gmail.com Website: https://cripplechroniclespod.my.canva... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cripplechroniclespod Tiktok: htt...

This episode is talking about the process of cosmetic limb lengthening through using Ilizarov frames or internal lengthening nails. Join me as I look at the reasons why people might choose to go down this route and some studies on this topic. Anything you would like to get in touch with: Email: cripplechroniclespod@gmail.com Website: https://cripplechroniclespod.my.canva... Instagram: https://www....

This is following on from last weeks episode, some of the things that I have managed to do in the 9 months since amputation. It feels absolutely wild that its almost been a year, but I am so excited for what comes next. Anything you would like to get in touch with: Email: cripplechroniclespod@gmail.com Website: https://cripplechroniclespod.my.canva... Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cripplech...