Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site.## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Mindful Spending, Etsy favourites-July edition](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/mindful-spending-etsy-favourites-july-edition/) - Over the last few years, I've been trying hard to be mindful of my spending. Looking at whether I need an item, how it's made, its eco-credentials, and where it's from. Sometimes this is much easier than others. That item you need might only be available from the big incorporation with dodgy ethics whose ex-owner - [Interview with Georgina Grogan from She Might Be Loved](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/interview-with-georgina-grogan-from-she-might-be-loved/) - Interview with Georgina Grogan award-winning disabled and plus-sized blogger and disability advocate from She Might be loved. - [5 Tips that helped me with my ME/CFS](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/5-tips-that-helped-me-with-my-me-cfs/) - This is the start of a new series of things that have helped me with my ME/CFS. This is for everyone who is chronically ill/disabled as I hope you'll be able to find something of relevance to you. Some of these things won't be for you which is fine just take what you like and - [Mindfulness Monday-Kind Self Talk](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/mindfulness-monday-kind-self-talk/) - Kind self talk or as I like to call it positive brainwashing is essential. So much of our internal and verbal dialogue about ourselves is so easily negative and critical. This is partly due to the evolutionary process that also sees the negative possibilities in every situation, because if you can see the worst then - [Seeking Joy in Creativity](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/seeking-joy-in-creativity/) - Seeking joy in creativity whilst chronically ill or disabled. - [PTSD Resolution- Charity of the Month](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/ptsd-resolution-charity-of-the-month/) - First in the series of charity of the month. PTSD Resolution is a service for all veterans of the UK armed services, TA, reservists and their families. - [CEA Card- UK Cinema Association](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/cea-card-uk-cinema-association/) - Even though our local cinema (Vue) has become much cheaper in recent years, going to the cinema can be a very expensive outing. Add on top of this the need to have a carer or companion to help us get to the cinema/our seats and out again (amongst other needs) and the price can be - [Eco-friendly edit-The Body Shop Best Buys](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/eco-friendly-edit-the-body-shop/) - My favourite eco-friendly skincare products from The Body Shop, including cleansers, a toner and buffer pad. - [Instagram- Accounts of Joy](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/accounts-of-joy-instagram/) - Just a short post this time featuring some of my favourite Instagram accounts. When navigating social media with a chronic illness it can be hard to find accounts to follow. So many are (understandably) focused on their illnesses and all the difficulties that reality has for them. However, these often make for very negative reading. - [Mindfulness- Monday, Share the Joy](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/share-the-joy-5-minute-challenge/) - 5 minute challenge to spread joy on the internet by interacting with your favourite online accounts. A quick and easy way to do some good. - [It's too darn hot, a guide to staying cool.](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/its-too-darn-hot-a-guide-to-staying-cool/) - A guide to how to stay cool in this heat full of fun, low energy and cheap tips! Perfect for both chronic illnesses and those that are just too darn hot! - [Mindfulness Monday-How to do Hand Breathing](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/mindfulness-monday-hand-breathing/) - Use light to moderate pressure.When finished do the reverse by starting with your thumb.Swap hands.If you can't physically trace your hand then close your eyes and visualise a hand and moving up and down each finger. Stretch out your left hand. Using the index finger from your right, slowly trace the fingers on your left - [Everydayjoyandme blog is back for good!](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/284/) - After giving up social media for Lent, I'm now well and truly back. Back on here, Pinterest, Twitter and Instagram. If you haven't had a social media break yourself I'd highly recommend it. It allowed me to really think about why I use social media and how. Who I follow and why. And what I - [Wednesday wisdom-identity and chronic illness.](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/wednesday-wisdom-identity/) - Today's Wednesday wisdom is about identity. When you become chronically ill one of the things that can become really confusing is working out your identity. All the things that you may have defined yourself with such as relationships, work, hobbies and even wardrobes are changed. You can't do most, if any of the things you - [A New Normal- the power of acceptance in chronic illness.](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/a-new-normal-the-power-of-acceptance/) - The power of acceptance when chronic illness/disability drastically alters your normality. How accepting our new normal can help us. - [Eco-Friendly Edit- How to recycle everyday items with Terracycle](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/recycling-with-terracycle/) - Recycling hard to recycle items such as blister packs/pill packets and crisp packets with Terracycle. - [Mindfulness Monday-How to Stop Doom Scrolling Now](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/mindfulness-monday-stop-doom-scrolling/) - This mindfulness Monday how to stop doom scrolling and why. - [Poems of the Month- Within these four walls](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/poems-of-the-month-within-these-four-walls/) - Mindfully Evie's Within These Four Walls chosen as this months poems of the month in honour of ME awareness week and month. - [Mindfulness Monday- Hub of Hope](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/mindfulness-monday-hub-of-hope/) - Todays Mindfulness Monday is all about the newly established service Hub of Hope. Hub of Hope is both a website and an app. The Hub of Hope is the UK’s leading mental health support database. It is provided by the national mental health charity, Chasing the Stigma, and brings local, national, peer, community, charity, private - [Alexa Skills on the Amazon Echo that I Love](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/amazon-echo-alexa-skills-i-love-that-help-my-chronic-illness/) - Last Christmas I gave Alexa my heart... No this isn't about the absolute classic of a tune by Wham but about my ongoing love affair with the wonderful and ever so slighting irksome artificial intelligence known as Alexa (the voice 'assistant' of Amazon Echo). We were gifted an Amazon Echo Dot for Christmas and it's - [Mindfulness Monday- Breathing](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/mindfulness-monday-breathing-techniques/) - Today is the first in our new series of Mindfulness Monday. Each week I will be showcasing a different mindfulness technique and explaining how this has been helpful to me and how it may well benefit you. Mindfulness is such a large area that is being continually developed that I believe there is something for - [Welcome!](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/the-journey-begins/) - Hello and welcome to my new blog everydayjoyandme. I am so happy to see you! Please introduce yourselves in the comments below, I'm hoping that this blog will grow and expand in to a wonderful community. The aim of this blog is to showcase the things that bring me joy in a life with a ## Pages - [Contact](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/contact/) - Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.Name *FirstLastEmail *Comment or Message *WebsiteSubmit - [Privacy Policy](https://www.everydayjoyandme.com/about/privacy-policy/) - Who we are Our website address is: http://www.everydayjoyandme.com. 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