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Stories on living simple, sustainable & meaningful lives, with and without chronic illness.
Stories on living simple, sustainable & meaningful lives, with and without chronic illness.
Here at LiveKen we’re passionate about helping others live simple, sustainable and meaningful lives. As we embark on our own journey towards a simple, sustainable and meaningful life, we share our insight and stories to help raise awareness, inspire and empower others to make similar changes with and without chronic illness. We work closely with local Councils, businesses and community groups to help support change in the wider community and encourage people to live a life that is meaningful to them by increasing understanding and empowering community action. We have over 10 years of experience working with businesses and local communities to create changes towards more sustainable actions, and have personal experience with living with invisible chronic illnesses which allows us to advocate for those with these conditions.
Raising awareness of invisible illnesses. The Foggy Frog and the Pain Gang picture book is a useful tool for explaining invisible illness symptoms such as pain and fatigue.
We share stories about living simple, sustainable and meaningful lives, with and without chronic illness.
We work and live by our values with a strong focus on community engagement, sustainability, and being open and honest.
Living a simple, sustainable and meaningful life.
One of the issues I considered before we decided to ev
It’s my birthday and I’ve finally found som
You may have noticed I’ve been missing in action
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you! I&#
The CIB Holiday Giveaway will run from Nov. 23 – Dec
I’ve joined a fantastic group of Chronic Illness
On Saturday, 24 September 2016, we held a book launch p
Children’s Book Makes Invisible Illnesses Visible For
A lot’s been happening around here lately! Prepar
It’s been over a week since I last posted. Betwee
Imagine waking every day and being unsure about what yo
We’re halfway through the year, so I thought I
“Are you feeling better? You’re looking goo
This morning I was reading a post from my friend Julie
Back in December of last year, I answered a reader̵
I meant to do this post last week for May 12 Internatio
I was going to share how my first attempt at making sou
We’ve reached the end of our 20 Week No Buy Chall
I forgot to write about the No Buy Challenge in my last
Last week as part of Cee’s Share Your World post,
I have low Testosterone levels… It’s not so
One of the most popular posts on the blog here seems to
Over the weekend, in between the many social events we
Hi All, Before I get into Share Your World for this wee
A Quick No Buy Challenge Update then on to Family Plann
The No Buy Challenge is going reasonably well, there wa
I did some shopping this week… There, I got that
I had a wonderfully full weekend and got to catch up wi
Another week down in the No Buy Challenge and another w
We’re quickly approaching the half way point in o
Another successful week for the No Buy Challenge. IR
Over the last week I’ve done well with the No Buy
Last year was not a successful year for me in terms of
It’s been 2 weeks since my last update for the No
It’s Christmas Eve and celebrations have begun fo
In regards to my health, I’ve struggled a lot aga
Another week has past and the No Buy challenge is going
It’s been a week since Rach and I started our 20
Thank you for joining us on this journey towards more s
Join me on a journey towards a simple, sustainable and
The weather here has been up and down with some extreme
Yet again life got in the way and I didn’t get ti
I apologise in advance for a long post… This is
Imagine waking up one day and finding that your whole l
As I mentioned last week, it’s National Pain Week
It’s been a while since we’ve done a post h
The atmosphere here at LiveKen is buzzing as we put the
Over the last year or two I’ve been decluttering
I turned 30 last weekend. Those of you who follow us on
Today is Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Synd
Are you looking for a simple, sustainable & meaning
HEALTH – an acronym and guide for living your own
I missed yesterday’s #HAWMC post on Stress Awaren
When you live every day with chronic pain and fatigue i
Yesterday I took the day off. Not only did I not allow
In March 2013, my life was full of structure and routin
As those of you who follow us on social media would be
Today’s post is a little bit of this and a little
Like Megan’s last post, I will be sharing with yo
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This year’s theme for Invisible Illness Awareness
Next week (8 – 14 September 2014) is Invisible Il
What’s the first step to move towards a simple, sust
Last week I discussed how pacing was one of the key rec
Everyone talks about doing more of this and less of tha
As many of you would be aware, I’ve been struggli
If you’ve been following us over the last few wee
Thank you all! I wanted to take the time today to say t
Last week Megan spoke to you all about our goals, both
Last week, while making the most delicious Lentil Burge
Over the last few weeks Janelle and I have been having
Over the last week or so I’ve been really struggl
As Megan said last week everyone’s journey throug
Throughout the last 15 months I have learnt a lot about
Everyone’s journey in life is different. Over the
Once again I have fallen behind on my schedule for post
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At the beginning of the year I shared with you my aspir
On and off throughout my life I’ve played around
Everyone wants to be happy and enjoy the life they̵
As I mentioned in my previous post, I’m currently
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Pushing to the limits, constantly in motion, always thi
LiveKen has arisen from a desire to help others live th
Since my birthday the other week, I’ve felt like
Here at LiveKen our purpose in life is to help others l
During the process of fundraising for the Foggy Frog an
Since completing my list of 100 Life Goals and identify
Welcome everyone to LiveKen’s brand new blog. Thi
Tomorrow is my birthday! The celebrations, though, star
As discussed in last week’s post about Finding Yo
I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome… What do the doct
As you’ve probably noticed I’ve been a bit
I have so many posts I need to write and share with you
The last few weeks have been pretty busy and rather str
A few weeks ago I was contacted by the Manchester Debt
Today is International ME/CFS/Fibromyalgia Awareness Da
This blog chain (This is M.E.) was set up by Louise fro
Loving Kindness May I/you/we… Over the weekend I
Life with a chronic illness is extremely difficult phys
Thanks to some bad weather here, I’ve had more ti
How do I maintain mental functioning when I have a chro
Today’s Physical Friday post is going to be diffe
If you are a regular reader you’d be aware that a
I’ve gotten back into reading and I’m enj
It’s Good Friday today. The start of the Easter
I never really felt I was any good at drawing, maybe be
As promised last week, today I’m going to share w
For the past month, on top of working on the Foggy Frog
Father Eddie Tatro, from Bishop Eddie Tatro’s Stu
We made it! Thank you so much to everyone who contribut
Hi everyone, It’s been a busy week! Today is the
Yesterday we announced in our update on the Foggy Frog
As I’m sure by now all of you are aware, we have
Sorry I’ve been offline for the last week. I̵
Wow, just over a week and we’re a 3rd of the way
So… it’s Friday morning here, and the Kicks
I know a few of my readers knit and crotchet… you
During this busy month, I am focusing on finding whatev
Trisha from Notes from the Fog has been a strong suppo
Please check out my update on the Foggy Frog Kickstarte
As we move into this Kickstarter campaign to raise fund
In just under 5 hours the Foggy Frog Kickstarter campai
Pacing… It’s the main thing that I need to
Hi friends and family (and other readers). Sorry itR
Everyone suffering from a chronic illness would have ha
Today is a really busy day, so was yesterday, so I̵
There’s only 11 days until we launch our Kickstar
Thank you to everyone who commented on my post Being Me
Happy Valentines Day! E and I don’t really celebr
Download your free E-book (A Selection of True Awakenin
I started a 5 week meditation course last night, it inv
You may have noticed the last few weeks I’ve been
This weekend I took another break from technology and s
On Thursday this week, I was published on the Australia
I am extremely grateful for all the awards I have been
I know it’s meant to be Physical Friday bu
Jennifer from MEcuperate contacted me the other day abo
Since crashing last April, my brain has been in a const
I recently received a wonderful email from Jordan over
Let’s talk about Limits! It’s February alre
Check out Jenn’s prelaunch video for our Kickstar
Yesterday I announced the winner of the Facebook Giveaw
A while ago I got an email from Claire at Living Being
Today I want to talk to you about passions and dreams.
The image above is one of the early sketches of Foggy F
The other day I reblogged a post entitled “Are yo
Upcycling is a good term to use to describe what I̵
Today has felt like a very long day, and I don’t
An interesting post about how to be mentally strong.
A wonderful, inspirational poem that demonstrates what
So, I’m doing my first give away. To go into the
Towards the end of last year I was sent a link to an id
So, as you would be aware I’ve been very busy in
I’m posting this a bit late, but it is in respons
Last week I shared a video of my daily yoga practice to
Accepting my illness early, even before I was formally
Although we forget these things as we get older, they a
I’m participating in a challenge this month organ
After over 7 years of hand sewing squares together and
Celeste has implemented a new resource for reviews on F
Always remember that something small for you, like shar
Ever since I was little I loved to read. On a weekend w
I’ve update my About Me page and made it t
Foggy Frog could be this character for everyone who wan
An important life lesson… Keep things in balance
If you follow me on Facebook or twitter you’d al
Today I made the leap and purchased my own domain. You
Day 6 of the Daily Post Zero to Hero Tasks was to try a
This post is written in response to day 3 of the Daily
The following letter was written in response to seeing
Seeing as I’m still relatively new to blogging I
email I really need some help and advice! Please read t
Another year over and a new one begun Farewell to a yea
Here it is, my first ‘Ask Megan’ post. I ha
Last year I set up an experiment to manage my pacing th
A great list of life wisdom that we can all learn from!
I have been nominated for three more awards. Jenn from
“You will recognize your own path when you come upon
Some great suggestions here for balancing your body and
Good advice 🙂
Barbara, over at Me, My Magnificent Self is setting up
I hope everyone enjoys the holiday season. Here is a Ha
“Your vision will become clear only when you can look
This is a beautiful interpretation of a beautiful bible
Check out Claire’s post on how to invite a spooni
“You will recognize your own path when you come upon
“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ours
The following nonet has been written as part of Paint t
I’ve already discussed the general benefits of ge
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be
Have you ever noticed how many different shades of blue
So last Wednesday I had 2 doctors appointments in the o
Thank you so much to Paint the World with Words for nom
A few weeks ago I was contacted by Julie from Counting
This Japanese Tanka poem has been written in response t
Last weekend I had a wonderful time away with my mum an
Thanks to both Katarina from Painfully Aware, Shaun fr
This is a lot to consider when you are already dealing
Related articles Invasion of the Jellyfish (janelpratt
This is an unedited prose that was written the day afte
As promised when telling you about my Environmentally F
So recently I’ve been having some very vivid, emo
I recently realised I’ve focussed a lot on the ME
The following Limerick was inspired by Paint the World
I had a big afternoon yesterday! I drove myself to my a
Such a beautiful video about gratitude!
Wow, It seems that whenever I think I’ve got on t
Christmas Time is Near!” From Christmas Where th
I’m still struggling to come to terms with the be
Great imagery of the course we should all be takingR
I can’t believe it’s been a month already s
I’ve been nominated for yet another 2 awards! Tha
An exercise haiku Excruciating… Walking, Downward
Foggy Frog is here Heaviness and confusion Moving throu
Definitely good advice for doctors! Just need to get th
As mentioned in my previous post, There are Dragon̵
Wow, I’ve been away (posting already written post
I promised a few of you a post about planning my weddin
I’ve reached 200 likes and over 60 followers. Tha
I’ve had very little sleep thanks to hot/cold spe
My MIL came around today to drop off some material, and
Before I even fell ill early this year I knew there was
I haven’t actually read as many of these as IR
OK, I said I was going to be out today but I was too ex
I had a wonderful evening yesterday celebrating our ann
This is a great post about how we can try to be sustain
I married my best friend! E has been with me through th
An interesting article on chronic pain.
So I’ve introduced you to Foggy Frog and his Pain
I’ve (semi)completed another sewing project. I al
I’ve found since being ill I don’t get to s
Resting… What is it really? To some people restin
A few great points here! I especially agree with separa
I’m still working on The apron I’ve given y
I have not driven in the last 6 months (apart from one
Wow! I’d like to send out a big Thank You to Juli
This is why I’m trying to keep up with an exercis
Something everyone should try to focus on!
This post has been inspired by conversations with peopl
Day 6 of the 21 Days of Gratitude program focused on se
Last week I spent my crafting time making cards for the
This is how I feel 80% of the time at the moment!
This is exactly how I feel about my situation. I have a
So this past weekend I had 2 major events in a row̷
I found the following letter on the FMS Community site.
This is important for everyone to remember. Have faith
I wrote this after experiencing some weird sensations d
At the moment my body is out of balance. This is obviou
The warmth and company of our two Kitty cats 🙂
And the full product to be sewn (hopefully tomorrow) &#
Although the presenter seems fairly over-dramatic (like
As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, if I’m
Good luck Dani, a difficult challenge for a good cause.
These talks are inspirational. I haven’t watched
Here are three techniques I use when I start to feel ov
What are you grateful for today? All Photos (c) Megan S
I’m participating in the Mentor’s Channel &
Let me tell you about these creatures that have come to
So today my husband, E, participated in a charity ride
My world is a constant confusion. My mind is prepared t
So, I woke early this morning with every part of my bod
Bright and colourful birds of hope and healing! I’
So it looks like I’ve created my account just in
For those of you who don’t know me, let me introd
This is something I wrote the other day after one of my
