I am delighted to say that two more of my freelance parenting articles have been published this week. Both take a candid and unapologetic look at how my arthritis and pain impact my son and ability to parent. This is a subject I am being asked to write more about […]
In this article published by Scope, I explain how my chronic illness and mental health are intrinsically linked – with poor physical health, often leading to my mental health suffering.
On days like this, parenting feels like the hardest thing in the world. I’d rather take a punch in the mouth than watch my son, Dylan, be torn from my arms screaming ‘Daddy, daddy!‘ irrationally at the doors of his marvellous nursery. I’ve always thought my chronic illness shouldn’t impact […]
A father’s day post about parenting and arthritis and how my son gives me all the motivation I need to go on. Becoming a parent was one of the proudest moments of my life. I thought I had purpose before, but I had no idea. Those were just hobbies, things […]
Living with arthritis is to exist in an ever-changing landscape. What I could do yesterday, isn’t what I can do tomorrow, but possibly today. It means I forever have to adjust. Adapt my plans, my expectations, my ambitions. At times, it feels like a never-ending mid-life crisis. In this article, […]
I was through talking about shielding. After putting a lot of time, emotion and bearing my soul writing about my experience in my series and the subsequent media work to raise awareness, I was hoping to put a lid on that whole chapter. Then something happened this week that ultimately […]
As some of you may have already seen on social media this morning, an article I wrote for Versus Arthritis has been published today. In a post specifically for Father’s Day (which is today, here in the UK), I talk about how becoming a parent changed my life. More importantly, […]
As part of the two-week long promotion of ‘my story’ in partnership with Versus Arthritis, I was recently interviewed by the Eastern Daily Press. The article, which can also be found in the Norwich Evening News and Wymondham and Attleborough Mercury, is out now. Read here: 24 year battle with […]
Living with arthritis is tough, being a parent is equally as challenging but pain and parenting is a very difficult combination.
I am delighted to say that an article I wrote for the National Axial Spondyloarthritis Society (NASS) has been published in their Spring 2020 magazine.
Arthritis blogger, freelance writer and advocate who has had psoriatic-associated Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis from childhood. Raising awareness and sharing his experiences to help others, Joel specialises in parenting, pain and the mental health impact of living with chronic illness and writes for several leading charities and organisations.
