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Welcome to Living Well with MS, the podcast from the Overcoming MS charity. In each episode, your host Geoff Allix explores a different aspect of the Overcoming MS Program in greater depth by talking with experts and people with MS about health lifestyle changes. New episodes are published on Wednesdays and feature interviews with scientists, neurologists, fitness specialists, diet experts, stress reduction professionals. The podcast also features inspirational, real-life stories from people with multiple sclerosis following the Overcoming MS program, about the challenges and victories of managing symptoms through lifestyle modification.
Poetry and MS with Nurse Educator Josie Crawley | S7E21
Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis
40 minutes
4 weeks ago
Poetry and MS with Nurse Educator Josie Crawley | S7E21
In this episode of Living Well with MS, we’re excited to welcome Josie Crawley – poet, professor of nursing, and Overcoming MS community member. Josie has been living with MS for over 20 years, and she shares how poetry, exercise, honesty and joy help her navigate life with resilience and humour.
From the challenges of walking to the meditative calm of swimming, from embracing “JOYMO” (the joy of missing out) to choosing self-kindness over comparison, Josie’s reflections are moving, practical and full of wisdom for anyone on their own MS journey.
If you’d like to read any of Josie’s poems mentioned in this episode, you can find them here: A collection of poems by Josie Crawley
You can watch this episode on YouTube here.
Topics and timestamps
00:00 Meet Josie Crawley and discover her journey with MS
05:42 The healing role of poetry in life with MS
09:09 Family, career and adapting to life with MS
16:03 How Josie discovered the Overcoming MS Program
18:46 Ageing with MS: acceptance and challenges
21:25 Why swimming and walking are Josie’s meditations
25:24 Finding joy and (challenge) in walking
28:15 Finding balance in life with MS
31:22 Navigating medication and treatment options
35:10 Balancing privacy and disclosure in work
More info and links
Read Josie’s scientific research on Research Gate or by using her Orchid ID 0000-0003-1011-3335
This PDF contains a selection of Josie’s poetry referred to or about content discussed in this episode. You are welcome to share these poems, but please acknowledge Josie as the author, and the source if published.
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Living Well with Multiple Sclerosis
Welcome to Living Well with MS, the podcast from the Overcoming MS charity. In each episode, your host Geoff Allix explores a different aspect of the Overcoming MS Program in greater depth by talking with experts and people with MS about health lifestyle changes. New episodes are published on Wednesdays and feature interviews with scientists, neurologists, fitness specialists, diet experts, stress reduction professionals. The podcast also features inspirational, real-life stories from people with multiple sclerosis following the Overcoming MS program, about the challenges and victories of managing symptoms through lifestyle modification.
