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Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
Smiling Sonia
173 episodes
2 days ago
Hi Smiling Sonia here. This is an audio journal where I share how I've overcome challenges to move from just living to striving with a chronic illness. In 2013 I was eventually diagnosed with Mollaret's Meningitis. I have overcome 6 recurrent episodes of viral meningitis so far in my lifetime. I got fed up of worrying every time I went off sick and returned to work early before I was fully recovered. That changed when I built an emergency fund. Now I have financial stability and the peace of mind that I have enough money to cover emergencies and future financial goals.
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Hi Smiling Sonia here. This is an audio journal where I share how I've overcome challenges to move from just living to striving with a chronic illness. In 2013 I was eventually diagnosed with Mollaret's Meningitis. I have overcome 6 recurrent episodes of viral meningitis so far in my lifetime. I got fed up of worrying every time I went off sick and returned to work early before I was fully recovered. That changed when I built an emergency fund. Now I have financial stability and the peace of mind that I have enough money to cover emergencies and future financial goals.
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Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
173. Day 5 Treasure Chest Challenge

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 15/03/21.

Welcome to day one of the five day Treasure Chest challenge

The aim of the challenge is to help you build a 1 month emergency fund fast to support you through your next medical emergency.

Join my Facebook community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thrivingwithachronicillness

Book a free strategy session to find out how I can help you to build an emergency fund - https://smilingsonia.com



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4 years ago
53 minutes 19 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
172. Day 4 Treasure Chest Challenge

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 14/03/21. 

Welcome to day four of the five day Treasure Chest challenge

The aim of the challenge is to help you build a 1 month emergency fund fast to support you through your next medical emergency.

Join my Facebook community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thrivingwithachronicillness

Book a free strategy session to find out how I can help you to build an emergency fund - https://smilingsonia.com



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4 years ago
33 minutes 10 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
171. Day 3 Treasure Chest Challenge

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 12/03/21. 

Welcome to day three of the five day Treasure Chest challenge

The aim of the challenge is to help you build a 1 month emergency fund fast to support you through your next medical emergency.

Join my Facebook community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thrivingwithachronicillness

Book a free strategy session to find out how I can help you to build an emergency fund - https://smilingsonia.com



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4 years ago
36 minutes 57 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
170. Day 2 Treasure Chest Challenge

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 11/03/21. 

Welcome to day two of the five day Treasure Chest challenge

The aim of the challenge is to help you build a 1 month emergency fund fast to support you through your next medical emergency.

Join my Facebook community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thrivingwithachronicillness

Book a free strategy session to find out how I can help you to build an emergency fund - https://smilingsonia.com



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4 years ago
26 minutes 40 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
169. Day 1 Treasure Chest Challenge

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 07/03/21. 

Welcome to day one of the five day Treasure Chest challenge

The aim of the challenge is to help you build a 1 month emergency fund fast to support you through your next medical emergency.

Join my Facebook community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thrivingwithachronicillness

Book a free strategy session to find out how I can help you to build an emergency fund - https://smilingsonia.com

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4 years ago
50 minutes 42 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
168. Nurturing a Wealthy Mindset

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 01/03/21. So the topic today is nurturing a wealthy mindset.

Join my Facebook community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thrivingwithachronicillness

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4 years ago
26 minutes 31 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
167. My Jamaican Fried Dumpling Recipe

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 28/02/21. I'm out on my walk in the woods as usual. I'm sharing my Jamaican fried dumpling recipe during my walk today.

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4 years ago
32 minutes 33 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
166. Focus and Distraction

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 27/02/21. I'm out on my walk in the woods as usual. Today's topic is focus and distraction - I guess they are opposites.

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4 years ago
37 minutes 15 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
165. Protecting Yourself with Insurance

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 13/02/21. I haven't recorded in a while mainly because it's been snowing and I've not wanted to put myself at risk. I also wanted to spend some time just reviewing and monitoring myself because I've been so tired. I talk about insuring ourselves against sh** happening.

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4 years ago
27 minutes 53 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
164. Kindness

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 05/02/21. Today I talk about kindness. I want to be seen as a kind person. I love it when people are kind to me. I must admit I do judge people on their level of kindness.

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4 years ago
40 minutes 41 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
163. LGBT+ History Month

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 04/02/21. So today I've had a lot of thoughts running around my head much like yesterday. So I'm talking about being Black, being Female and being a Lesbian and oh yes, having a chronic illness.

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4 years ago
23 minutes 20 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
162. Mentoring, Self Acceptance and Visibility

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 03/02/21. It's a bit of mixed bag today but I had a number of things twirling in my head that I wanted to explore. Anyway let's see where it goes.

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4 years ago
32 minutes 10 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
161. Habits Are Crucial to Achieving Goals

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 02/02/21. One of the main things I've learned about goals is that habits are the foundation for achieving them. 

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4 years ago
29 minutes 45 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
160. Thoughts About a New Role or New Career

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 28/01/21. I've always been career minded and looking for new opportunities. However, when I was diagnosed with a chronic illness I became scared about changing my job in case I became unwell in my new role.

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4 years ago
39 minutes 34 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
159. When a Chronic Illness Results in Reduction in Income

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 26/01/21. It's been six months since my last meningitis attack. Today I recall what it was like when my family went from a two income family to a one income family.

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4 years ago
31 minutes 16 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
158. How To Tweak Your Goals

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 25/01/21. Today I speak about how we can tweak our goals without actually changing the goal itself.

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4 years ago
27 minutes 38 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
157. Reviewing my Health Goal

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 21/01/21. Today I went down a different path and discovered a secret garden I'd not seen before. Today I'm reviewing my health goal.

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Book a free strategy session to find out how I can help you to build an emergency fund - https://smilingsonia.comWhilst out walking today I went down a different path and came across a secret garden.

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4 years ago
31 minutes 3 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
156. Start decluttering early in Readiness for Moving House

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 20/01/21. With a house move in my near future I'm back to doing some more decluttering in the house.

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4 years ago
27 minutes 21 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
155. Finances and buying a house

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 19/01/21. I'm out on my walk again this morning. My thoughts are on my finances because I want to be in a position to buy a house later this year. 

Join my Facebook community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thrivingwithachronicillness

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4 years ago
30 minutes 31 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
154. I Share my 90 Day Plan

Today's episode of my viral meningitis recovery journal was recorded on 18/01/21. I've taken today off work. Each year on my birthday I like to set out a plan for the year starting with the first 90 days.

Join my Facebook community - https://www.facebook.com/groups/thrivingwithachronicillness

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4 years ago
41 minutes 28 seconds

Smiling Sonia: Thriving with a Chronic Illness
Hi Smiling Sonia here. This is an audio journal where I share how I've overcome challenges to move from just living to striving with a chronic illness. In 2013 I was eventually diagnosed with Mollaret's Meningitis. I have overcome 6 recurrent episodes of viral meningitis so far in my lifetime. I got fed up of worrying every time I went off sick and returned to work early before I was fully recovered. That changed when I built an emergency fund. Now I have financial stability and the peace of mind that I have enough money to cover emergencies and future financial goals.