The Cripple Chronicles
A podcast about ilizarov frames, amputation and the journey to accepting and embracing disability after being involved in a near fatal car accident.
Episodes
59 episodes
Wills, Legacy, and the Stories We Leave Behind (with Jermaine Ee of HeirLight) | episode 59
Today’s episode is a wee milestone because it’s my first ever guest episode on The Cripple Chronicles.I’m sitting down with Jermaine Ee, founder of HeirLight, to talk about the stuff most of us avoid until we absolutely have to: wills, ...
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Life Catch Up: Relationship Update, Complaints + Collab Excitement | Ep.58
Hi friends. It is January, which I’m pretty sure was invented by Big Pharma to sell antidepressants. 😅This episode is a proper life catch-up. Winter pain and the January blues, a relationship update (yes, a real one), applying for a job...
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From Nurse Becca to Disabled Advocate: Six Years Becoming Me, Grief, Growth, Systems Fail Us (Ep.56)
Hi friends, welcome back to The Cripple Chronicles.This is a shorter, reflective episode that was originally recorded as the final section of my Cripple Wrapped episode, but it deserved its own space.I’m six years into being dis...
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2025 Cripple Wrapped: Disabled Life In Numbers (ep.55)
in this episode of cripple chronicles, i am doing my own version of “wrapped” for 2025 and six years since my accident. instead of just spotify and youtube stats, we are looking at what a full year of disabled life actually looks like in number...
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How to Keep Going: The Messy Reality of Resilience and Recovery (ep. 54)
How to Keep Going is an episode about resilience without the toxic positivity or the nonsense we are usually fed. As someone disabled, chronically ill and recovering from trauma, resilience has never meant being strong all the time. It has look...
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Spirituality, Psychosis and Recovery: Finding Faith in the Unknown | Cripple Chronicles Pod (ep. 53)
Hi friends! In this episode of The Cripple Chronicles, we are getting into the messy middle of recovery, spirituality and that weird line between “this happened for a reason” and “am I actually losing the plot?”I talk about how faith an...
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euthanasia deep dive and the ethics of assisted dying | Cripple Chronicles Pod (ep. 52)
We always talk about the right to live. Today we ask what it means to have the right to die. This episode traces the story from ancient philosophy and church doctrine to modern laws, psychiatric eligibility, and the way social media shapes the ...
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3 years, one leg. how has life moved on? | cripple chronicles podcast (Ep.51)
Hi friends!Welcome back to another episode of Cripple Chronicles! Last episode i actually wanted to talk about the fact my 3rd ampuversary was coming up.. i planned to record this on the day of the ampuversary however disabilit...
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life update, prosthetics, OT assessments and more | cripple chronicles podcast (Ep.50)
Hi friends!Welcome back to another episode of Cripple Chronicles! In this life update episode, I’m sharing what’s been going on behind the scenes in my world, my life as an amputee, my mental health journey, and some exciting projects I...
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disability and being tangled within the UK benefits system | cripple chronicles podcast (Ep.49)
Hi friends This episode is a long one, I thought it might be when I was recording but it ended up much longer as it is something I am passionate about, something that I live through and experience on a daily basis. I am not one to ...
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growing up skint, determined and becoming disabled | cripple chronicles podcast (Ep.48)
Hi friends 💜In this episode, I’m taking you back to the late '90s and early 2000s, growing up in Scotland in a kind of poverty that wasn’t always visible, but was always there. It wasn’t food bank queues or charity handouts. It was exte...
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disability and the crippling feeling of failure | cripple chronicles podcast (Ep.46)
Hi friends 💜Thanks so much for tuning in to another episode of the Cripple Chronicles podcast. a space where I talk openly about life with a disability, navigating mental health, and finding acceptance after trauma.This e...
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what happens when parents lack emotional maturity | cripple chronicles podcast (Ep.45)
Hi friends! 🌻Thank you so much for joining me for another episode of the Cripple Chronicles podcast. This episode was a bit hard to put together with not wanting to be on camera - but hoping this isnt the norm.Today’s episode wa...
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trying to pace yourself while disabled can be sooo exhausting (ep.44)
Hi friends! Thank you for joining me for another episode of the podcast. I hope you have enjoyed this episode of this podcast even though it is a shorter one. I wanted to take a little bit of time to sit down and just chat through ...
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breaking down the UK proposed benefit cuts (ep.43)
Hi friends! Thank you for joining me for another episode of the podcast.I decided to sit down and share what I know about the UK governments current proposal to cut and freeze benefits in the UK like PIP, UC and ADP. Stuff like thi...
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back to walking after months of using my wheelchair. hello new prosthetic (ep.42)
Hi friends! Thank you for joining me for another episode of the podcast. Sharing some feelings about my prosthetic and my mobility and some challenges that I have had since getting my leg back. I recorded this when I was feeling so...
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life update the past few months have been tough (ep.41)
Hi friends! Thank you for joining me for another episode of the podcast. I hope you have enjoyed this episode of this podcast even though it is a shorter one. I wanted to take a little bit of time to sit down and just chat through ...
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Nurse reacts to Salem and Penny Tovar discussion of wild side of healthcare tiktok (ep. 40)
Hi friends! Thank you for joining me for another episode of the podcast. I started to watch Salem Tovar's video about the wild side of healthcare tiktok and I decided I would so some reaction content while I got ready to record (wh...
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staying safe and restarting after experiencing a toxic relationship (ep. 39) (part 3)
Hi friends! Welcome back to another episode of the podcast, this is the final episode (for now) in this little series that I have been working on about abuse and the red flags, warning signs, impact, and this week on how it can be ...
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talking about toxicity - education is power (ep. 38) (part 2)
the end of each of these episodes I have some support resources listed within the videos too.Chapters:0:00 - 10:27: Introduction10:27 - 13:54: Becca ramble13:54 - 31:34: Universal signs of abuse31:34 - 47:51: Mental heal...
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Reddit Dramalama; dad excuses child with asperger's behaviour, AITA? dad is a fire starter (ep.36)
Hi friends! Welcome back to another episode of the podcast, I was shook when I first saw the title of the first story, which is why I saved it but I never read the content - what would you do if you were in that situation??...
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Right to Advocacy under the mental health act (ep.35)
Hi friends! Thank you for joining me for another episode of the podcast. I hope you have enjoyed this episode of this podcast even though it is a shorter one - I can maybe do a bit of a longer episode on this if it is something you...
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What are your rights if you're sectioned? Mental health act in the UK (ep.34)
Hi friends! Thank you for joining me for another episode of the podcast. I hope you have enjoyed this episode of this podcast even though it is a shorter one - I can maybe do a bit of a longer episode on this if it is something you...
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new year, what's staying in 2024? what's new for '25? (ep.33)
Hi friends! Happy new year! we may already be a little bit into January of 2025 - but the new year started very slow, I had episodes I recorded at the end of the year and this episode nearly killed me editing it. I spent over 8 hou...
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