Be Well with Annabelle

08/10/2026

07/10/2026

The healing path is never a straight line. ♿️🧠✨

Living with a spinal cord injury means navigating massive ups and downs. Some days the body cooperates; other days are plagued by nerve pain, spasms, or total exhaustion.

But here is the truth: Consistency is your superpower.

Even on the days you absolutely do not want to do it, you feel so much better once you get moving.

My daily non-negotiables aren't about perfection—they are about showing up for my mind and body to:

* Ease chronic nerve pain
* Calm an anxious mind
* Build lasting physical strength

When you push through the mental resistance, you take back control.

👇 Read the full blog post ⬇️

https://annabellemoult.com/2026/10/06/my-daily-movement-non-negotiables-when-living-with-sci/

05/10/2026

My Daily Non-Negotiables ♿️✨
Lately, I’ve been focusing heavily on consistency over perfection. For me, that means locking in my daily non-negotiables—the movements that keep my body feeling strong, mobile, and connected.
No matter what the day looks like, these are the 4 things I'm showing up for:
• Daily Movement: Getting active and moving my body consistently.
• Wheelchair Pushes: Powering through my chair pushes to build endurance and strength.
• Stretch & Flow: Taking the time to loosen up, improve mobility, and just breathe.
• Core Work: Keeping my center strong, especially with those side-to-side trunk rotations.
Movement doesn't have to look one specific way to be powerful. It just has to work for you.

01/10/2026

October is here….time for me to Officially enter Autimn season! 🍂✨

The air is crisp, the layers are out, and my cosy mode is fully activated.

🧶 Snuggling up in my absolute favorite cosy jumpers
🌳 Leafy wheelchair walks
☕ Curling up with a warm cuppa tea and a good book
🥣 Hearty, warming soups for the perfect cosy nights in
📺 Sunday roasts and a new TV series to get lost in

30/09/2026

The "wellness" checklist can be exhausting. 🛑

When you have a spinal cord injury and chronic illness, taking care of yourself is a full-time job.

The routines, the healthy habits, the constant tracking… sometimes it’s just too much.

That’s where the balance comes in! ✨

For me, that meant heading into London with my husband to eat, drink, and be merry. 🤍

We completely let go and soak up every moment:
✨ A total blowout 9-course tasting menu (no thinking, no calorie counting, just pure joy!)
🍹 Sipping margaritas in the sun a@fondalondon
🔥 Sumptuous fire-cooked sharing plates @

Yes, looking after your body matters. But sometimes, letting go is exactly what heals your mind, body, and soul.

For a few hours, I wasn’t a patient solving a puzzle—I was just a wife living her best life. 🥂

NEW BLOG POST
👇👇👇

https://annabellemoult.com/2026/09/30/finding-the-balance-with-sci/

28/09/2026

Stretching into the week, after a lot of dancing at the weekend?? 🪩

25/09/2026

Officially entering autumn season! 🍂✨

The air is crisp, the layers are out, and my cosy mode is fully activated.

🧶 Snuggling up in my absolute favorite cosy jumpers
🌳 Leafy wheelchair walks
☕ Curling up with a warm cuppa tea and a good book
🥣 Hearty, warming soups for the perfect cosy nights in
📺 Sunday roasts and a new TV series to get lost in

23/09/2026

Happy autumn equinox 🍃✨

Time to reflect, release, let go, and find balance as we head into the longer, darker days.

I find that practices and rituals aligned with the moon and equinox cycles, such as meditation, journalling, space cleansing and being in nature, have a positive impact my healing path.

Some people understand it; others might find it totally "woo-woo."

Working on myself in this way helps me emotionally and physically, it brings clarity and makes me feel held. It helps me release my challenges and, in turn, brings me more balance and peace. Which supports in calming my mind and resetting my nervous system.

When you have a disability or chronic illness, I think it’s so important to have as many tools in your toolbox as possible to navigate through each day.

My toolbox is filled to the brim, with things to support me in my everyday, to help my mental struggles, ease my physical pain, stay positive, aligned and live in gratitude. 🌟

22/09/2026

The VAC pump is off. The skin is closed. To anyone looking from the outside, the battle is won and life should just go back to normal.

But anyone who has survived a deep pressure wound knows the terrifying truth: closed skin does not mean fully healed tissue.
Underneath that surface, a fragile war is still being waged.

Life right now isn’t a triumphant return to normal—it’s rigidly broken down into pieces. A few hours up, a few hours down.
Shifting every 20 minutes.
A full two-minute pressure relief every single hour.
I’m constantly feeling timed and on the clock ⏰

And then there’s the mental toll. Living with a T5 spinal cord injury means my internal wiring is already altered. Throw in the hormonal shifts of a menstrual cycle, and the communication between my body and my brain gets completely confused.

A simple twinge or cramp gets misinterpreted by my “monkey mind” as a total disaster. *Is it breaking down again? Did I sit up too long?* Some days, that little niggle stays there, and I have to make the frustrating choice to pull the plug on my day and go back to bed.

I’m doing all the right things—eating the right food, drinking the water, following every rule. But there could always be hiccups.

Healing isn't a straight line. I’m learning to stop the spiral. To breathe into the discomfort, calm the monkey mind, and be gentle with myself.

It’s okay to have downtime. It’s okay to spend the day lying down.

Listening to my body is the ultimate priority because healing is the most important part.

If you are living life on a clock right now, give yourself grace. Look at how far you’ve come. 🤍

👉 Read the full story on the blog—link ⬇️

https://annabellemoult.com/2026/09/22/the-illusion-of-closure/

18/09/2026

Nervous system reset 🧘‍♀️

Now that I’m up, one of my favourite ways to reset my nervous system, is to be in the garden, with the Sun on my face, breathing through the motions of Qigong.

Not only do I find that it relaxes the tension in my body, it helps to calm my mind body, which in turn reduces my nerve pain and quietens that monkey mind 🙉

Living with chronic pain while navigating life on wheels, means my nervous system is always working overtime.

It’s a delicate, daily dance: trying to find moments of safety and softness inside a body that often feels like an active alarm system.

When your baseline is discomfort, "just relax" isn't a simple instruction. It’s a practice of micro-moments.

It’s taking a breath that reaches all the way to my belly, despite the static.

It’s reminding my nervous system that even when the physical pain is loud, I am safe in this exact moment.

Healing for me and so many others with SCI and chronic illness, is a day by day process.

For me finding practices like meditation, gratitude, Breathwork, Qigong, help me regain my power one breath and one moment at a time ♿️