Living with Parkinson’s

Living with Parkinson’s means life throws a lot of curveballs. Some people call it “brain fog.” I call mine “brain farts.” At least it gets a laugh.

That same humour carried me through writing my debut comedy novel, The Good God Guide. It’s about an accidental God, a guidebook nobody can understand, and Death — who’s so laid back he’s almost horizontal.

Parkinson’s may slow me down, but it doesn’t silence me — and it definitely doesn’t stop me finding the funny side.

📖 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FNRVJMMP

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“Living with Parkinson’s: Finding humour in chaos, one page at a time”

Big milestone today — both the ebook and paperback editions of my debut novel The Good God Guide are now live on Amazon UK.

This has been a 20-year dream in the making. Living with Parkinson’s, I never thought I’d have the energy or focus to write a book — but bit by bit, often on my phone, with a little help from AI, I made it happen.

Parkinson’s may slow me down, but it doesn’t silence me.

📖 The Good God Guide (ebook & paperback):

👉 www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FNRVJMMP

Thank you to everyone who has encouraged me along the way — your support means more than I can put into words.

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I never thought I’d call myself an author

Living with Parkinson’s has brought daily challenges — tremors, fatigue, and brain fog often get in the way. But when I could no longer work, I decided to finally chase a dream I’d carried inside me for over 20 years: to write a book.

This year, I did it. 📖

I published The Good God Guide — a surreal, comic adventure inspired by Douglas Adams, Terry Pratchett, and a pinch of Monty Python. It was written entirely on my Android phone, with a little help from ChatGPT to polish and expand my words when Parkinson’s made writing tough.

I’m a very private person, but I want to share this because I hope it encourages others — with or without Parkinson’s — to go after the dream that’s been sitting quietly in the back of their mind.

Sometimes, the impossible is just waiting for you to take the first step.

my first book!

Y’all, my first book, a 40 day devotional for Spoonies - for the Lenten season or year round - is available for pre-order now on Amazon. I’m so excited and grateful. 🖤

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Celebrating A Life with Chronic Illness and so Grateful for Milestones and Opportunities

I so hope you enjoy this blog post, celebrating over 4000 plays on my podcast.

In this blog post, I've included links to the top podcast episodes, which include interviews with other [chronic illness](/content/topic/chronic-illness/?label=chronic%20illness "chronic illness"/index.html) warriors.

Each of their own [chronic illness](/content/topic/chronic-illness/?label=chronic%20illness "chronic illness"/index.html) and disease journeys are just so inspiring and well worth listening to. The links are embedded in the blog post.

I am forever grateful for anyone listening, reading, following, liking, and commenting. You all mean the world to me.

I'm incredibly grateful to The Mighty for publishing so many of my articles since 2017 and providing me with a writing platform that encouraged me to become a published author last year.

Such blessings remind me daily that [Chronic illness](/content/topic/chronic-illness/?label=Chronic%20illness "Chronic illness"/index.html) is a part of our lives, not all of our lives.

Love, Sam xx