A Decade of Transplantation: Being Well and Ill
I have a 77 year old liver; the rest of my body is 51. This mismatch of age between a vital organ and the rest of my body does not rest...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Nov 17, 20224 min read
movement of the psyche: i
Since I was three years old, I’ve been poked and prodded by strangers more times than I can count, or even remember. Hundreds of blood...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Oct 11, 20225 min read
The imprint of Stigma
Monday, October 10th was World Mental Health Day. The stigma around mental health, its causes and treatments, and how the stigma itself...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Oct 14, 20212 min read
My hat goes off to...
Today I’m feeling grateful to have an intelligent body. A body that remembers. A body that carries my unique imprint of experiences; a...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Oct 8, 20212 min read
The Eye of Me
This is…. My new best friend. It’s my second visit to A+E in less than a week. Based on this, and a handful of other recent visits to...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Nov 24, 20202 min read
Morning view from Kitchen
Morning view from kitchen. As The leaves have fallen off this statuesque beech tree, so too I’ve been going through my own state of...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Mar 16, 20202 min read
Dear Diary : Social distancing Day One
Of all the places one would expect to find oneself after proclaiming to the world the self-isolation is inevitable, here I am waiting in...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Oct 22, 20192 min read
Sometimes we sink, and sometimes we swim…
…but the real winning is in having the courage to get wet. Bhagavan Das once told me ‘Life is messy, you’ve got to roll your sleeves up...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Apr 1, 20192 min read
Where do we go when we disappear?
Where do we go when we disappear? What risks would you take if you weren’t so attached to your name, face, physicality, reputation? Can...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Aug 28, 20182 min read
Washed up on a river.
During the course of August month took time to recover from spinal surgery, resting near a pond that is connected to a river which opens...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Jul 22, 20186 min read
Beyond Greatness
A memory of my five year old self exists, sitting in my mother’s giant eggshell yellow Pontiac station wagon on the way home one day from...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Jun 26, 20182 min read
The Knife, Take Two
Five years ago I underwent the knife, in a sense electively, because I wanted to live. I didn’t get to choose the time or the place, or...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Jan 3, 20185 min read
owning who you are
Warning: The below story contains a few lines that may not paint a pretty picture. but hey, is life always pretty? On Christmas eve, I...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Oct 31, 20161 min read
Learn how to Survive and Thrive
Often times society assumes that to have survived something means that you have come out the other end stronger, more...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Sep 25, 20164 min read
Introducing….the Survivors Club
It has been three years to the day that I had a liver transplant. This day will forever be imbued with meaning for me, and around this...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Aug 28, 20163 min read
Remembering Ilona: Life Lessons Learned
The transition time between spending her last days in her body, and the five days prior to being cremated were filled with the memories...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Jul 26, 20162 min read
I’m ok, you’re ok
Lately I’ve been thinking about the idea that we are all, fundamentally, actually ok. This may be a no-brainer for you who are reading...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Sep 21, 20153 min read
It Takes Two
After six months, I seemed to hit an emotional wall, which felt like the smallest tasks were unachievable due to enormous anger, fear and...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Nov 6, 20145 min read
A Few Small Theories about Managing Challenge
There are small challenges and big challenges, but in essence, the only thing defining what is small and what is big is our perception,...
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Elizabeth Reumont
Sep 24, 20144 min read
Open letter to God
Dear God, It’s hard to believe this is the first official letter I have ever written to you. I’m sorry it took me so long to pen one...
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