Helen Hill – design, MS, baby rhinos and craft corner

How crafting can alleviate MS symptoms.To keep her hands busy and her mind calm, Helen Hill crochets blankets for orphaned baby rhinos, among other things.Her passions also help her to manage her MS symptoms, to sit still where usually her symptoms force her to be constantly active, to calm her restless legs, and generally to escape the everyday. Helen was good at her studies, at school and as an undergraduate studying graphics, but she lacked confidence, in her work, and more generally. Faced with a world where you have to be prepared to take harsh criticism and potentially face micro-aggression, she didn’t feel she had the right mindset to start a career in graphics:"I just didn't fit in in that world. And I got to the end of my degree and realized I'm just not ready for that yet."So, she studied for a Masters, then trained to lecture in graphics. It was round about this time that she started to struggle with an undiagnosed illness that affected her sight. Eighteen months later she was diagnosed with MS.Now, Helen is a freelance e-course creator, writer, illustrator, podcaster and serial crafter, who finds that getting creative helps her manage her MS symptoms, and benefits her life in many other ways too.If you found value in this episode and would like to show your appreciation, consider supporting the podcast through the Support the Show link, or by sending a boostagram , for example in the Fountain app.CreativityFound.co.ukInstagram: @creativityfoundpodcastFacebook: @creativityfoundpodcast and Creativity Found groupYouTube @creativityfoundpodcastPinterest: @creativityfoundSupport the showFollow @CreativityFoundPodcast on InstagramWant to be a guest on Creativity Found? Send me a message on PodMatch, herePodcast recorded with Riverside and hosted by Buzzsprout