Corona Positive: Shining Light in a Time of Darkness

In this episode I spoke with Megan, the light, the truth, the smiles, the brains, and the creator behind the Instagram account @livingcoronapositive. In March 2020 Megan and her family embarked on a fun ski holiday to Switzerland. It was an adventure they looked forward to, a year in the making. News had begun to pop up about the novel corona virus, but at the time there was no outbreak and no travel bans. It was a vastly different time to the one we are now finding ourselves during today’s recording on 23 April 2020. It turns out, Megan and her family landed up being in the group of “the first 50 people to test positive for COVID-19 in South Africa.” This was a mere 6 weeks before recording today’s episode. A lot has changed, for Megan, her family, South Africa, and the world at large. During our chat, Megan and I unpack her story: when and where her and her family contracted the virus, how they found out, what they did. We also explored her reasons for starting her account @livingcoronapositive, why she felt driven to share her experience openly and her thoughts on the stigma around this novel virus. Further, she shares with us some insights she gained during her phone call with the South African Department of Health. We address the antibody research being done, her advice for people worried about the virus, the facts and fiction, and more. Lastly, we got to the heart of what Megan and I each feel is an important lesson for everyone in this time: to nurture and honour our health, physically, nutritionally, and mentally. Megan shares with us her views on wellness, mindfulness and balance. She also gives us her personal top tips for “living well”. Trust me, it was phenomenal and easy to follow advice! What started out as an honest account of healing from COVID-19 turned in to an opportunity to shine light in a time of darkness, as well as an opportunity to help others. With her positivism, great attitude, educational foundation in biochemistry, and her personal experience with health, wellness and healing from COVID-19, Megan is doing just that. And not only that, her journey has inspired the creation of The Sparkling Hands Project, an initiative aimed at getting hygiene products into the hands of those in our disadvantaged local communities during COVID19. If you are sitting at home in lock-down like the rest of us, fixating on the doom and gloom, the economy, the news, the changing facts and differing research, take a moment to press pause. Listen in to this episode and be enlightened instead of scared for a moment. It will do your mind wonders. Blessings, Christina. You can find Meg at: Website: https://www.livingcoronapositive.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/livingcoronapositive/ Sparkling Hands Project: https://www.livingcoronapositive.com/sparkling-hands