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Loving Fashion and Living With a Chronic Illness

Rosemary Richings
4 min readJul 19, 2018

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What does a love of fashion and a desire to empower people with chronic illnesses have in common? In the case of Keisha Greaves, this week’s guest all of the above are what inspired her to create her fashion line, Girls Chronically Rock.

On this week’s episode Keisha and I covered the day to-day realities of running an online product business, while living with a chronic illness, and juggling a part-time day job.

What this episode covers:

  • What is Girls Chronically Rock?
  • How Keisha came up with the name, Girls Chronically Rock and what motivated her to start it in the first place
  • Who Girls Chronically Rock is for…not just people with chronic illnesses!
  • Why Keisha wishes she started sooner on her business and how she feels like developing her confidence would have really helped
  • However, coming to terms with her diagnosis of muscle dystrophy was a necessary first step for her before she started…

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Rosemary Richings
Rosemary Richings

Written by Rosemary Richings

Writer, editor, author, neurodiversity advocate with a lived experience, dyspraxic POV

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