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Mali and Me

Sharing life as a business owner, chronic illness advocate and stoma blogger

Sharing life as a business owner,
chronic illness advocate and stoma blogger

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Welcome Readers,

MY NAME IS IMALI

I’m a proud Wife, Founder and Stoma owner, based in the South of the UK. This is my space on the internet to share snippets from my day-to-day life, along with things I’ve learnt along the way. My aim is to raise awareness for EDS, Ulcerative Colitis, Autism and Arthritis.

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Welcome Readers,

MY NAME IS IMALI

I’m a proud Wife, Founder and Stoma owner, based in the South of the UK. This is my space on the internet to share snippets from my day-to-day life, along with things I’ve learnt along the way. My aim is to raise awareness for EDS, Ulcerative Colitis, Autism and Arthritis.

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  • It's giveaway time! Win a handmade Taylor Swift Eras Tour themed notepad ✨I've been getting crafty, upcycling an eras tour VIP box into a themed notepad which I'm giving away to one follower!To Enter: 1. Like this post 2. Follow @mali.and.m.e 3. Tag a Swiftie friend below! (more tags = more entries)Open to all UK residents. Meet me at midnight on January 22nd 2026 for the closing deadline. Giveaway in no way affiliated, sponsored, endorsed or administered with Taylor Swift, TAS Rights Management, Instagram or Meta. Winner will be chosen at random and notified via a DM from this account. Giveaway prize is one handmade notebook, which will be posted to you.VD: Several photos of Imali, a white woman with brown curly hair, standing against a wall of vinyl records. She is holding an Eras Tour VIP Box, and a notebook made from it by hand.
    1 week ago
  • Happy World Braille Day 2026!Braille is a code that uses bumps and indentation on a surface to represent letters, which can be recognised by touch. Louis Braille, a French man who was blinded in an accident at a very young age, invented it.Before Braille invented this form of communication, many visually impaired people read and wrote using other systems which embossed letters on thick paper or leather. This was complicated as you can imagine and only allowed people to read, not write. Discouraged by this, Louis Braille invented the Braille code in his teen years. It's now estimated that about 250,000 people in the UK use it to read and write. It's important to note that not all visually impaired people use braille, but many do.Mattel have released the first Barbie doll with visual impairment as part of their fashionistas range. The collection includes dolls with lots of different disabilities to create a more inclusive Barbie world. She's a brilliant addition to my collection, which disability do you think that Mattel should do next?VD: A white haired woman, with brown hair, wearing a teal shirt, stood in front of shelves of Barbie dolls throughout the years.
    2 weeks ago
  • Did somebody say an @lush sale day!?Watch to see what goodies I got in the sale today which is an annual tradition of mine ✨VD: Various clips of Imali, a white woman with brown hair using a wheelchair. She is showing her process of getting to Lush, looking around in the crowd and then what she got.
    3 weeks ago
  • You know I love a charity shop haul 📷 All of this cost less than £40 from my local @barnardosretail ! #MyBarnardosFindI'm looking forward to styling these pieces properly - which is your favourite?👀 The black sequin dress is just so fun!VD: A white woman with brown hair, stood in a bedroom space, trying on various second hand pieces and dancing.
    4 weeks ago
  • Wondering what you could get as a gift for someone about to have stoma surgery? Watch what my friend @kejack90 and I put in this care package for a special friend who’s about to become an ostomate. Did we forget anything?VD: A brown haired woman, wearing an orange cardigan and sparkly gold dress, while putting various items in a cardboard box.
    4 weeks ago
  • It's IBD awareness week and I wanted to share my experience for anyone who may be about to get a stoma or has recently had one. @crohnsandcolitisukText on the photos reads: Hi, I’m Imali and I was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis when I was 22 years old...After many attempts to medicate me - my bowel perforated in March 2024, leaving me with sepsis. I ended up with 2 permanent bags!I spent 6 weeks in hospital and was critically unwell... I had to learn to do everything again, now with an abdominal wound and 2 new bags.Over the next year, I got to see the great side of having a stoma. Getting my independance back! I was no longer tied to the toilet or permanently fearful of having ‘accidents’.It’s been an adjustment and there’s always hiccups along the way, but as a whole I’m able to do so much more now. I still have my other chronic health issues, but the ulcerative colitis symptoms have become a lot easier to deal with.I can eat much more freely and enjoy travelling on adventures without stomach pain, and debilitating bleeding. It hasn’t been a ‘magic’ cure for my other issues. I still get symptoms of UC like chronic mouth ulcers, issues with my mucous fistula and arthritis, but it’s become so much more manageable.I’m able to work in a way that is flexible, go out with my friends, and do the things I love most of the time.I’ve even had the privilege of speaking for the Lilac Review!Nobody asks to get a chronic illness, but getting a stoma isn’t the end of the line, it’s the beginning of something new.Happy IBD awareness week 2025!Each image has Alt text.
    1 month ago
  • A Photodump from Wembley StadiumVD: Image 1: A white woman with brown hair, wearing a checked jacket and sitting in a wheelchair in front of a sign that says 'Wembley sparks fly'. Image 2: I am stood in front of a sign, that says 'so long, London' with a photo of Taylor Swift. Image 3: A white woman, with brown wavy hair, wearing a black top and smiling at the camera. Next to her is a white man, with brown hair, wearing a black top, smiling at the camera.
    2 months ago

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