About Phoenyx Travels

A woman in a black jacket stands on a grassy cliffside overlooking the dramatic coastline and whitewashed Fanad Head Lighthouse in Ireland. Waves crash against the rocks below under a cloudy sky, creating a moody, windswept atmosphere. Featured image for About Page on Phoenyx Travels — *Taking in the views at Fanad Head Lighthouse, one of Ireland’s most iconic coastal landmarks along the Wild Atlantic Way.*

I didn’t start this site because I wanted to be a “disability inspiration” or an accessibility spokesperson.

I started Phoenyx Travels because after a traumatic brain injury and losing my leg, nothing about daily life or travel worked the way people said it would and I couldn’t find honest information from people actually living it. It was all theories and vague tips from doctors which sure can help a little, but I needed more.

🚫 Not the glossy “accessible” brochures.
🚫 Not the productivity-through-pain advice.
🚫 Not the stuff that ignores energy limits, sensory overload, or mobility realities.

So I built the space I kept looking for because I knew others could benefit from it too.

Phoenyx Travels is where accessible travel and everyday life with a disability overlap because they’re not separate for me. Travel gave me back my life when I felt like I was just surviving, but every day life couldn’t be ignored because of the moments in between. How you manage your energy, your body, and your access at home directly affects what’s possible when you leave it.

The goal here is simple: share real experiences, practical systems, and honest accessibility info so disabled people can make decisions that actually work for their lives.

No fixing. No pushing through. Just information that respects limits and still leaves room for joy.

Learn About Phoenyx Travels

Phoenyx Travels exists for people living in bodies that don’t cooperate.

🏡 Sometimes that shows up at home.
✈️ Sometimes it shows up while traveling.
🌎 Usually, it shows up everywhere.

This isn’t a place where you need the “right” diagnosis, the “right” mobility aid, or a perfectly packaged disability story to belong.

If you’re still figuring things out as you go, you’re in the right place.

Meet Phoenyx

Phoenyx seated on a Delta airplane, gazing thoughtfully out the window while flying—capturing a reflective moment during her solo travel adventures with Phoenyx Travels. — *In-Flight Moments of a Solo Travel Journey*

Hey, I’m Phoenyx.

In 2016, I survived a near-death motorcycle accident that left me with a traumatic brain injury, chronic illness, and eventually an amputation. Life didn’t just change — it slowed down and ramped up, became more complicated, and was way less predictable.

Daily life became the hard part.

Figuring out how to manage energy, sensory overload, mobility, and a body that doesn’t follow neat timelines took a lot of trial and error. Most of what I needed to know wasn’t written anywhere and when it was written, it usually focused on the survival part and not living with it afterward.

Phoenyx Travels started as a place to document what actually works — at home and on the road.