Tuesday Tip Today’s Tuesday Tip is one everyone should remember: You Are Worthy! We live in a society that values productivity. How much you do is often associated with how successful you are. When you live with chronic pain and illness, the to-do lists often go unfinished, instead getting longer and longer […]
Life with Chronic Pain and Illness Life with chronic pain and illness is a daily struggle, particularly when our symptoms don’t just magically disappear because of normal test results. For many people, getting ill is feeling sick for a few days, perhaps having a test or two, then feeling better in a […]
Tuesday Tip Today’s Tuesday Tip is a good one for everyone to remember: Life is full of struggles, and when you live with chronic pain and illness, those struggles are with your own body, as well as with external forces. For most people, struggling often has a very negative connotation. However, […]
Life with Chronic Pain and Illness Life with chronic pain and illness is a challenge—physically and emotionally. It causes a number of painful emotions, in addition to the physical pain that it always present. One common emotion is guilt. It’s all too easy to see what we believe we should be doing based […]
Tuesday Tip Today’s Tuesday Tip is a good one for everyone to remember: Your best looks different every day. (And that’s okay!) When you live with chronic pain and illness, you quickly learn the importance of conserving your spoons (AKA energy). You learn to pace yourself and focus on what truly needs […]
Life with Chronic Pain and Illness Life with chronic pain and illness can be a lonely road to travel. I’ve been on this journey many, many years. Here’s something I learned long ago: Sure, you will likely encounter people who do their best to understand, try to learn about your condition, and be […]
Tuesday Tip Today’s Tuesday Tip is something that’s important for anyone, any time of the year, but I find it a key reminder as we start a new year: Find your joy each day! I know many of us, myself included, have experienced things over the past few years that have been unexpected. […]
Life with Chronic Pain and Illness Life with chronic pain and illness is hard! I was trying to come up with a title for this post. I explained a bit of what I wanted to say to my husband, and he came up with a title that got right to the point: I […]
Life with Chronic Pain and Illness Today’s Life with Chronic Pain and Illness tip is one that’s important for everyone to remember, especially as we begin a new year: Don’t Compare Yourself to Others! What would you say to someone if they told you that you were beyond compare? Would you look at […]
Life with Chronic Pain and Illness Today’s Life with Chronic Pain and Illness tip is one that’s important for everyone to remember all year long, but it’s particularly key during the holidays: It’s all too easy to think about everything that needs to be done … and to feel like it needs […]