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Are you starving mentally, emotionally or socially?

A common fear with chronic illness and chronic pain is that we are being left out. Left out of life. Missing everything. Limited in our

It is Canadian Thanksgiving day. I had it yesterday and it was awesome. But it brings to mind what you are thankful for. Why it

How do you bounce back from downturns or chaos? Do you bounce back easily? Or do you have difficulty with it? Some minor stresses we

The sense of self: This is our own Self Image. Who we think we are. Keep in mind this may be contrary to how

Do you feel like a failure? I do. I feel like I failed my family I feel like I failed in the workforce That

This Saturday is the first day of Fall, mind you, we already had a few days of snow so Fall is being a bit

Plot Your Health is a wellness and health planner for all your health needs. I found some of the sections extremely useful for managing my

So I have been over the last week doing some Fall cleaning. The sort of cleaning that is clearing clutter before winter and getting organized.

Okay, so it is okay to not be okay Shout it out! We have a lot of emotions that creep in from chronic illness and

This is an exercise to reduce stress, improve mood, and develop acceptance with chronic illness. It is an experiment I am trying. It is something

We all know the Spoon Theory and it is all about usable hours. Pacing and limits. We have limited pain tolerance, limited energy, and we

I’ll start with the poem I wrote above. I wrote it about chronic pain. And I often write poetry about my experience or existence with

It is time for the Chronic Voice link-up for August Today’s prompts are: Figuring Completing Boring Cuddling Chatting Figuring I have been in a bit

So this is going to be a bit hard to articulate since I have a migraine and vertigo at the moment. Sort of a tornado

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