Winter just amps up the pain and I have no temperature control so I am constantly freezing. Constantly. So I need to manage the pain
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Chronic Voice Prompts: Meeting, Tweaking, Working
Time for November Chronic Voice’s blogger prompts! Meeting Advocating Tweaking Working Curating Meeting: So my father has moved provinces and just recently arrived. My spouse
Chronic pain and self-compassion
I have talked about our need for self-compassion from time to time and how I had basically none for years. You can’t have compassion when
Chronic illness: purpose in life
I wrote a post about our sense of self with illness and your feeling of having a purpose is part of that. I wish this
Pacing tips for chronic illness
I wrote a few articles on this topic recently: Enhancing our pacing game Chronic illness and the art of pacing Pacing is exceptionally hard in
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
What am I thankful for
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
Chronic illness: Resiliency
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
Chronic illness: Our sense of self
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?
Do you feel like a failure? I do. I feel like I failed my family I feel like I failed in the workforce That
The lost summer
This Saturday is the first day of Fall, mind you, we already had a few days of snow so Fall is being a bit
Review: Plot your health planner
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
Enhancing our pacing game
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.
It’s okay to not be okay
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
