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    Chronic Illness - Health

    Supporting a Loved One with a Chronic Health Condition

    March 22, 2025 - By 

    Supporting a Loved One with a Chronic Health Condition in Meaningful Ways Guest post by:  Paige Johnson @Learn Fit. Org. Read on for tips about supporting a loved one with a chronic health condition in meaningful ways. Image via Pexels When a loved one is living with a chronic health condition, their journey can be filled with challenges that impact every aspect of daily life. While you may not be able to take away their illness, you can provide support in ways that truly make a difference. Beyond the usual offers of assistance, there are unique and thoughtful ways to…

  • Chronic Illness - Mental Health

    Resources to Share From Some of My favorite Chronic Illness Bloggers

    May 20, 2024 - By 

    This week, I am sharing some resources from some of my favorite chronic illness bloggers. Resources: Chronic Illness Blogs  To Follow I was diagnosed with mental health issues and chronic fatigue myself. I found this post helpful. Not many understand how some days are especially hard. It is pretty isolating to feel like no one understands and to feel physically or mentally unwell most of the time. Mental health and chronic fatigue Self-care and chronic illness management are very important topics. Trying to manage your chronic illnesses and make sure you are performing self-care well can be a real struggle…

  • Chronic Illness - Mental Health

    Q – Queen of Denial

    April 19, 2024 - By 

    This post is part of the April 2024 A-Z Blogging Challenge.                                  LETTER Q Queen of Denial Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you purchase through these links I may make a small commission at no extra cost to you.   Cleopatra the Queen of Denial. First thing I thought of was the Pam Tillis song. “Just call me Cleopatra, everybody, ‘Cause I’m the Queen of Denial.” Denial~ Suppressing or denying your problems Denial may work to a degree but it is not a long term…

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    E= Eating Well

    April 5, 2024 - By 

    Some will say "You just need to eat better" or someone else "You just need to get more exercise". It all sounds so easy. Thankfully not everyone comments like that. When everything hurts and you have no energy you don't need to be made to feel you aren't trying hard enough. Days when you have a to do list an arms length  long but wake up with barely any energy to get out of bed. 

  • Chronic Illness - Health

    On Learning To Heal: Book ReviewI

    February 14, 2023 - By 

        I was contacted by www.CoriolisCompany.com asking if I would like to read and review On Learning To Heal: What Medicine Doesn’t Tell you by Ed Cohen They said “At thirteen, Ed Cohen was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease—a condition that nearly killed him in his early twenties. At his diagnosis, his doctors told him that the best he could hope for was periods of remission. Unfortunately, they never mentioned healing as a possibility. In On Learning to Heal, Cohen draws on fifty years of living with Crohn’s to consider how Western medicine’s turn from an “art of healing” toward a “science…

  • Chronic Illness - Health

    Why Your Illness Doesn’t Define You

    February 14, 2023 - By 

              Why Your Illness Doesn’t Define You                                  Guest Post Written by Elizabeth Jett a PR Specialist at the Charcot-Marie-Tooth-Association Living a fulfilling and productive life is possible despite illness, disability, or disease. Let’s face it—no matter our socioeconomic standing, life has its fair share of hurdles. It’s hard to deal with a chronic illness without hearing judgmental remarks and negative attitudes from family members and friends. Disease, disability, and condition have crept into our modern world, but we needn’t let…

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    3 Chronic Invisible Illness Supports and Resources

    January 26, 2021 - By 

    [et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.22″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”] Chronic Invisible Illness Supports and Resources Hello!  I want to share this incredible group that I’ve found: the Chronic Warrior Collective.  Through their Card Swap and private social network (membership is free), I have found fellow warriors who “get it”. I’ve made friends and connections. They have been a lifeline for me and I KNOW that your other patients would LOVE to know about this group, too!                                     Chronic Invisible…

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    A Chronic Voice Linkup Oct 2020

    October 29, 2020 - By 

    Oct 2020 A Chronic Voice Linkup I am joining up with A Chronic Voice Oct linkup.  Using the five word prompts given: Producing, Acquiring, Switching, Disappointing, Forming PRODUCING  I worked on producing a few herbal remedies for cold and flu season. I am also trying to produce more home cooked food and preserving the goods that our garden was producing for us this summer. ACQUIRING The things I and my family might need if there is another state lockdown here or if we get hit with a bad winter storm that requires us to survive without all of our conveniences…

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    Homemaking Herbs and More Resources

    October 1, 2020 - By 

    Resources: Time Sensitive FREE Jennifer Maker Crafters Webinar Homemaking Herbs and more I hope you find these links for  on homemaking, herbs and more useful. I am currently part of a giveaway for a $25.00 Amazon gift card. (ends Oct 19th) Enter here. a Rafflecopter giveaway Ultimate Bundles Ultimate Homemaking Bundle 2020 is back for a flash sale today and tomorrow!! Then it will be gone.Multiple resources from homemakers, homesteaders and homeschoolers. over 50 women have contributed their tried-and-true resources to help you have a home that’s calm, organized, and well-run. Women who have struggled with the same things you…

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    A Chronic Voice September Linkup 2020

    September 25, 2020 - By 

    September Linkup with A Chronic Voice Link up or Read more posts at   A Chronic Voice . This post is using the monthly word prompts given.     Feeling  Thanks to chronic health issues I often struggle mentally and physically with feeling fatigued and or exhausted. I am trying to do more listening to my body and making sure to allow myself some time to rest when needed. Otherwise I have learned the hard way that not performing self care will lead me to feel worse and have a harder recovery after  a setback.  Grueling  means “exhausting, very tiring” according…