Chronic Illness Trauma Studies
How Adversity Shapes Health & Why It's Not In Your Head
On my return from time with my parents for my annual summer visit in the early 2000s I finally connected the dots to realize that my unquenchable thirst and dry mouth were not solely from living at 5000 feet in the arid climate near the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. Eating desserts and vinegary ...
Have you ever wondered whether trauma can cause the autoimmune form of diabetes? Or if there is, at the very least, any research about links between trauma and type 1 diabetes (T1D)? Or if trauma contributed to your risk of developing some other chronic illness, whatever it may be? The science ...
There's nothing quite as exhilarating as a home remodeling show that transforms a special space from drab or defective to contemporary, functional and gorgeous in 30 minutes. When you have a chronic illness it's natural to want a quick fix too. As the homeowner, however, you realize that ...
This is the second post on survey results from the Health and Adverse Life Events (HALE) questionnaire, a Chronic Illness and Trauma Pilot Study. The first blog post summarized the main chronic illness survey results and listed the most common chronic illnesses and mental health conditions that you ...
I created the Health and Adverse Life Events (HALE) questionnaire, a Chronic Illness and Trauma Survey, in July 2017. It was a small pilot study to assess if those of you with chronic illness experienced more adversity or trauma in comparison with those of you in good health. I wondered whether ...
11 Tools for Healing Chronic Illness Our bodies have an underlying drive to heal and be well. They also have an innate blue print for health, even when we are sick with a chronic disease. Healing chronic illness from a nervous system perspective supports this powerful mechanism that every body ...
A Little Story Have you ever heard that the aloe vera plant can be helpful in reducing the pain of a burn or even healing it? Then rubbed it on a your scalded skin for a few minutes, had nothing helpful happen, and tossed the idea out with the plant and chocked it up to some old myth? That was ...
Gentle, nurturing support in the form of 6 mindfulness meditations for healing trauma. Each video highlights a core principle that has become a foundation for how I've come to think about and work with my own health, disease, and healing. The videos are presented by Kekuni Minton, Ph.D., senior ...
I never thought I'd be UNable to chow down on salads for almost 4 years. Or that I wouldn't be able to tolerate apples or peaches or other fruit for even longer. Eliminating desserts and bread and other carbs? Not so hard to imagine. But I could not, in a million years, have predicted that I'd ...
