Thinking and writing about feeling loved for who I am is a really helpful and powerful reminder. A reminder that sometimes we don't have to go far or work hard to shift towards a mood that feels lighter and happier. These 6 holiday tips will make the season more fun, sprinkle your days with more ...
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Chronic Illness Holiday Tips and Links Love
This is a random post just for fun because Christmas is coming and there are so many great links I want to share with you. Some that make me smile, others that make me cry in the best possible way and still more that soften my heart and help me feel connected as an antidote to all the pain that many ...
Treating Chronic Illness #3: Making Dietary Changes took 10 Years
As I described in 11 Under-utilized Tools for Treating Chronic Illness, dietary changes can be an important component for working with chronic disease. Changing how we eat tends to be underestimated and can also feel daunting and unclear. The process that lead me to make a drastic and proactive ...
Trauma Therapy for Chronic Illness: Video Example of Working With Fight, Flight, Freeze (Dog Whisperer Cesar Milan and “Kane”)
A gentle, spacious, insightful example of how helpful and straightforward trauma therapy for chronic illness can be and feel. Providing an overview of the what is done and why, the importance of going at a person's pace, and how it's about following the intelligence of the body. Using an example of ...
Treating Chronic Illness #9: Intuition, and Why I Left Medicine
Intuition has helped me learn to trust the wisdom of my body and, ultimately, to begin to better understand and trust myself. By following my intuition through the doubts and fears, hanging out with the lack of clarity when I often see only one step ahead of me, I have found ways of working with and ...
Chronic Illness Christmas Lite – How Little Moments can Create a Sense of Joy
It's the holiday season and I want to play. I want to share pictures, drink eggnog, and feel Christmas Cheer. I want to counteract the stress that often comes with the holiday season - with chronic illness or without - and share moments from past Christmases that light me up. While the eggnog is not ...