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Intuition & Impulses

15 Steps Healing Chronic Illness Social Nervous System

15 Steps for Healing Through Impulse And Play (More Social Nervous System and Chronic Illness Tips)

Veronique Mead, MD, MA · August 16, 2019 · 24 Comments

It's still summer time for just a little while longer and I've been talking and writing a lot about trauma. It's time to play and I want to introduce unexpectedly fun ways to support your social nervous system (also known as "The Vagus"). I've updated this 2016 post with new content and ...

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Chronic Illness Making Time for Resources that Comfort, bring joy, include self compassion, nonjudgment #ME/CFS

Making Time for Chronic Illness Resources (Tips for Healing Chronic Illness)

Veronique Mead, MD, MA · January 12, 2018 · 10 Comments

The chronic illness resources in this post are about everyday little things that support healing the nervous system and patterns in our physiology that affect symptoms. Without much effort and without us ever quite realizing it. Making time for them is not a frivolous act but one of self love, ...

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Healing IBS: Art, Therapy and Unexpected Outcomes

Veronique Mead, MD, MA · June 17, 2016 · Leave a Comment

Last summer I focused some more on healing IBS (irritable bowel syndrome) and long-standing severe constipation from a trauma perspective. This is an update to the process of following my impulses and using art as an approach to listening, which I first wrote about in October. I'll tell you about ...

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Anniversary Celebrations and Chronic Illness: How We Have Fun in Our Getaways

Veronique Mead, MD, MA · June 19, 2015 · 4 Comments

2018 Update We've been figuring out how to combine our wedding anniversary celebrations and chronic illness experiences over the years. David got sick for more than a year himself recently and has gotten to know what the underbelly of chronic illness feels like. As hard as it's been, it's also ...

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Chronic illness christmas little moments joy present moment #me/cfs #fibromyalgia #IBD #asthma #RA #POTS #Parkinson's

Chronic Illness Christmas Lite – How Little Moments can Create a Sense of Joy

Veronique Mead, MD, MA · December 19, 2014 · 6 Comments

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 ...

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