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An Exercise to Help You Withstand Harassment

What I’m going to tell you in this post may not seem like it can help you live better with a chronic illness. But as I will explain shortly, it can. And between now and when I tell you how, … Continue reading

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Not being critical of yourself is a GOOD start

Recently, when I suggested to a client that she give herself compassion because of the difficult challenges she was going through, she told me she was doing that. Then she explained that in spite of making a couple of mistakes, … Continue reading

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What’s so great about situation-specific self-compassion?

What’s so great about situation-specific self-compassion is that it is an extremely powerful tool for healing. In this post, I’m going to tell you what it is and how it differs from “normal” self-compassion. Over the past few months, I … Continue reading

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Life is a Team Sport. How’s Your Team Doing?

I think life is a team sport. But not in the way you may think I mean: I’m not talking about being a team player at work. Nor am I talking about looking at your family as a team, or … Continue reading

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A New Golden Rule

My New Golden Rule will help you have a better life when you have a chronic illness. But before I tell you what it is, I want to say that if you aren’t following my frequent suggestion of giving compassion … Continue reading

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Some Strategies For Dealing With Chronic Fatigue That I Wish I Had Known

Those of us who live with chronic illnesses can have many difficulties to deal with because of those illnesses. But I have found,  from my own life and from coaching and talking with others with chronic illnesses, that there are … Continue reading

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Highly recommended book: Cure Unknown: Inside the Lyme Epidemic

I send out bi-weekly tips for living well with a chronic illness to people who sign up for my free report, and for one of my October tips I wrote about a former client who had chronic fatigue syndrome. A … Continue reading

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