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Category Archives: chronic illness
Are you a people pleaser – or a YOU pleaser?
Recently, I gave a coaching session to a woman I’ll call Brenda. We were looking at things she could do to make her life with Crohn’s disease, arthritis, and several other difficult challenges a lot better. As we did, Brenda … Continue reading
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Tagged arthritis, blogging, coaching, commitment, Crohn's disease, emotional pain, feelings
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Happy New Year!
We made it! The world didn’t end a week ago like many people told us it would. But you still have a chronic illness (or several of them), and it’s very likely 2012 had a lot suffering and struggling in … Continue reading
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Tagged Crohn's disease, fulfillment, gratitude, happiness, illness challenges, joy, personalized suggestions, struggling, suffering, turnaround
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Are you a safe person for people to share their problems, concerns, and fears with?
Let me start by saying that if you’re wondering what a post about whether or not you’re a safe person for people to share their problems, concerns, and fears with has to do with living well with a chronic illness, … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, concerns, fears, just get over it, problems, safety, support, understanding
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Is there a connection between having an unhappy childhood and having a chronic illness as an adult?
With very few exceptions, everyone I’ve talked to who has a chronic illness (and I’ve talked to LOTS of people who do) has wondered why they got it. I have too. Many of them believe what I do: that one … Continue reading
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Tagged bone marrow transplant, cancer, chronic fatigue, chronic illness, compassion, Crohn's disease, diabetes, fibromyalgia, leukemia, love, lymphoma, mercury-amalgam fillings, multiple sclerosis, parents, realization, subconscious, understanding, unhappy childhood
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Are You Being Yourself?
This blog post is not for everyone who has a chronic illness. If you’ve let the important people in your life (except for those you work with or for) know about your illness and have given them at least a … Continue reading
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Tagged better relationships, chronic illness, compassion, disclosing an illness, illness symptoms
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Have You Asked for What You Want and Need?
Our interactions with others can be and often are one of the most stressful, difficult, and painful areas of our lives. That is especially true for those of us living with a chronic illness for lots of reasons. We may … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, communication, dependence, guilt, important relationships, negative emotions, pain, stress
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How Much do Things Affect You? More Than You Know and for Longer Than You Know: A Fascinating Study!
I want to tell you about an experiment that I read about that can help you live a much better life when you have a chronic illness*. Actually, it can help anyone have a much better life, but since those … Continue reading
Do You Have Something to Get Better For?
Have you ever thought about what you would do if got well? I haven’t done a scientific survey, but my sense from all those with chronic illness I’ve talked with is that most people haven’t. Of course you want to … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, creativity, how to get better, motivation, self care, trial and error learning
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You Truly Need Gentleness and Compassion–from Yourself
If you have read more than a few of my posts, you know that I frequently recommend that you be gentle and compassionate with yourself when you are experiencing painful symptoms or having a hard time because of your illness. … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, gentleness, joy, peace of mind, self compassion, self critical, self judging, symptoms
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Doing Different Things to Try to Get Well
When we have a chronic illness, we often try every thing we can think of to get better. Unfortunately, some of the things we try provide little or no improvement. For example, I went on a very strict and difficult … Continue reading
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Tagged anger, choice, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic illness, Crohn's disease, decision, free time, improvement, resentment, special diet, stress, symptoms, yoga
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