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Category Archives: chronic illness
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
Are you doing the best you can with what you’ve got?
Having a chronic illness sucks. I wish you didn’t have one (or more than one, if that’s the case) and I wish I didn’t have one. If I could wave a wand and cure people’s chronic illnesses, I would do it – now. However, … Continue reading
Do you need to take a time-out?
More than many others, those of us with chronic illnesses often get frustrated, discouraged, or upset because of how our illnesses affect our families and our relationships with others, because of all the things we want to do but no longer can, … Continue reading
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Tagged care, compassion, discouraged, family, frustrated, love, relationships, time-out, uncertainty, upset
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What Is Your Self-Care Account Balance?
I’m sure you know that when you have a checking or savings account, you need to put money into it before you can take any out. And if the total amount of the checks you’ve written and the withdrawals you’ve … Continue reading
Do You Have a Hard Time Forgiving People? Here’s Why, and What You Can Do Instead
You have undoubtedly heard or read how good forgiving those that have hurt us is for our emotional and physical well-being. And it’s true: many studies have shown that forgiveness has a very positive effect on our health. However, forgiving … Continue reading
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Tagged emotional pain, emotional wounds, healing emotional wounds, religion, therapy
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Do You Get Upset at Yourself for Procrastinating?
I sent this tip to my list recently and received many thoughtful comments in response. So decided to post it for my blog readers, Facebook friends, and Twitter followers to see and comment on. ================================================= Many people, myself included, sometimes … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, Crohn's disease, health challenges, procrastination, rest
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Are You a Refugee in a Foreign Land?
In this post, I’m going to share a testimonial with you that I recently received. In it, my client, who is a gifted writer who lives in Tasmania, describes far better than I could how she was able to reframe … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, coaching, compassion, health, refugee, struggle, trauma, understanding
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Are You Trying to Get Your Own Attention and Love?
Are you trying to get your own attention and love? I spent longer than I like to admit trying to get mine. What happened was that I found myself spending far more time than I should have playing computer games … Continue reading
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Tagged attention, depression, illness, love, procrastination, symptoms
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Don’t Forget to Have a Better Life
Reminders are great for helping us remember to take better care of ourselves, and they can also help us remember how capable of dealing with life’s challenges we really are. One recent client, whom I’ll call Mark, was very successful … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety, life challenges, reminders, stress, taking better care of ourselves
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