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Category Archives: chronic illness
Are You Earning Your Own Trust (and Why You Should if You’re Not)?
To live the best life you possibly can, you need to take care of yourself well. And doing that is especially important when you have a serious chronic illness. But you’re human, and there are times when you can’t take … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, quality of life, self care, symptoms, trust
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How to Feel Better Instantly
Today I want to tell you how to feel better instantly. It’s something I learned from my ex-wife. Here’s how the lesson came about: When we were married, we had more than our share of heated arguments, and sometimes when … Continue reading
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Tagged Aliveness, Anxiety, chronic illness, fear, Feeling Better, happiness
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Ask Yourself Why
Last year, until it closed down, I was a volunteer for an online support group that was for people with chronic illnesses. I supported them in managing and overcoming the depression that often accompanies serious long term illnesses. In order … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, connected to others, contribute to others, depression, needs, support, wants, well again
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The benefits of stretching
As you can see from the title, this post is about the benefits of stretching – but not the stretching you do to limber up and prevent your muscles from cramping. The stretching I am referring to is the kind … Continue reading
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Tagged depression, elephants, flare, hobbies, hopelessness, limitations, quality of life, reaching out, restraints
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How to Get Others to Better Understand What it’s Like to Live With a Chronic Illness
My girlfriend and I usually do very well communicating with each other. But recently we went through a period where we were struggling. What happened was that I was sharing about some of my challenges with her, and she thought … Continue reading
Having a Caring, Compassionate, Understanding Friend
When our lives are difficult, as they often are when we have a chronic illness, having a caring, compassionate, understanding friend can be tremendously helpful. A friend can give us hugs, and when we need it, a shoulder to cry … Continue reading
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Tagged caring, compassionate, friend, hugs, support, understanding
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Look for the good things in your life, but do this first
As I’ve written in several other blog posts, I follow and participate in several online support groups for people with chronic illnesses. In a group for people with Crohn’s disease, a woman – I’ll call her Kathy – recently wrote … Continue reading
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Tagged comfort, compassion, Crohn's disease, feeling down, inner strength, pain, support group, symptoms
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What You Do Know Can Hurt You
Before I tell you why what you know can hurt you, I want to explain why I chose the title that I did for this post. It’s a variation of the proverb “What you don’t know can’t hurt you,” which … Continue reading
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Tagged coaching, compassion, disablity, fibromyalgia, foreclosure, hostility, miracles, problems, stress, support groups
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Beatings will continue until morale improves
It’s been about three weeks since my last post. I wrote about one of the main reasons why it’s been so long in a post I wrote for another blog, which I titled A Love Story. I was a software … Continue reading
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Tagged beatings, behavior change, coaching/support group, criticism, encouragement, life coach, morale
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Do you have TLCC Deficiency Syndrome? Here’s how to treat it
You won’t find TLCC Deficiency Syndrome in a medical dictionary, but in my many years of coaching people with chronic illnesses I’ve found that it describes what many of them have. TLC, of course, is an acronym for “tender loving … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, flare, self compassion, symptoms, tender loving care
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