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Category Archives: chronic illness
Are You Holding Out?
Here’s a question for you: Do you want to get well? Of course you do. All of us living with chronic illnesses want to get well. Now here’s another question: Are you holding out for getting well? Here’s a similar … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative treatment, being cured, getting well, live well anyway, miracles, remission, small steps
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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
Posted in chronic illness, Uncategorized
Tagged ALS, chronic fatigue, Cure Unknown, fibromyalgia, lupus, Lyme disease, Parkinson's disease
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Do You Feel Like You’re a Burden to Others?
When we have a chronic illness, it’s easy and very common to feel that we’re a burden to our partners and our families. We often need them to do many things for us that partners and family members of healthy … Continue reading
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Tagged appreciation, balance, burden, caring, encouragement, family, friends, gratitude, meaning, partner, spouse, support
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Something to do for yourself when you’re hurting
I’ve written many times about the benefits of being compassionate with yourself when you’re sick or not feeling well. While I haven’t written about it before, I also recommend that you do the same thing for any part or parts … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness
Tagged ache, inflammation, pain, self compassion, sickness
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A Special Kind of Love – Part 2
Back in August I wrote a post I titled A Special Kind of Love, in which I described the special ways my mother took care of me during those times when I was sick as a child, and how as … Continue reading
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Tagged illness challenges, mother's love, self compassion, support, ulcerative colitis, understanding
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Do you take better care of your pet than you do of yourself?
I have found, in my years as a chronic illness coach, that many people take better care of their pets than they do of themselves. For example, if their dog hurts its paw, most people will reassure it and sometimes … Continue reading
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Tagged care, cat, dog, pets, self compassion, sick, treatment
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How to always get the understanding and compassion you need
Today I’m going to share one of the strategies I give my clients with Crohn’s disease and other chronic illnesses to help them have much better lives. I also use this strategy myself – a lot. Those of us with … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness
Tagged boss, Crohn's disease, feeling hurt and angry, friend, self compassion, spouse, ulcerative colitis, understanding
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A Really Good Reason to Take Care or Yourself
Today I want to tell you how I think a verse from the New Testament applies to those of us with chronic illnesses. But before I do, let me say that it’s my intention that what I write about that … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, hard times, New Testament, sacred act, taking care of yourself
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I don’t believe in the word “incurable”
I don’t believe in the word incurable. I’ve even blacked it out of my dictionary. I want those of us with chronic illnesses to stop using it – and I especially want doctors to stop using it. A few years … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative medicine, health, incurable, infliximab, lupus, medical science, miracles
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