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Tag Archives: chronic pain
What Makes a Movie Special – and what does that have to do with Living Well with Chronic Illness or Chronic Pain?
There are many things that help make a movie special: the acting, the characters, the scenery, the style, and more. One of the most important is the plot. For a movie to be special, it needs to touch us, and … Continue reading
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
Do You Try To Be More Positive?
Last month, I asked the people in my How to Have a Better Life When You Have a Chronic Illness tips list what their three biggest challenges were and also what the three most important changes they would like to … Continue reading
Do You Have an Identity Crisis?
Many of the people I work with have told me that besides taking away some–or many-of the abilities they had when they were healthy, and besides bringing unpleasant and painful symptoms into their lives, their chronic illness caused them to … Continue reading
What To Do When It Hurts To Play With and Even Hold Your Children – Part 2
In my last post I shared with you the suggestions I had given to a woman with two young children who, because of her illness often feels shock waves of pain throughout her body when her children touch her ( … Continue reading
Are you treating yourself as if you matter?
During my many years as a life coach for people with chronic illnesses, I’ve met many people who thought that ignoring their illness-related pain was their best option. I don’t agree. I think you will understand why if you think … Continue reading
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Tagged caring, chronic pain, communication, ignore, life coach, pain, self compassion, self worth, subconscious mind
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Don’t be a Tough Guy or Gal
Last week a woman in an online illness support group that I participate in–I’ll call her Ellen–shared with the group that her hair had fallen out and then had grown back in, but it now looked weird. Ellen wrote that … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness
Tagged chronic illness, chronic pain, complaining, hair loss, negative feelings, sadness, self compassion
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