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Tag Archives: Crohn’s disease
How I Got My Health Back After Being Diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease
If you have read more than a few of my previous posts, you know that I am a strong believer in the benefits and the importance of self compassion. I have seen many people experience miracles from using it, and … Continue reading
A Death in the Family
My brother Ben died last week. I miss him a lot and always will. He was a wonderful man, husband, brother, and human being. You can read more about him in the tribute on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/bennett.a.robinson. I’m writing … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative medicine, alternative treatments, Crohn's disease, death, grief, healing, illness, medical team, memories, self compassion
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Are You Angry at Yourself? Probably – Even if You Don’t Think so
You may already know that anger can have negative effects on both your emotional and physical well-being. I will describe some of those effects later in this post. But before I do, I want to point out something most people … Continue reading
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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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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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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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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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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Is Having Hope Helpful?
About every other week I send a tip for how to have a better life when you have a chronic illness to the people in my list. In my last tip, I told my readers to imagine that their illness … Continue reading
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Tagged biologic, Crohn's disease, getting the most out of life, hope / no hope, miracles, stem cell therapy
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