Tag Archives: fibromyalgia

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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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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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

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Acknowledging That Things Suck Can be a Good Thing

A while back, I had a session with a woman–I’ll call her Susan–who was dealing with some extremely hard challenges. To begin with, she’d had arthritis her whole adult life, and had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia (a painful and often … Continue reading

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