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Tag Archives: hope
Are You Living a Double Life? If Not, Maybe You Should Be
Let me start by clarifying what I mean-and what I don’t mean–by the phrase “living a double life.” What I mean is to live two different kinds of lives at the same time. But I don’t mean to have a … Continue reading
Keeping Hope Alive
When life is difficult, as it often is when we have a chronic illness, one of the most important things that helps us keep going is hope for a better future. But given the many challenges, hardships, and disappointments we … 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
