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Tag Archives: love
An Exercise to Help You Withstand Harassment
What I’m going to tell you in this post may not seem like it can help you live better with a chronic illness. But as I will explain shortly, it can. And between now and when I tell you how, … Continue reading
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Tagged criticism, dating, exercise, fear, inner voices, insults, laughter, living better with a chronic illness, love
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Love Heals
I’m sure you have read or heard it said that love is the greatest healer of all. But often when we need it the most, that healing love can be hard to find. In this post, I’m going to share … Continue reading
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Tagged care, emotional pain, healing, love, peace, physical pain, sadness, wants and needs
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A New Way to Use Three Important Words
Four years ago, I wrote a post for my blog* in which I said that the words “I’m so sorry” were 3 of the most important words I had learned in my life. And I went on to explain why … Continue reading
Posted in chronic illness, self compassion
Tagged compassion, love, painful feelings, reassurance, struggling, traumatic events
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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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What’s so great about situation-specific self-compassion?
What’s so great about situation-specific self-compassion is that it is an extremely powerful tool for healing. In this post, I’m going to tell you what it is and how it differs from “normal” self-compassion. Over the past few months, I … Continue reading
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Tagged care, difficult challenges, emotional pain, healing, love, self compassion
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Do you need to take a time-out?
More than many others, those of us with chronic illnesses often get frustrated, discouraged, or upset because of how our illnesses affect our families and our relationships with others, because of all the things we want to do but no longer can, … Continue reading
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Tagged care, compassion, discouraged, family, frustrated, love, relationships, time-out, uncertainty, upset
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A New Golden Rule
My New Golden Rule will help you have a better life when you have a chronic illness. But before I tell you what it is, I want to say that if you aren’t following my frequent suggestion of giving compassion … Continue reading
Are You Trying to Get Your Own Attention and Love?
Are you trying to get your own attention and love? I spent longer than I like to admit trying to get mine. What happened was that I found myself spending far more time than I should have playing computer games … Continue reading
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Tagged attention, depression, illness, love, procrastination, symptoms
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Who Do You Support and Encourage?
Earlier this year I coached a young man who had chronic fatigue syndrome and some other health challenges that made his life very difficult. But he wasn’t a complainer and he did his best to get through each day. As … Continue reading
Is Your Life Better Than You Realize?
A while back, I had a client whose arthritis was so bad she couldn’t walk. Many tasks, from cleaning her apartment to buying groceries and cooking meals, were very hard for Maria to do. On top of that she was … Continue reading
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Tagged arthritis, chronic illness, coaching, connection, enjoy, life, love, pain, symptoms
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