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Tag Archives: pain
Have You Asked for What You Want and Need?
Our interactions with others can be and often are one of the most stressful, difficult, and painful areas of our lives. That is especially true for those of us living with a chronic illness for lots of reasons. We may … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, communication, dependence, guilt, important relationships, negative emotions, pain, stress
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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
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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How to Deal With Others When You Have a Chronic Illness
When someone wanted coaching sessions with me, I used to send them a questionnaire to fill out before the session. In it, I asked how they felt supported by their family and friends, and then I ask how they felt … Continue reading
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Tagged friends and family, pain, parent, relationships, self compassion, spouse, support, support groups, symptoms, understanding
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An Opportunity to Walk My Talk
I know I’ve been very fortunate, because I’ve had relatively good health for most of the time since I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. As I describe in the page about this blog, my symptoms kept getting worse and worse … Continue reading
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Tagged flare, hugs, pain, self compassion, uncertainty, walk my talk
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What small New Year’s Resolution Can You Make To Improve Your Life?
Those of us who have chronic illnesses usually want to change our lives in major ways. We want our pain to go away, we want to be able to eat a normal diet, and we want the fatigue to go … Continue reading
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Tagged energy, fatigue, new year's resolution, pain, quality of life improvement, small changes, symptoms
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How You Are Isn’t As Important As How You Feel
If you are reading my blog, chances are you have a chronic illness. And if I asked you how you are, you would likely tell me that you’re sick, that you’re having a flare, that you’re in pain, or something … Continue reading
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Tagged challenges, coaching, depression, emotions, fatigue, flare, grateful, optimistic, pain, positive, sad, sickness, upset
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Something to do for yourself when you’re hurting
I’ve written many times about the benefits of being compassionate with yourself when you’re sick or not feeling well. While I haven’t written about it before, I also recommend that you do the same thing for any part or parts … Continue reading
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Tagged ache, inflammation, pain, self compassion, sickness
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What To Do When It Hurts To Play With and Even Hold Your Children
A woman in an online chronic illness support group I belong to recently wrote about her difficult situation with her two small children, who are one and three. Donna, as I’ll call her, said she has a hard time letting … Continue reading
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Tagged children, good days and bad days, pain, parenting, showing love
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Being Grateful for Our Body Parts and Organs That Work Just Fine
I’m sure you’ve been told to be grateful for what you have. It’s a good thing to do: A study by Dr. Robert Emmons at the University of California at Davis showed that gratitude improves both physical and emotional health. … Continue reading
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Tagged compassion, emotional health, gratitude, healing, pain, sickness
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