It can be so difficult to let go of guilt, especially if your life is ruled by chronic pain or illness. “You are enough” is a gentle reminder from me to you — and the reason for writing this post is that I sometimes need that reminder too. We live…
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Living With Chronic Pain: Protect Fulfilment, Function, and Joy
Living with chronic pain can be pretty soul-destroying because it affects every aspect of life. Today, I am sharing another guest post by Julia Merrill, a retired board-certified nurse practitioner. Julia has suggested ways to protect fulfilment, function and joy in our lives. Ways to Protect Fulfilment, Function, and Joy…
Back Pain & Scoliosis
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Pain is Frustrating ~ Finding Ways to Cope
I can’t count how many times I’ve sighed, ‘This is so frustrating,’ because my pain has got the better of me.
Pain can be a bit of a control freak. It decides what you can and can’t do. It dictates everything — from whether you can attend an exciting event to whether you can manage the most mundane of tasks.
It can be even harder when you live with more than one type of pain, or when chronic illness adds extra layers to the struggle. Just when one part of your body starts to calm down a little, somewhere else flares up. The frustration is very real.
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Finding My Own Pace ~ Guest Post by Melissa Reynolds
“Finding My Own Pace” is a book written by my blogging friend, Melissa Reynolds about her experience of living with chronic illness and pain. You might remember Melissa from her previous guest post about Yoga Nidra. Having lived with chronic pain for many years, Melissa has developed a range of coping techniques, many of which she shares in her new book Finding My Own Pace. Today, she’s kindly sharing a few of her tips here for my readers.
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Oops! Brain Fog Moment Last Week
Last week, I had a classic brain fog moment. I published a post on my blog for Pain Awareness Month and forgot to click the button that sends an email notification to subscribers. Oops!! Maybe it’s because I hadn’t blogged for a while. Or perhaps it was because my pain…
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Chronic Pain Is Complex ~ Pain Awareness Month 2025
Living with pain daily is life for millions of people throughout the world. We wake up with it. Go to sleep with it. It’s there, affecting everything we do in life. Chronic pain is common. It’s not a rare condition that few people know about. However, it is a condition…
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A Wee Catch-Up – It’s Been a While
Hi Everyone. I haven’t blogged for such a long time so I think it’s time for a wee catch-up. I hope you are all as well as you possibly can be. Last year, I told you that I was taking a blogging break to focus on myself. I don’t think…
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Look Forward With Enthusiasm – Happy New Year
Happy New Year to everyone. I am sending you my very best wishes and hope you have better health and lots of happiness. Hopefully, good things happen for you in 2024 and I truly hope that you can look forward with enthusiasm despite your pain or chronic health condition. I…
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Wave Health App Symptom Tracker – Review
I was contacted a few weeks ago by Wave Health to ask if I would consider using and reviewing their health-tracking app. The Wave Health App was created after one of the company’s founders was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The app was initially created specifically for people undergoing cancer treatment….
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It’s Important to Focus on Ourselves Sometimes
I’ve not been blogging much lately. In fact, it’s over two months since I last published a post and I have been somewhat absent on social media and on my trigeminal neuralgia support group too. In the past, that would have driven me nuts. But this time it hasn’t. In…