In my previous post, I talked about the emotional side of living with pain. Today, I want to share some of the practical things that help me on those difficult pain days. But I want to start by being honest — sometimes nothing helps, and I just have to ride…
Category: Chronic Pain
Back Pain & Scoliosis
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Coping With Difficult Pain Days: Hope, Emotions & Getting Through it
Coping with chronic pain isn’t pretty — especially on the difficult days. It’s not just about the physical pain, but also about coping with the difficult emotions that come along with it. I often feel the emotional side of living with pain gets overlooked. But when pain is overwhelming, our…
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Coping with Pain: Don’t I Deserve a PhD After 40 Years?
I’ve been living with chronic pain for over forty years, and sometimes I think to myself — don’t I deserve a PhD in Pain Management for coping with this monster that rules my life? I live with pain. I write about pain. I share tips, suggestions, and ideas to help…
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Dealing With Embarrassment and Shame — By Sigrid MacDonald
Living with chronic pain or chronic illness can bring unexpected emotions. Alongside the physical challenges they’re dealing with, many people also experience feelings of embarrassment or even shame — feelings that can be difficult to talk about. Today, I’m very pleased to share a guest post by author Sigrid MacDonald,…
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Letting Go of Guilt — You Are Enough
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…