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Was I Ever Crazy…

Was I ever crazy, maybe. Or maybe life is. Crazy isn’t being broken, or swallowing a dark secret. It is you or me, amplified. If you have ever told a lie and enjoyed it. If you ever wished you could be a child, forever. They were not perfect, but they were my friends.” People are just precious people, without all the labels.

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Pity Party Plan

Have you ever tried to suppress a pity party? Sometimes we can do that successfully, other times it stays with us and usually comes back to kick us in the butt later. For the most part, pity parties are a waste of time and energy. Yet there are always exceptions and sometimes we just need a good pity party. As a Pity-Party-Person, I have come up with a Pity-Party-Plan.

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Friendships Can Either Imprison Us Or Help Give Us The Key To Be Free – Cycology of Illness

Are your friendships keeping your thinking in imprisonment of illness? Or do your friendships support you during illness? Are your friendships helping give you the key to be free from illness? These can be tough questions.

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Rewording Life To Make It Work – Cycology

Words are tricky. They can cut us to the core… OR we can be tricky with words to make them work for us. I saw this recently and fell in love with the work trickery. F.A.I.L. and N.O. and E.N.D. have all new meanings during chronic illness…

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Contagious Joy Creates Enthusiasm

Nothing real jolly about chronic illness. But when that is where you are, one of the best ways to dig out of the hole is finding some contagious joy. I don’t even care if it is pictures of this fun dude. It is contagious to see joy in others. It creates a sense of enthusiasm for life which is the best medicine.

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Body Achieves What the Mind Believes

Our bodies during chronic illness take a beating. They can become unrecognizable. We can lose control of everything. Our frustrations seem to increase with our illnesses. Then we remember, slow down, take a breath, get back in touch with what our bodies are truly capable of. Our bodies are designed to heal, not self-destruct.

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Tidy Up Damaged Hair From Illness

Hair becomes so lifeless and crazy hard to fix during chronic illness that we want to scream. Cheating works for me!!! You can hide a multitude of damaged hair issues under pearl hair clips. Seriously, you can tidy up that wild hair. Guys, I even have a hair tip for you that does NOT involve pearls and clips!!

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Step Outside – Cycology of Chronic Illness

Taking a step outside changes our perspective on EVERYTHING. Even if your poor body can only make it to the front door, take ONE step outside and see what happens.

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AbsoBLOOMly Wonderful

Spring is here. We can easily lose sight of how absoBLOOMly wonderful it is when we are ill. I know… getting out of bed can be a chore when chronically ill… and I want you to go look at blooming flowers, oh my!!!

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