Many of us have been in a winter season in life. It has been dark and cold for a long time. We have been desperately ill and alone. We have snuggled up in our cozy sweats and hunkered down where it feels a bit safer. We have learned to chill, to relax and find a glimmer of hope and an ounce of joy. Today is National Women’s Day. For some of us, it is time to tear back the layers from the winter, come out from hiding, and be exactly who we are, real people on a wellness journey.
Continue reading Women Everywhere, Reveal Yourself Wherever You AreTag: chronic disease
Quick Search for Cellular Towers and Antennas
Would you do a quick search if it took you less than 1 minute to identify where the cellular towers AND antennas are located near your specific address? I was shocked at the comprehensive info I received using this free quick search tool. Seriously, it took less than 60 seconds. Time yourself…
Continue reading Quick Search for Cellular Towers and AntennasFrozen Psychology
You know for a fact that we get stuck from time to time during chronic illness. We get stuck in physical and emotional realities that seem impossible to overcome. So how do we get unstuck? Some will actually take the frozen plunge into chilly waters, forcing a shock. Not me! But I have taken on the frozen psychology of cold showers to bust through some chronic illness struggles.
Continue reading Frozen PsychologyIt’s a Snow Day – Enjoy, Even During Illness
Snow days can be super fun days for the chronically ill. Okay, so maybe not if you live in Alaska. I am talking about those of us who get the rare snow days. During chronic illness, that kind of contrast can create a really fun experience. It is the change, the excitement, that can get our attention. Anyone who has been ill for years knows how monotonous it gets. Just when we want to scream of boredom from the illness situation, a winter storm can be one of the most fun things to happen all year. And it takes no effort to experience it. You can do this one from bed if need be.
Continue reading It’s a Snow Day – Enjoy, Even During IllnessIt’s Cold Outside Baby, Persevering Illness In Winter Season
Winter is just a season, it comes and a few months later it goes. Chronic illness can be like a winter season in our lives, not a permanent condition. So… when will chronic illness GO? Most of you are done with it! Over it! Ready to get back to life!!! Persevering through illness is really not much different than the winter season we see outside. Put on your winter coat and walk this out with me…
Continue reading It’s Cold Outside Baby, Persevering Illness In Winter SeasonLove Note to Self In Moments of Victory
When you are in the joy of victory, take a moment to write yourself a love note. When we have moments of victory during chronic illness, we can use that for days to come when it is not so glorious. Chronic illness is not one big victory, it tons of smaller ones. The victories are hard to remember when we are in the really bad days (or weeks, even months or years) of illness. Love notes to ourselves is a beautiful way to remember, to feel the hope of past victories to help us keep walking through some of the darker days.
Continue reading Love Note to Self In Moments of VictoryNowhere is One of My Favorite Places During Chronically Illness
If nowhere is good enough for Winnie-The-Pooh, it is good enough for the chronically ill. Have you ever let your mind wander and rest in never-never-land? Interesting things can happen while in nowhere land. Christopher Robin and Pooh can help us find great comfort while we are on our unique wellness path.
Continue reading Nowhere is One of My Favorite Places During Chronically IllnessFlying Above the Impossibilities, for the Bumblebee and the Chronically Ill
Supposedly the bumblebee’s body size, shape, and weight make it impossible to fly. Being ignorant of those aeronautical facts, the bumblebee flies anyway. There is bumblebee wisdom in tuning out the rumble of the impossibility of flight. Let’s apply that wisdom to the chronically ill. The fortitude of flying above the circumstances, that appear impossible, allows us to focus on the possibilities. Let’s fly, no matter what…
Continue reading Flying Above the Impossibilities, for the Bumblebee and the Chronically IllRealistic Gratitude for Thanksgiving
Chronic illness and sincere gratitude, hmm, not so easy. We all know the “right” things we “should” say and think to show we are above the circumstances, but dang!! Tomorrow is Thanksgiving and I don’t want to simply say the “right” things, I want to be realistic and have gratitude with sincerity. It sounds like a tall order but I can do it…
Continue reading Realistic Gratitude for ThanksgivingRadiation Revelation, My Story & American Military Story
Radiation oozing out of me got me to thinking, there has to be a source. People just don’t ooze radiation out of them (who have not had radiation treatments). It is the obvious elephant in the room that sometimes takes me the longest to see. Right under my nose and it takes me 30 years to see it.
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