Whether it is Valentines Day or any special day, think pink. Make something special out of anything that we can during chronic illness, add a bit of color.
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Kindness Is A Choice, Even For Ill People
I feel so bad, hurt so much, am so discouraged, have so many obstacles, that I can’t be kind. Well, I beg to differ. We can always try to be kind, even while we are ill. It might not always come across kindly to others but we sure can try. We can think before we speak or maybe just not speak sometimes. I do believe kindness is a choice, for the most part.
Continue reading Kindness Is A Choice, Even For Ill PeopleCheat Sheets Directions
An idea is not good unless we use it. Let’s get down to details, how are we going to get our beds made while being chronically ill?
Continue reading Cheat Sheets DirectionsToo Hard to Make a Bed, Cheat Sheets
We can get so ill that we feel imprisoned in our own bedrooms and stuck in the yuck of our sheets. How in the world do we make our own beds when we are in them all the time and we don’t have the energy or the strength to make them? We cheat the sheets! Chronic illness can keep us from doing a lot of things but there are usually ways around the necessities of life, like clean sheets.
Continue reading Too Hard to Make a Bed, Cheat SheetsNational Poop Day
We have a day for EVERYTHING. Who would have thunk we could possibly come up with a National Poop Day. This event occurs the day after Super Bowl Sunday. In 2020, this is February 3rd. TODAY. I know its nuts. But since all humans share this experience, let’s celebrate with poop-health.
Continue reading National Poop DayFail Forward – Cycology
Our grandparents would tell us that failing creates a learning experience, it builds character. They surely are right but I need more incentive than that to keep this up. The only motivation I can find after all these years of illness is the fact that I am failing forward. I am getting closer and closer to healing because I am willing to have some failures along the way that keep me moving forward. The bumps and bruises of failing forward are so worth it.
Continue reading Fail Forward – CycologySweeping & Mopping for the Chronically Ill
Yep, we have a unique way of sweeping and mopping when we are chronically ill. We can only do the best we can do which usually is not as thorough but it gets it done. The easiest way I know how to keep my floors clean is pace myself and using the easiest tools I can.
Continue reading Sweeping & Mopping for the Chronically IllHeavy Metal – Enviromental Toxins
We are bombarded with heavy metals and environmental toxins every minute of every day. We can stress about it and add to our toxic load or we can detox. This does not have to be complicated. Does not have to turn our lives upside down to do this. Dr. Klinghardt recommends this as well…
Continue reading Heavy Metal – Enviromental ToxinsNot Everything Is Worth Figuring Out
Exactly who said we have to figure out everything?? Not everything is worth figuring out. Some things are better left alone.
Continue reading Not Everything Is Worth Figuring OutKeep Moving
“I just want to crawl under the covers, take a pill and make it all go away.” Are you familiar with the herculean effort it takes to keep moving while chronically ill? Whether you can physically move or not, your mindset can be one of movement. Simply choosing to wake up and try another day is the first step as we all keep moving through chronic illness. Without movement, no one would ever get healed!!
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