“I’m not angry, either. I should be, but I’m not. I just feel pain. A lot of pain. I thought I could imagine how much this would hurt, but I was wrong.” ― Haruki Murakami You may have noticed … [Read more...]
How to Survive & Enjoy Christmas Despite Chronic Pain & Illness
If you're just not feeling the joys of the festive season it can make it even more difficult to partake, especially as it often flares chronic pain, or exhaust already slender energy levels. It's … [Read more...]
Be a Rainbow in Someone’s Cloud ~ Maya Angelou | Chronic Illness Quote
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them. Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Do not complain. Make every effort to change things you do … [Read more...]
How to Cope When Chronic Pain Creates Anxiety—With Tools to Calm & Soothe
A toolkit of ways to calm and quell anxiety when you live in chronic pain When you have chronic pain it's natural to feel anxious, especially when that pain is severe, unpredictable, and as a … [Read more...]
When Life Stops—Finding Hope & Purpose In Spite of Chronic Pain
Life can shrink so swiftly in the face of chronic pain and illness. While trying to manage and cope with all the challenges, perplexing symptoms, unpredictable limitations, and exhausting … [Read more...]
The Isolating Loneliness of Chronic Pain & Invisible Illness
Chronic pain and invisible illness can be incredibly isolating, sometimes in obvious ways but other times, it's far more insidious or subtle. Just as our pain and symptoms are mostly invisible, we too … [Read more...]
When Pain Makes Normal Exercise Impossible—With a Gentle Passive Alternative
Whenever a chronic pain patient reads that they must exercise — and through that pain — it's not only difficult, and of course painful but we can so easily overdo it, which then leads to a painful … [Read more...]
10 Ways to Lift Your Spirits, Cope & Calm Chronic Pain
When you live with a chronic pain condition that makes even British weather look predictable, stress is a natural consequence. It's hard never knowing how we'll feel, and it's exhausting living in … [Read more...]
Tools to Cope With the Stress of Chronic Pain & Manage Difficult Thinking
When you have chronic pain, it's natural to struggle with unhelpful & repetitive thinking. Move from a place of struggle & sadness to one of coping with these tools & tips. When our … [Read more...]
Nutritional Reasons that May Be Making Depression Worse [and Your Pain too]
What you eat has a direct impact on the way you feel but when we feel utterly awful, our pain fervent too, preparing and even eating the right foods can bring its own challenges. The Herculean effort … [Read more...]