Life impact of pain – Pain Series Part 2 of 3
Click here to see Part 1 of of this 3 part pain series. If you suffer with chronic pain, you not only live with the unrelenting sensation of pain,...
Is your mental diet helping or hurting your health?
When we hear the word diet, most of us automatically think of food. But what about our thoughts? Let’s look at them in terms of consumption as well. According...
Tips for healthy living with a chronic health condition
When we are faced with a limiting health issue where performing “simple” everyday activities becomes a challenge, our self-confidence and self-worth can dwindle. This can happen with any health...
Listening to our body to help reduce pain and anguish
Having lived over 20 years with pain from dystonia (a neurological movement disorder) in order to best manage my condition, I have to be very mindful of the way...
Weekly Words of Wellness
For those of you who are receive my newsletter and blogs, I wanted to make you aware of a new project I am working on. It is called Weekly...
Thoughts about suffering to help break through pain and misery
Most things in life don’t always go as expected. None of us ever truly prepares for a hardship that throws our life off course. Even in the case of...
Hey Pain! Try as you may. You will not win!
None of us are immune to the challenges of life. At some time or another we all endure tough experiences. Nothing ever prepared me for developing dystonia back in...
What I have learned from decades of pain and dystonia
As I reflect on my 23 years (as of 2024) living with dystonia and pain and other symptoms that changed my life in many ways, I want to share...
How we can hold space for ourselves to reduce pain
In this article I am going to talk about how we can hold space for ourselves for the benefit of being more at peace and more at ease. This...
How much self-care is too much?
If you have read my books or articles, you have probably noticed that I talk about self-care quite a bit. I think self-care is extremely important for anyone, whether...
Releasing emotional pain about the past to find peace
Several years ago, I wrote about the emotional pain of “victim mentality” when faced with a health or other life challenge, because of how dramatically things may have changed...
Negative thinking is like a self-induced autoimmune disease that can make life miserable
I need to preface this article by saying that I am not equating an autoimmune disease with how we think. What I am saying is that the way we...
Be kind to your pain. It’s crying for your attention
I have lived with chronic pain from a neurological movement disorder called dystonia for over 20 years. Chronic pain does not follow any rules, and after multiple beatings, we can lose...
