The Golden Life I knew something was wrong. I could feel it in my gut. When you spend 10 years of your life with another living being, you develop a style of communication that is special to the both of you.. it creates a bond and an unbreakable connection between the two of you. This… Continue reading The Golden Life
Mindful Mondays: How to Sleep Staring at the ceiling through the darkness of my room. Although the clock is silent, I can still feel the restless minutes pass by as I struggle to fall asleep. My covers hurt. My covers are hot. Why are the covers so heavy? Why does this bed feel lumpy tonight?… Continue reading Mindful Mondays: How to Sleep
Meet Genevieve. The CRPS Chronicles Genevieve Age: 33, Living in Virginia. Genevieve is a blogger/social media manager who lives in central Virginia with her husband and two dogs. I met Genevieve in October of 2015 during one of the scariest times of my CRPS. We had a friend of a friend of a friend connection… Continue reading Meet Genevieve. The CRPS Chronicles
#crushcrps 7 day Instagram Challenge! A few weeks ago I came up with the idea of a challenge for those of us suffering from CRPS. I wanted to change the narrative. I wanted to talk more about positive movement instead of overwhelming high levels of pain. I wanted to post pictures of moving through the… Continue reading #Crushcrps 7 day challenge
Mindful Mondays: Learning to Pause with Chronic Illness & Pain The past two weeks have been really difficult for me. Not only is the insurance situation that I am in one of the most difficult but I am also in pain, which just adds more weight. to the urgency of the issue. So now I… Continue reading Mindful Mondays: Learning to Pause with Chronic Illness & Pain
Physical Therapy & Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): a guide for success I have wanted to write about this topic for a while. This summer I found myself back in a wheelchair for the 2nd time in my life and this time, my CRPS flare had gotten so bad that I was out of work… Continue reading Physical Therapy & Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): a guide for success
Mindful Monday: Learning Acceptance in Chronic Pain Lately I have been listening and reading a lot about acceptance. I’ve been trying to relate it to my diagnosis and the chronic pain that I experience everyday. This weekend I dove a little deeper into the topic of acceptance, as I just couldn’t wrap my head around… Continue reading Mindful Mondays: Learning Acceptance in Chronic Pain
Mindful Mondays: My 7 Favorite Mindfulness Quotes I don’t know about you, but I love a good quote. For me writing is magic and words come together to create a new reality. A good quote can sometimes make the impossible happen. We see them EVERYWHERE! They are on clothing, on the bumpers of cars, marketing… Continue reading Mindful Mondays: My 7 Favorite Mindfulness Quotes
I Am A Bad Patient. The Fear of Advocating I am 36 years old. A Licensed Clinical Social Worker. An advocate. A friend who loves laughter. A writer. A traveler. An animal lover. A sister. A daughter. A fierce woman. An Educator. I am also a patient with chronic excruciating pain. I live with a… Continue reading I Am A Bad Patient
Mindful Mondays: The Painful Beauty of Impermanence The scariest thing about living with a progressive neurological disease isn’t the pain that I am in today. It is the pain that I fear I will be in tomorrow or the next day. Worrying about the future goes hand and hand with chronic illness. Will I be well… Continue reading Mindful Mondays: The Painful Beauty of Impermanence
The Invisible Warrior 