11 Tips: Exercising During a Pain Flare Up
A subscriber to my YouTube channel asked me how I exercise on days when the pain is really bad. So I did this video featuring 11 ideas…
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Chronic Illness and Pacing
Do chronic health problems wear you out? Check out my latest video on pacing and where you can find community for people with chronic illness and disabilities.
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Chronic Illness & Celebrating Every “Win”
Moments of peace when you have a chronic illness or five can be few and far between. How do we celebrate knowing the unpredictability of illness?…
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The Cutest Shoes for Sore Knees & Bad Backs
For most of my life, I’ve been hilariously accident-prone. At 17, I spent a few weeks limping on two ankles
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NBC News Interviews Me
Hello Fashionably ill readers: I know I haven’t written anything new in a couple weeks–that’s because I have been recovering from
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Living With Bipolar Disorder & Chronic Body Pain: 6 Dilemmas
March 30 is World Bipolar Day. Even though I was diagnosed at 18-years old, I have lived with bipolar disorder
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Fashionably ill Readers’ 32 Favorite Holiday Movies
In keeping with my last blog post, Chronic Illness, Loss, & Forming New Holiday Traditions, I asked Fashionably ill readers
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Chronic illness is Like Getting Your Heart Broken Again and Again
I’m in so much pain right now I probably shouldn’t even be writing. But I am. This week has been
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