5 Tips for Finding a Mentor When You Are Chronically Ill
One of the most common pieces of career advice millennials hear is, “find a mentor.” However, finding a mentor is
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Author: JessicaGimeno
A Bra For Women With Health & Mobility Challenges from Fresh Comfort Inc.
Relief! The best feeling in the world is that moment when you come home and finally get to unhook your
Read MoreMy Contribution to Mental Illness Awareness Week: Self-Care (#MIAW)
This week, I intended to blog more for Mental Illness Awareness Week but I got too depressed to do it.
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Why Are 30th and 40th Birthday Cards So Depressing?
Today is an anniversary date for me. Six years ago, at the age of 24, I was diagnosed with the
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On Friends, NKOTB, Meeting Jordan Knight, & The Power of Words
I haven’t posted in a week because some emotions are hard to put into words. (Bear with me; this is
Read MoreSave the Date; I’ll Be on HuffPost Live Tuesday (09/30/14) 12:45 pm EST
UPDATE: Click here for the replay if you missed it! Also, leave a comment while you’re there. I am very
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Thank You; Update on Lauryn’s Condition
In August, I asked Fashionably ill readers to help make a young woman’s birthday special. Lauryn was spending her seventeenth
Read MoreLet Me Introduce You to Handistrong
People with disabilities put up with a lot. Every day. Either our needs are ignored (like stores with nonfunctioning disability
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The Church, Depression, & Mental Illness: 3 Myths That Need To Go
This blog post is hard for me to write but I must write it for three reasons: First, many Americans
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Chronic Illness: On the Outside Looking In
Sometimes chronic illness leaves patients on the outside looking in. When I was younger, I sometimes had to leave social
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