How Chester Bennington’s Music Helped Me Survive Depression, Abuse, & Chronic Pain
Today, we have a guest post from the always fierce Kirsten Schultz. (Schultz previously wrote a guest post for Fashionably ill,
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#AncientAbledProverbs: 45 Things NOT To Say to People with Disabilities
So the fabulous @HijaDe2Madre started this twitter hashtag that went viral called #AncientAbledProverbs about things people with disabilities are tired
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How to Say No: 5 Tips To Help You
Lots of people send me tweets about my TEDx Talk (“How to Get Stuff Done When You Are Depressed). They
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3 Tips for Surviving the Holidays from Chronic Christmas Author, Lene Andersen
Today, I am interviewing Lene Andersen, author of Chronic Christmas: Surviving the Holidays with a Chronic Illness (paperback and kindle
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3 Tips on Celebrating a Holiday Alone
In time for Thanksgiving, I decided to re-post one of my most popular articles. REPOST BELOW Last year I spent
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Sometimes You Shouldn’t Work Through the Pain (Emotional or Physical)
I’ll share with you a little secret about health activists: many times we write about the importance of self-care whilst
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My Interview with Voices for Change Is Up
Yesterday, you may have heard my interview on Sirius XM. If not, here’s a link to listen to my interview
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Favor: Please Vote for Me in WEGO Awards
I’m a nominee in the ongoing Fifth Annual WEGO Health Activist Awards in three categories: Best in Show Blog, Health
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Video of my Interview with AXSChat
Have you heard of AXSChat? On Tuesday, August 2, I was the guest at their twitter chat. On Twitter, you
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My Commencement Address for Int’nl Fibromyalgia Institute Graduation
Click on the white triangle below to press play and hear my speech. My speech is called, “Stronger Together: Community
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