A while back I did a review of the book The Things We Don't Say: An Anthology of Chronic Illness Truths which contained stories from 42 different authors and bloggers. After my post was published, I was delighted to be contacted by one of those authors, Amy Oestreicher, and asked to do a review of … Continue reading A Beautiful Detour: An Unthinkable Journey from Gutless to Grateful – book review
This week I am delighted to have a guest post from Brandon Ulmer of Elevation Process. I've worked with Brandon several times before and it is such a joy and an education at the same time. And this time, Brandon talks about the difficulties of sleep and chronic pain, which I'm sure is something a … Continue reading Sleep and chronic pain: the new program that can help you!
Puzzles are often seen as a simple hobby and a way to relax and pass the time. They provide a daily challenge that keeps the mind occupied and the opportunity to test our abilities to see if we can complete the puzzle. There are also ways that they can help you cope with chronic pain … Continue reading The surprising ways puzzles can help you cope with pain
I've had endometriosis pain for probably 20 years now. It's not nice at all, and it takes over your life. I've tried all sorts of treatment but even when it's successful, it's a short-term fix due to the complications and side-effects that comes with it. For me, and many other women who have this debilitating … Continue reading 5 things you need to know to help you cope with endometriosis pain
Quite simply, I wanted to create something short and sweet to help people living with chronic pain. The book is in an A-Z format that gives a practical overview of what people can do to help cope and manage their pain better. In this post I give a little more detail about why I wrote … Continue reading Why I wrote my chronic pain book
There is always more I can do to help improve my posture. I spend a lot of my day on a laptop, either sitting or standing at my desk, and find that bad posture can make my other pains worse. Today's blog is a guest post from John at Yourbackpainrelief.com - John shares 5 posture … Continue reading 5 posture exercises to help your daily routine
A huge part of living with a chronic condition is learning to accept yourself for who you are. Having the right mindset can help you understand and manage your illness or pain, and you can even start to see some of the good in where you are in life right now. One way of doing … Continue reading Don’t let your chronic pain stop you being proud of yourself
Having a good posture is more important than ever. Our lives have become very sedentary and static and we often spend lots of time watching TV, and using our phones, laptops and other wireless devices. We need to spend a little more effort thinking about our posture to make sure we don't cause any other … Continue reading The benefits of good posture and 3 easy ways to improve yours
One of the most popular posts on my blog is How to start exercising again with chronic pain. It's clearly a topic that people are keen to learn about so I thought I'd post a similar article about doing exercise, that will hopefully help you build more movement and activity in to your day. Disclosure/Medical … Continue reading 5 easy steps to doing exercise when you have a chronic illness
I'm delighted to have another guest post from Brandon Ulmer at Elevation Process. This week, the topic is distraction and why it helps with pain. I've written several posts about distraction previously, but this post goes in to the theory behind it - something that I am extremely grateful to Brandon for explaining. A while … Continue reading The power of distraction and why it helps with pain