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A few of my favourite things that are helping me right now

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We are all coping differently right now. It's a real challenging time and we've all had to adapt our lives to this coronavirus situation in some way or another. For me, the staying at home rule hasn't affected me that much as I spend a lot of time at home anyway, and I like it. … Continue reading A few of my favourite things that are helping me right now

The 30 day lockdown wellbeing challenge

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I decided to create a 30 day wellbeing challenge to help us all cope with the self-isolation during the current lockdown. There's loads of factors that could be impacting on your wellbeing right now, and doing small, simple things can hopefully make a difference. The suggestions in my 30 day wellbeing challenge can hopefully help … Continue reading The 30 day lockdown wellbeing challenge

Boost your wellbeing and live a happier life

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Taking better care of your body and mind is a good way to improve the amount of happiness you experience in daily life. No matter how challenging things can get, if you take your wellbeing seriously, you can get through, and in many cases, stop them from becoming much worse. None of us can be … Continue reading Boost your wellbeing and live a happier life

What to do when you’re feeling run down

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From time to time, we all feel a little off in life. It can be busy and illnesses can circulate. If you’re not careful, you can start to feel a little run down, which is always hard on top of any existing health conditions, chronic illnesses, and pains. Whether you have a busy life or … Continue reading What to do when you’re feeling run down

Soft and supple skin care tricks

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There are soooooo many ways that you can take care of your skin to make sure that it is soft and supple. There is nothing as uncomfortable as dry and irritated skin, and many people suffer from both of those things. The last thing anyone with chronic pain needs is more irritation and pain to deal … Continue reading Soft and supple skin care tricks

Do you need to change your diet?

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When people think about their diet, they think about the impact that it’s having to their waistline. The thing is, the food that you eat has a much bigger impact on the body as a whole, and what you eat will affect your brain, your eyes, your muscles, your heart - you name it, your … Continue reading Do you need to change your diet?

EBOOK: An A-Z of Chronic Pain

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I've written my first ever ebook. It's called An A-Z of Chronic Pain and I wrote it to help you. Find out more about my ebook below. Click the images below to buy your copy, and get it free if you have Kindle Unlimited - try free for 30 days. Amazon UK Amazon US What … Continue reading EBOOK: An A-Z of Chronic Pain

Changes you can make to work toward better health

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Your health is so important these days, and you need to do as much as you can to work toward improving this as much as possible. Think about what it takes to make the most of this, and factor in the ideas that can help you to become healthier in your life. You need to … Continue reading Changes you can make to work toward better health

Staying hydrated: why it’s important and how it can affect your pain

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There are some things that we can do to help our overall health that can possibly also help our pain. Drinking enough water is one of them. In this post I delve in to why drinking enough water and being hydrated is so important, what happens when we are dehydrated, and what you can do … Continue reading Staying hydrated: why it’s important and how it can affect your pain

Insomnia: Why it happens and what to do about it

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This is a collaborative post and the ideas and opinions expressed are of the author. Sleep is an important part of life and health, and this is all the more true if you are dealing with a specific medical issue, such as chronic pain. It is, after all, while we are asleep that our bodies … Continue reading Insomnia: Why it happens and what to do about it

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I’m Alice, I’m here to help you cope with and understand chronic pain. I share my experiences, tips and advice to help you carry on doing the things you enjoy and teach your friends and family to understand more so they can support you.

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New on the blog... Managing chronic pain is hard. New on the blog... Managing chronic pain is hard. Very often you avoid your pain, but cause other pains, irritations or general discomfort. In this post I have a little rant about the things that I find annoying when trying to cope with and manage my pain. 📒👓 #blog #newblogpost #blogger #blogging #chronicpain #chronicpainblog #notebooks #glasses #wordpress #invisibleillness #chroniclife #notebook #painsupport #chronicpainblogger
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Today’s blog post is all about sleep and chronic Today’s blog post is all about sleep and chronic pain, a guest post by Brandon Ulmer @elevationprocess.inc Their new sleep programe is about educating people on the important steps that they can take, right now, to improve their sleep. “The unfortunate reality of chronic pain is that ANY position that you stay in for too long will increase the experience of pain; yet this is exactly what happens when we finally do fall asleep.” Link in my bio📒👓 #sleep #blog #newblogpost #blogger #blogging #chronicpain #chronicpainblog #notebooks #glasses #wordpress #invisibleillness #chroniclife #notebook #painsupport #chronicpainblogger
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