I am delighted to have another guest post on the blog this week. Amanda Pratt from www.imaginelifetherapy.com shares her top 5 tips for better self care for anyone with chronic pain or chronic illness. Amanda has lived with Fibromyalgia, Lupus and several other chronic conditions for years, and knows exactly how devastating and difficult it … Continue reading 5 Tips for Better Self Care
Mindset is a bit of a buzz word at the moment. The Google definition of mindset is the established set of attitudes held by someone. I believe that this is a big part of learning to cope with chronic pain. In this post I talk about some of the ways that you can have a chronic pain … Continue reading How to have a chronic pain mindset – Part 2
Mindset is a bit of a buzz word at the moment. The Google definition of mindset is the established set of attitudes held by someone. I believe that this is a big part of learning to cope with chronic pain. In this post I talk about some of the ways that you can have a … Continue reading How to have a chronic pain mindset – Part 1
Accepting your chronic pain seems a strange concept - why should you accept something that you hate, that you don't want, and what does it even mean? I've had my chronic pain for nearly seven years now. Only when I accepted it, and changed my mindset, did I start to learn to cope better and … Continue reading How to accept your chronic pain
I've had a little break from my blog for a couple of weeks. I went on holiday and just needed to switch off completely. It has done me the world of good! But now I'm back š I'll be writing a blog post all about my pain and how I coped on my travels which … Continue reading 7 ways to look after your mental health when you’re in pain
Having chronic pain doesn't mean you can't set yourself challenges and achieve your goals - you can. We all need things to help us with our wellbeing, encourage us to grow, develop and learn, and help us make things better for us if we feel a change is needed. Chronic pain and goal setting For … Continue reading How to achieve your goals when you have chronic pain
I thought I'd do something a little different on the blog today and talk about someone who you may find extremely helpful. Dave Cottrell, aka Mindset by Dave, asked his followers to tell one person about his Instagram page, so I wanted to tell you, my readers, about him. This was a few days ago, … Continue reading Do you want to know how awesome you are? Mindset by Dave will help
Sometimes chronic pain can stop us doing the things we enjoy and love to do. I went through a real bad patch a few years ago when I said no to doing things with my partner and my friends. This affected my happiness, my relationship, and ultimately my mental health. I had no life and … Continue reading Don’t let your chronic pain stop you doing the things you enjoy
If you really, really look, you will find some positives chronic pain. It takes a while, but you will get there. Of course, chronic pain isn't a good thing - it causes our bodies and minds to struggle on a daily basis; it causes anger, frustration, and at times hopelessness and isolation; it causes us to … Continue reading Finding the positives of chronic pain
The title of this post sounds a little bizarre. You're probably thinking how can any form of pain be a good thing? I was thinking the exact same thing 6 years ago. But over time, the more I have learned to accept my pain, the more I have learned that fate has brought me here … Continue reading Why chronic pain can be a good thing