Reconnecting to ourselves & our world

Learning to set boundaries around pain was never easy for me. I’ll never forget the time I signed up to volunteer in my kids’ classroom every Friday morning. I was convinced it was the ultimate way to be a “good mom.” I loved my kids dearly, and showing up in their world felt like proof…

Read this blog post on how to effectively explain pain to your friends and family. It’s important to have support and validation.

It’s easy to comment on biology, bones, muscles and the like. It’s a lot harder to see the impact of our emotions on our physical experiences. I love this movie because it tackles some hard concepts around emotions. Kids movie or not, there is a lot we can learn about our own emotions just by…

Self-compassion, what is it. why it’s important to recovery, and how to start practicing it. Read this blog post to learn more!

Resilience is an invaluable tool to help people suffering from chronic pain better manage their condition and live fuller, more active lives.

Setting boundaries is an important skill for all people. It is often a skill we tend to lose when we have been suffering. A lack of, loose, or unhealthy boundaries tend to reveal the absence of a strong identity, you know, like we keep saying, we have lost ourselves. Some people might never have really…

I talk about stress a lot because it really does impact our pain. I want to give you more tools to help your pain, even if it feels indirect.

Identifying, Challenging, and Changing: These are the things we have to do with our self-talk to live more full lives alongside our pain. What is self-talk? It’s a normal thing we humans do all day, every day. Sometimes we are aware of it. Sometimes we aren’t. It’s basically a mix of conscious thoughts and unconscious beliefs. …

Asking for help on the harder pain days can be challenging. Feelings of being a burden to those we love can be a real challenge. I was terrible at asking for help when I was in pain. I felt like I had to do it all myself or I was weak, a burden, not worth…

7 Benefits of Volunteering for those suffering from Chronic Pain Living with chronic pain is hard. As I read Amy’s upcoming memoir, Restoring Venus, it brought to my attention how hard it can be.  Struggling for years with my own severe depression and anxiety, I felt like no one really knew what I was going…

When pain persists it is not uncommon to lose pieces of ourselves and not even realize it. I’ve written a little 28-day pain journal to help people with the aspects of pain that are not “stretching and exercise”. It grew out of reflection on my own journey with pain and seeing how I had lost…