Learning to live with a chronic illness is hard, oftentimes downright impossible, right? The toll it takes on our minds, bodies, and souls is simply staggering.Sure, family and friends may try to console you but unless they have direct experience with your illness, it's difficult for them to know how best to help. That's where an experienced chronic illness coach comes in…As … [Read more...]
The Best Lyme Disease Blogs To Follow
An abandoned toy. An empty swing. A single wilting flower in a vase. All stark symbols of isolation and loneliness. But none of these powerful images come close to capturing the alienation Chronic Lyme Disease sufferers experience every single day. This disease ain't for sissies, that's for sure.In a society which still doesn't recognize the severity of Lyme Disease, patients … [Read more...]
11 Best Books About Healing
If you've been sick with a chronic illness for any length of time, you've probably looked into other ways to heal apart from the advice given by your general practitioner, right? Because let's face it, doctors don't have all the answers and most would admit as much.So you scour the internet and bookshelves, looking for that elusive magic pill or at least something to help you … [Read more...]
How To Create A Vision Board For Health And Well-Being
Getting healthy isn't usually thought of as fun but anything that reminds me of being in kindergarten again is okay in my book — the cardboard, stickers, buttons, colored markers, masking tape… What am I talking about? Creating a vision board for health!In this post, I'll show you how to easily put together a vision board to manifest health and well-being. But first, let's … [Read more...]
How To Use The Law Of Attraction For Health
Like a lot of people, I first heard about the Law of Attraction after seeing The Secret. But unlike most, I wasn't impressed. Sacrilege, I know. It just struck me as a lot of pie in the sky, woo-woo nonsense.It wasn't until several years later when I came across books that had a profound effect on me like Think and Grow Rich, The Power of Positive Thinking, The Master Key … [Read more...]
9 Best Guided Meditations For Healing On YouTube
In my quest for better health, I've tried many treatments but only one has made an impact on my state of mind and that's meditation.But it didn't happen right away.It took a long time until I could sit down for more than five minutes before standing up in frustration, feeling like I wasn't cut out for this sort of thing.But you know what helped and still does? Guided … [Read more...]
How To Meditate For Healing In 5 Minutes Or Less
Our bodies are incredible self-healing machines, from the simplest paper cut to the deadliest flu.But sometimes the body's self-repair mechanisms shut off and you end up with a chronic health condition that completely derails your life. And so you start looking for answers in all sorts of places — some good, some not so good.Meditation is among the good things to adopt in … [Read more...]
7 Awesome Benefits Of Journaling For Mental Health
What do such varied, world-renowned figures as John D. Rockefeller, Thomas Edison, Ernest Hemingway and Ronald Reagan all have in common? Answer: they kept journals.Far from being an outlet just for angst-ridden teenagers, journaling is a useful therapeutic tool which people of all ages can benefit from.In this blog post, I'll touch on these powerful benefits of journaling for … [Read more...]
An Inside Look At Disability And Isolation
If you've been disabled for awhile, you've probably experienced isolation at some point or maybe even all the time. Unfortunately, the combination of a disability and isolation is all too common, affecting thousands, if not millions of disabled people.So how big of a problem is isolation for you or your disabled loved one? And why does one usually … [Read more...]
