https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV3RH4oZLdU I have found that strengthening my body has helped a lot with chronic pain from fibromyalgia. I know that not every chronic illness warrior is up for this type of workout. When I started I went slowly, and added more exercises as I got stronger and found a general decrease in pain. It may …
Wabi-Sabi
Some of you may have heard of this concept before, and many of you may have not. It was only recently introduced to me through my meditation app, where the guided meditation happened to talk about wabi-sabi. The explanation of it made me realize how much I identified with the concept and how important I …
Essential Oils for Self-Care
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paYAoaxaOOo Self-care is very important when you have a chronic illness. I personally have come to love essential oils, and have been using them a lot recently as I grieve the loss of my beloved dog, Spike. Here's the list of oils that I go through in today's episode: * peppermint - energy* tea tree …
Diagnosis Update
Isn't it always the case when you have an autoimmune disease that there are multiple updates over the years? Like either a change of diagnosis or an added diagnosis. I follow so many people on Instagram with the same experiences. This week I had an appointment with my rheumatologist (and a resident, so two docs …
Progressive Muscle Relaxation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-FqPfeTB2Y&feature=youtu.be This is one of the best mindfulness activities for anxiety. Tensing and releasing muscle groups, with diaphragmatic breathing in between can be very relaxing, and it is followed by a full body scan. I have found it very helpful in the past. Let me know how you feel in the comments.
Taking a Break with Family
As I titled this I realized some people might automatically read "from" family which is 100% not what I'm going for. Rather, taking a break from all of the other things in life to spend time WITH family, is something some of us probably need right now (some of you may have just spent the …
Cooking with Kels: Fried Egg Avocado Toast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAdX7FhiLkM If you're looking for a healthy and delicious breakfast idea, this might be a good place to start. The egg gives you protein, the veggies are all super health and full of nutritional benefits, and the bread can be whatever you prefer! Thanks to my friend Charity for helping me up my avocado toast …
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Eye Health
I truly hope most you haven't and don't ever experience problems with your eye health, because those just additional chronic illnesses that no one needs (not that anyone needs ANY chronic illness in the first place, but you know what I mean!). Eye health problems usually become more frequent as we age, so typically you …
Daily Stretches: Cat Cow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1G3QwIUb3I&feature=youtu.be Stretches can be great for chronic pain. This is one of my favourites and there are two versions I share with you this week. Let me know what your favourite stretches are in the comments!
Keeping Track of Your Mental Health
As my many of my fellow chronic illness warriors know, mental health struggles such as depression and anxiety are real...ly common . Not that they are necessarily constant, though the can be. I actually do a whole episode of my podcast on mental health and it's relation to chronic illness, so feel free to check …
