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Mindfulness for migraines
Mindfulness is the number one, overarching tool that has helped me reduce my migraine triggers (stress, fatigue, posture) and increase my resilience to the triggers I can not avoid (genes, hormones, climate etc.). As a result, I have managed to reduce my migraines from 3+ days a week (every week for…
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My migraine story
I have experienced migraines since I was 11 years old. In my younger years, they only appeared occasionally and did not have a major impact on my life. As such, I’ll be brutally honest and admit that I never attempted to understand my migraine diagnosis. I did not take the time…
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What causes ocular migraines?
Today’s post is about Ocular Migraine. Which is also sometimes called Retinal Migraine. (And that’s just the start of my confusion!) I don’t personally have this sort of migraine, so this is all new to me. I’ll go step by step through the material I read, and hopefully I’ll help…
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Laughter as medicine
It’s been a rough couple of weeks since my dog passed. His younger sister, a 12-year-old black cavoodle, didn’t eat or sleep for a while. Oh, and she cried each morning when she woke up to find he was still missing. Ugh. The last post since his passing also wasn’t…
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Does crying cause migraines?
Two years ago, I wrote a post called “Mo(u)rning“. I wrote it because I was sad following the loss of a family member in my life, but was also writing more broadly about grieving over the loss of self that often accompanies a chronic pain diagnosis. Today I want to…
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Farewell my fluffy friend
Short post today, and none this Friday; I’m going to take a short break. It feels like only yesterday I was consoling one of my blogging besties – Sheila from Offshoots Photography – about the loss of her beloved family dog. And now it is my turn to be completely…
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Butterfly Taps for Every Little Cell
Like so many internet trends, I am often late to the party. Most of the time, I couldn’t give two who-who-hoots… I am who I am. This time though, I wish I had come across two nifty little ideas a little sooner. Why? Because, combining them has been a big…
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“Your chronic illness is NOT your kryptonite”
I’m a big reader, but while I was very sick with chronic migraine, I was also studying for my PhD. I had absolutely no time for recreational reading (other than blogs). These days, I have a bit more time on my hands to read for fun (I just finished John…
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Healing migraines with a chat-bot
AI-everything is everywhere these days. Discover an item from your grocery delivery is missing? Log onto the computer and a chat-bot will efficiently refund your money for the missing item. Or, it gets into a strange, circular argument where it can’t understand what you want and can’t seem to forward…
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The Silva Method for Migraines
Some time ago, I wrote about the power of alpha-theta-waves for healing. Our brains are constantly producing brain-waves, and the ‘optimum’ state for deep relaxation is apparently when we are in an alpha-theta state. Alpha-theta waves First up, a quick recount if you missed the earlier post: Theta waves appear…
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What is neuro-immune lag?
Over and over I remind you: DON’T take medical advice off the internet. And I mean it. But. I’m also guilty of letting little tidbits of information tweak my curiosity and send me off to investigate more. That’s how I landed on the concept of ‘neuro-immune lag’. PainNP is a…