Author: The Mindful Migraine Blog
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What really causes migraines?
My blog buddy over on Roaring Meg recently published a post called What really causes migraines? The post included a link to a BBC article of the same name (here). The article is written by freelance journalist and migraine-patient Sophia Quaglia. Ms Quaglia describes her migraine flare-ups like this: …the…
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“Walk for Peace”
Late last week a group of two dozen Buddhist monks completed their 109-day pilgrimage of 2,300 miles (about 3,700km) from one coast of America to the other, travelling from Texas to Washington D.C. The Walk For Peace “encourages non-harm, kindness, and mindful living” – and they note that their procession…
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The first kiss
Before you get too excited for gossip about my love life – today’s post is NOT about me – it’s about scientists who suggest that the first kiss took place 21 million years ago! As the article (here) writes: “…scientists studied kissing because it presents something of an evolutionary puzzle…
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Belly dancing for migraines
OK – so if the combination of migraines and dancing sounds completely counterintuitive – you’re probably right. And yet… now that my head is feeling a bit better, I’ve been looking for ways to increase the amount of movement in my life and belly dancing is one of the things…
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The single song of the universe
I’ve always been a huge fan of rebus puzzles – those graphic word games where you have to figure out a phrase based on the way that the text and pictures are arranged. Examples include the word ‘close’ written twice next to the word ‘comfort’ written four times (2 close…
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Why do I have dark circles under my eyes?
One of my migraine triggers is “lack of sleep”. I know this, so, I aim to get 8 hours of sleep a night. Sometimes, like now, in the Australian Summer, that means I have to go to bed pretty early, because my two fur-babies wake up at dawn (5.30am-ish-grrr) and…
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A letter from my future self
Late last year I read a lovely post over on the blog Urban Wellbeing Tips, which was titled “Sunday letter to my younger self what I know now”. The idea of such a letter is not a new thing, but Rohitash has a lovely way with words, so be sure…
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Go on: hug yourself!
Now that I had graduated from my PhD studies and can call myself Dr Linda, I have no need to read technical books anymore… and yet… some habits are hard to break. As such, I’m still reading a lot of non-fiction works, but now their topic tends to be all…
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Make a wish (on an old lady)
When I was a child, it was fairly standard to spot the golden yellow flowers of a dandelion in unmown grass, head over, and gently pluck out one of the fluffy-seed-puff-balls. Then you would blow on the poor uprooted plant and make a wish as you watched the winged-seeds fly…
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