Author: The Mindful Migraine Blog
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Migraine Awareness Month (& blog news)
Hello! If today is your first day visiting The Mindful Migraine Blog; welcome! If you’re a regular popper-inner, welcome back my lovely friend! June is Migraine Awareness Month. In the past, I haven’t made too much of a fuss about it, because I’ve been struggling too much with my health…
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Time flies regardless of the fun-factor
Short post today, because time is tight. Seriously – where has this year gone?!? It feels like only yesterday I was having my New Year’s Revelation that we can be more than one version of ourselves… and now… 4 months have swept by in the blink of an eye… When…
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“Chronic pain management”
Today’s post is a (long, but totally worth it) book review of pain psychologist David Walton’s “Chronic Pain Management” (2021). It hooked me in, because the cover seemed to be calling to me from the library shelf, and the opening words made me say a vigorous “yes!” in my head:…
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The bird pilgrimage
Some time ago I read a post on the “Holistic Fibro Fighter” blog [which seems to have gone silent] which the author, Jane Taylor, titled “A pilgrimage of self-care”. The title gave me a zingy “wow- yes!” moment, because the word ‘pilgrimage’ instantly resonated with my healing journey. It explains…
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Do animals get migraines?
The answer is, apparently, yes. But of course, an animal can’t articulate their suffering, so we can only make assumptions based on their behavior. The reason I thought to ask came out of a conversation with my blog-buddy Thomas who writes on his site Super Facts. He mentioned that AI…
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Everybody panic… or NOT!
To get into the city of Sydney from where I live, you can drive in, but parking is limited and can cost up to $50 for a couple of hours. So instead, I catch the train. It takes about the same amount of time (one hour) but costs a fraction…
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Pet rocks and pebbling people
Many, many months ago, I wrote a post about ‘penguin-pebbling’ (here). It’s a lovely little bit of romance-rizz where a penguin creates an attractive pile of rocks to woo his intended love interest… or any love interest… I’m not sure if penguins mate for life… or how flirty they are……
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The Art of Swedish Death Cleaning
Over on Instagram, I have recently been seeing a lot of millennials panicking about the ‘junk’ that they have inherited from their Baby Boomer relatives. It sounds mean and ungrateful, but the videos have a point: Grandma’s collection of 101 ceramic doves was so special to HER… but where would…
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Migraines and the weather
People who get migraines are human barometers. That’s my truth and I’m sticking to it no matter what the science says – when the barometric pressure drops (as it often does when a storm is coming) – I can feel it in my head… sometimes I get a migraine, sometimes…
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