Author: The Mindful Migraine Blog
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Simon Cowell’s migraine glasses
Facebook has been around for-ev-er, but I only joined up a couple of months ago to become a part of some of the online migraine communities. Turns out you generally have to be a Facebook-user for longer than 3 months to participate, but I still enjoy reading other people’s posts.…
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Hairdressers with migraines
I finally made it to the hairdressers this morning. After many long months of ‘hibernating’ at home with chronic migraine, I sort of gave up a little bit on my personal appearance and stopped worrying too much about how my grey hair was getting a bit long and lanky. Even…
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Mindfulness… just sew
Sewing, cross-stitch, embroidery, knitting… they are all mindful techniques that can create a deep sense of relaxed concentration that becomes something of a state of Zen. Truly! I’ve recently been trying long-stitch, and I’m often surprised at how much I get ‘lost in the moment’ and ‘time flies’. It is…
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Mouthguards for migraines
In the worst migraine I have ever had, the pain was so bad that I broke three of my own teeth. (I’m not sure why I wrote it like that – who else’s teeth would I break – and how?!) Not long after the major migraine attack, when I was…
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Are you a Henny Penny panderer or a naked Emperor outerer?
When I was a kid, I always had a love-hate relationship with the story of Henny Penny, the chicken who felt an acorn land on her head and became convinced that the sky was falling. There were plenty of different versions of the story, but the essence was the same;…
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Your migraine needs a mood board!
In architecture, mood-boards are regularly used in the preliminary stages of design. And for good reason. The collection of images helps designers and their clients quickly visualize concepts in a way that is more efficient than words alone. Everyone who looks at the board can see the look and feel…
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One of those days
I’m having one of those days, where nothing seems to be going quite right. I’m not sick now, but last night was rough and I’m feeling a tad overwhelmed. So, today’s post is short and sweet. Do any of you wear glasses? And do any of you ever find, (in…
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Migraines and exercise
Dr Betsy Seng, a psychologist and researcher in neurology, presented on migraine and exercise at the wonderful 2024 Migraine World Summit. It’s taken me a while, but here are my notes from her interview. It was agreed that exercise is good for everyone, however, when you have a migraine it…
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Imagine if your migraine was a sitcom
For a long time, I thought of migraine as a nightmare. I could easily imagine myself in a ‘main character moment’, starring in a B-grade horror movie. Picture it with me: there’s a group of friends in a cabin in the woods. It’s the end of a great day hiking…
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