Category: Community
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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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Snakes on rods: a symbol of health (or stealth?)
OK, so I thought I knew something… but it turns out I only sort of knew about this something… and since it was super-trippy for me to discover the other half of what I knew about this fact, I thought it might be an eye-opener for you too, hence today’s…
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Happy B’day
June is Migraine Awareness Month, the anniversary of my chronic migraine pain, my birth-month, pride-month, AND (as my blog-bestie Dayle pointed out) the start of Hurricane Season. Today is a super short post to celebrate “Burple Day” in Australia. It’s a relatively new initiative by Migraine Australia which encourages you…
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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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Do animals get migraines?
The answer to the question “do animals get migraines?” 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…
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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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“Bending” – a faceless (anti)monument
My news feed is currently filled with images of a giant Triumphal Arch proposed for the United States of America. As a result, my mind has been bouncing around about the human need to build monuments to ourselves. In my PhD dissertation (I graduated late last year after PhD’ing with…
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Death by papercut
Today’s post is about the impact of microaggressions. Theoretical and personal examples are listed, so feel free to look after your mental health and give today a miss if you think the content might be upsetting. Carry my support and understanding with you today and always. * * * Before…