Category: Strategies
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Daith piercing for migraines
Many cultures see ear-piercing as highly fashionable. When I was young, I agreed, and was a super-fan of all that glittered. My mother, however, was not so keen. I still remember the speech she delivered: “if God had wanted you to have holes in your ears, you would have been…
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What is ‘soft-hermitting’?
If you live with chronic pain, your bedroom is a big part of your life. More than just a place to go to rest and restore at the end of the day, it is also a retreat and a sanctuary. I call it my “migraine cave” where I hibernate during…
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When no one believes
A while ago I did a post on how a very British lady called Sarah Colwill developed a Chinese accent after a severe migraine. The post included a reference to how Ms Colwill lost friends because they thought she was pretending (read more here). At the end of that post,…
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What is ‘therapeutic touch’?
In a recent post I made about my ‘migraine cave‘ (which is the room I retreat to when I feel unwell), my friend Michelle from the Greenwell Centre blog (here), recommended the advantages of having a family member trained in Therapeutic Touch so that they can assist you during a…
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“A memoir of migraine survival”
Today is a book review of “10: a memoir of migraine survival” (2018) written by Danielle Newport Fancher – here’s her website: Books | Migraine Writer in which she refers to herself this way: “Danielle Newport Fancher lives a double-life. In one life, she’s a smart, upbeat, and happy 30-year-old;…
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DIY Migraine Cave
When a full-blown migraine strikes, there is not a lot you can do other than ‘shelter in place’ as it were; go to a quiet room, close the curtains, and shut the door. For me, I’ll have the company of a heat-pack I place on the right side of my…
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Lymphatic drainage for migraines
Today’s post is an enquiry into the latest trend that has been burning up my newsfeed: Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD). I know we have lymph nodes, but it never occurred to me you could ‘drain’ them… I’ve written in the past about different healing options I’ve spotted online, such as…
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My top 7 tips to heal
To conclude Migraine Awareness Month, I want to do a shout-out for my top 7 tips to heal. There are MANY activities on this blog that you can try, any or all of which can move you along the illness-wellness spectrum to help get better – BUT – I’m starting…
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Carl Jung’s “Active Imagination”
In a recent post, I mentioned subconscious visualization. Rob, a fellow blogger from Things I have thought of… in case you haven’t mentioned that the approach sounded a lot like Carl Jung’s Active Imagination… Well, I hadn’t thought of that, so I just had to find out more. What is…