Category: Strategies
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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. First stop:…
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Migraines and the MTHFR gene
OK, heads up – swear word coming up. When I first saw the term “MTHFR gene” in a wellness book, my mind instantly (and unnecessarily) filled in the blanks with vowels and came up with the rude phrase “mother-f*ckr gene”. Sorry. [I blame it on the self-help shelf at the…
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When your healing journey hits a roadblock
I’ve written before that I have had to change my healing-metaphor from time to time. There’s the shift I made from thinking of myself as a “migraine warrior” to becoming more of a “gentle gardener” in order to make peace with my pain. Then there’s the shift from thinking of…
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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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