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I am more than my body
Across the centuries and all cultures, there has always been a sense of something ‘beyond’ us mere mortals. Perhaps because we ‘travel’ in our dreams, humans have no problem believing in this other realm. Moreover, there has also always been people who claim they can act as the intermediary between…
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The 7 types of rest
The other day I woke up after 8 hours of sleep and said to my husband; “I’m STILL tired!” And I don’t mean I spent 8 hours in bed tossing and turning and staring at the ceiling – it was 8 hours of deep sleep. I’m almost always so exhausted…
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Keep doing today
A while ago I wrote a post titled “Migraine Snakes and Ladders” about a rough migraine I experienced which involved a lot of projectile vomiting (sorry). It was a pretty grim post reading back through it. I confessed to feeling distressed by the setback in my health and feeling bitter…
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Welcome to my revelation
Every now and then something “clicks” in my mind; thoughts align (or collide) and I think “ah ha”. It doesn’t happen very often when it comes to migraine material (I had my first migraine when I was 11 years old), but with all the reading I’ve been doing, I still…
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When mindfulness feels risky
It has become increasingly clear to me that there is no ONE SIZE FITS all approach to overcoming migraines. Migraine pain seems to come from an intensely personal, deep down, place within each of us, and as such, the causes, symptoms and treatment options will be equally individual. There are…
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How do you respond to pain-ignorance?
Living with chronic pain is painful… der… but I don’t mean just the pain-pain, I mean all the other stuff that goes with it. One of those “things” is the way that other people respond to your situation; the way they do (or don’t) accommodate our special needs, and the…
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‘Everyday’ trauma and your pain brain
The other day I was waiting to pick up my daughter from a nighttime school event. It was running late, and I was getting a bit huffy and puffy about having to sit around and wait. It wasn’t that I had to be anywhere else, more that I just didn’t…
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I DO want to be a content creator!
Many (many) weeks ago, I wrote a post titled “Migraine’s Secret Sauce” and concluded by complaining about how many people on social media were calling themselves “content creators”. As I saw it, the world was already full of content, AI could make content, no one had time to read so…
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15 minute “workout” (for pain days)
One of the messages that my internet seems to be filled with these days, is various forms of “use AI to do your work for you”. I’ve written before (here) about how I’m a bit hesitant to imagine a world where AI writes all my blogposts for me. Whilst I…
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