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EFT tapping for migraines
About a month ago I attended an online seminar about mindfulness and was introduced to the idea of “EFT”. Not knowing what it was about, the host then asked us to follow a sequence where we began ‘tapping’ ourselves. She would suggest something positive we should say (for example “even…
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“Migraine and me” & a Zoom meeting invite
Anyone who’s visited my blog for more than a few weeks knows that I absolutely LOVE doing mid-monthly shout-outs for other blogs that I’ve read and enjoyed. I’ll do that again on the 17th of July (my blog-anniversary), but today’s blog post is a bit different; it’s a shout-out to…
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My sister’s pain
A few weeks ago, I posted about being interviewed for a new podcast called Chronically Empowered. About the same time, I did what I guess most people would do: humble-brag. I sent the link to my parents and two younger sisters, saying something like “I’ve started this blog where I’m…
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It’s time to take out the trash (talk)
Most of my internet-time is spent in blog-land; writing my blogposts and visiting as many other people’s blogs as I can to keep myself and other writers motivated. I also spend a little bit of time on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter-X and LinkedIn to post links back to my blog. Sometimes…
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Winning, even when dreams don’t come true
A while ago I wrote about the Boston Marathon and Mount Everest being common (im)possible dreams. I noted in that post that my neurologist had done the Boston Marathon (I think), and that my friend and I ‘mostly’ made it up the Nepalese mountain to reach Annapurna base camp, when…
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The rising tide of patient advocacy
Today is the 4th of July, which in the United States of America is called Independence Day. I don’t know enough about the history to talk about it here, but I did spend a bit of time brainstorming the notion of ‘independence’. I was always bought up to be an…
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Can nightmares trigger migraines?
I’ve been doing pretty well with managing my migraines during the day. I stay hydrated and mind my mindset. I’m quite proud of how far I’ve come. Nighttime, however, is a different story. For some reason, up to two or three times a week, I wake up in the middle…
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Menopause and migraines
Heads up team: today’s post is a summary of notes from the wonderful and ever-giving Migraine World Summit, from the presentation by Dr Christine Lay, a professor of Neurology in Toronto. It refers to menstruation – frequently – so feel free to give it a miss if it’s not for…
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Being provocatively polarizing… or not.
As well as blogging about my healing journey to reduce my migraine-days and increase joy in my life, I am also (hopefully) in my final year of completing a PhD, I’m the primary contact for my daughters’ school communication, AND I sometimes help my husband with things to do with…
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