How I gave birth to poetry from pain and anxiety I was diagnosed with Fibromyalgia in 2014, after nearly 3 years of suffering. I had accepted a lifetime of pain. Or so I thought, until that fateful day. On a misty day in April, in a lovely mountain resort in…

Each night, when I went to bed, I had a strange sense of calm — Are you tired, anxious, and worried about the future, thanks to the current pandemic? Or are you just tired, anxious and worried in general because you, like me, suffer from a chronic illness or anxiety disorder? …

The Twitter Hashtag for people with chronic illnesses, pain or disabilities How the #NEISVoid changed my life I joined Twitter in January 2010 and this was my first tweet: “Another social networking site. Where does this end?” …

The things you can see only when you slow down — Haemin Sunim — Six months after my brush with death, I was still grappling with the consequences of that near fatal day. I was frustrated that the doctors could still not diagnose what was wrong with me (19 months now and we still don’t have a clear answer). …

And how it will lead to long-term motivation. — WHAT IS BURNOUT? Burnout — This is a term you may have heard thrown around in the news a lot, especially about essential workers. If these repeated lockdown cycles continue and you are forced to work from home a lot again, you may even start experiencing it. …

101 and FAQ on exercising with fibromyalgia — When I was first diagnosed with fibromyalgia, after complaining of widespread pain for over three years, one of the first things my doctor told me was to exercise more and that it was one of the best things that would help me. I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. …

Simple things that can change your life — Take a walk in nature There is something that happens to our body and mind when we take a walk in nature. The fresh air that we breathe, the beauty that we see, the rustling that we hear, the wind, sunshine or cold that we feel — they all wake…

A panic attack in verses

Try it to believe it — here is your starter gratitude journal! — Gratitude — What Holocaust survivors can teach us One of the common themes in any story written about or by survivors of the Nazi concentration camps is gratitude. Almost all of them express their gratitude to something or someone — from their faith that kept them going to the kindness of strangers that kept them alive. They even…