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Blog Articles
Turning Your Pain Into Purpose
We all face adversity at some point(s) in our lives. For many of us, the first thing we do is feel awful. That’s...
The Waiting Game: Unsettling booking delays
I am almost 73 years old and live with multiple medical complexities. When you discover measures are available to...
Life after vaccination
By: Ellen Lenox Smith As my husband and I get closer to receiving our second of our two-dose COVID-19 vaccination, we...
Let’s reconsider how we evaluate nontraditional therapies
By: Malcolm Herman The National Institutes of Health is comprised of 27 institutes, all of which deal with specific...
Service dog separations
By: Ellen Lenox Smith We were recently enjoying watching the new show “Transplant” when in one scene, my heart sank...
Support groups and feeling understood
By: Mary Beth Lewis As a person with chronic pain, it’s hard to find other people who understand my life. My daily...
The athlete
By: Sheila Borgman The rollerblades were not to blame. It’s true they played a key role in my injury, but it was...
10 best apps for people with chronic pain
By: Janet Jay There is an incredible range of options available when it comes to phone or tablet apps that can help...
Six emotions that drive chronic pain
By: Cindy Dawson Pain is meant to protect us by alerting us to make necessary adjustments to alleviate or tend to a...
Have you been judged, too? Can we forgive?
By: Ellen Lenox Smith So many coping with an invisible chronic condition not only have to face how to adjust to pain...
The caregiving conundrum: Who is a caregiver?
By: Malcolm Herman One day I’ll write the definitive best-selling book about caregiving (yes, another one!) full of...