Failure-Proof Your Goals for 2020
Sometimes, little things can create big changes. My new column for HealthCentral shares tips on how to change your life: “Last year, an article I wrote for HealthCentral inspired me to create a new way to improve my life and achieve my goals (despite the overwhelming mountain of stuff that comes with living with rheumatoid…
Try #3Things for Lasting Change with Chronic Illness + Free Tool
Failing on your New Year’s resolutions within a few weeks is normal for anyone, but when you have a chronic illness, life is already overwhelming enough. Why add another thing that makes you feel bad? One year ago, I decided to not make a resolution. Instead, I created a way to gradually create change was…
12 Ways to Get on Top of Your RA
New year, new you? That can be difficult to accomplish when you live with RA and all the demands and unpredictability that entails. My new article for HealthCentral suggests an attainable way of embracing a new you: one month at a time: “Living with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and all that comes with it can be…
Changing the National Building Code for an Inclusive Canada
I have never visited my sister’s home. I have never been to my partner’s home. If my friends are having a party, I can’t go. My partner and I can’t live together. Housing in Canada is usually not accessible to people who use wheelchairs. It contributes to isolation — you might even call it segregation…