Made With RA: Made With Love – Celebrating the Season, RA-Style
In my latest column for HealthCentral, I share holiday hacks that make this magical time accessible to your RA self: “THE HOLIDAY SEASON can be very stressful and not just because we’re packing a lot of extras into an already full life. For some, it’s the extra expense, others dread holiday meals marred by conflict…
Made With RA: Gifts I’m Giving My RA Self for the Holidays
While you’re shopping for others this season, add these ‘just-for-you’ items to your list, too. Your RA will thank you for the tips in this HealthCentral column: “AH, THE HOLIDAYS! It’s a season of overdoing simply everything—eating, socializing, shopping, decorating, cooking, baking, wrapping, and all the rest. Oh, and flaring, too. Due to the relentless holiday…
What the Pandemic Can Teach Us About Having an Easier Holiday Season with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Although recreating festive traditions in exactly the way we used to may feel like a way to reclaim our lives, it can perpetuate old and dysfunctional habits. Instead, try these tips for easier and happier holidays with rheumatoid arthritis in my new article for CreakyJoints Canada: “Ahh, the holidays. I love everything about this season…
How to Have Happier Holidays With RA
The holiday season is wonderful and the holiday season is really hard when you have a chronic illness. This year, give yourself the gift of better mental health and fewer flare days by keeping this season simple. Learn how it my new column for HealthCentral: “Joy to the world, the holidays are almost here! It…
Do These 3 Things to Enjoy the Holidays with Chronic Illness
Updated November 20, 2021 There are just a few days left before the Big Day and it’s crunch time. Crunch and well, panic. When you have a chronic illness and limited energy and ability, it’s even more of a challenge. Everything seems overwhelming, the lists keep growing instead of shrinking, and the specter of…
Using Findaway Voices to Create the Chronic Christmas Audiobook
Updated November 20, 2021 I am an independent author and that means I do it all myself. It can be a real challenge, but new things happen all the time. One of those new things enabled me to create an audiobook version of Chronic Christmas: Surviving the Holidays with a Chronic Illness! I know there…
Chronic Christmas Audiobook Available Now (It’s a Dream Come True)
There are no words for how excited I am to announce that the audiobook version of Chronic Christmas: Surviving the Holidays with a Chronic Illness is available now! Of course, I will attempt to use words to describe it, but if you just want the audiobook right now!, click this button: Still with me? Awesome!…
5 Tips for Coping When Your Illness Takes Over
If there’s one thing I’ve learned over my five decades with autoimmune arthritis, it’s that it ebbs and flows. There are times when everything’s as great as it can be, others when you enter the abyss, and everything in between. Having a chronic illness is much like being on a roller coaster, except slower and…
My Favourite Books That Helped Me Live Better with Chronic Illness
This post may contain affiliate links. I have read voraciously for pleasure since I was a child. Somewhere along the way, I discovered that books can also educate, support, and help you figure out how to live in this world. This can be extra helpful when you live with a chronic illness and are flailing…
#ChronicChristmas Gift Guide Day 11: A Colourful Life
Image description: Colourful it pencils are arranged to create a heart surrounded by the business end of the pencils.. Image has the number 11 is a heart placed in the middle and the hashtag #ChronicChristmas This is my daily Advent calendar of gift ideas for people with chronic illness, running from December 1-25. Some entries…
4 Stress Busters for Writers with a Chronic Illness
Updated September 28, 2021 There are distinct benefits to working for yourself and even more benefits to having an office in your home. The commute is ideal, the dress code very relaxed, and you can set your own hours. This is fantastic when you have a chronic illness. There are also drawbacks — you’re the boss…