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Reader Tips for Coping with Chronic Pain

Living with chronic pain means developing lots of little tricks and practices that help bring into every day a sense of calm, well-being, and, hopefully, release from pain. With suggestions ranging from attitude adjustments to food choices to holistic healing techniques, Beliefnet's readers have shared these eight tips for living a full life even when pain rears its head.

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10 Spiritual Tools for Coping with Chronic Pain

Chronic pain can make us feel isolated and helpless, especially if its cause is an illness or physical condition for which there's no cure or effective medical treatment.

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Fibromyalgia is a chronic syndrome characterized by diffuse or specific muscle, joint or bone pain, fatigue, and a wide range of other symptoms. It is not contagious, and recent studies suggest that people with fibromyalgia may be genetically predisposed.

Related Topics: Chronic Pain, Chronic Illness Support, Pain Management, fibromyalgia, chronic syndrome, Pain, bone pain, Symptoms, wide range, Fatigue, syndrome, chronic, bone

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The Language of Healing

How to use intuition to help relieve pain.

Related Topics: Health, Pain, Intuition, acute pain, irritable bowel, patients whove, Body, relentless chronic discomfort, Help, honoring intuition, bodys intuition

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Meeting Pain With Mercy

What would it feel like to open our hearts to our pain? A grief counselor explains healing from long-standing grief.

Related Topics: Health, Pain, physical pain, Loving Kindness, Fear, Sentient Beings, grief counselor, Physical, heart whispers, Heart, mothers womb

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Phyllis Curott: Forgiving Yourself First

Anger at someone who has hurt you may be a misdirection of anger you actually feel toward yourself. Author and Wiccan priestess Phyllis Curott discusses forgiving yourself for being in a relationship or situation that produced pain.

Related Topics: Preachers & Teachers, Phyllis Curott, Pagan, Forgiveness Video, Holistic Spirituality, Broken Heart, Pain, produced pain, Relationship, situation, Forgiving

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Overcome Your Emotional Roadblocks

We all have something standing in the way of coping with our emotional pain. Here are seven ways to break through.

Related Topics: Health, Emotional Health, Pain, emotional pain, healthy ways, Emotional, spiritual awakening, follow up questions, internal, experience emotional pain, Physical, facing emotional pain

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Ten Simple Ways to Make Your Home Prayer-Friendly

Home is where the heart is. It is also where many of us pray.

Related Topics: Faith Tools, Sacred Space, House And Garden, Decorating, Peace, inspiring holy verse, Meditation, Maureen Pratt, family members, prayer corner, Prayer, Time Outs, tennis shoes, Author

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Elizabeth Gilbert: Her Spiritual Journey

No one's journey is free of obstacles! Liz Gilbert, author of the best-selling "Eat, Pray, Love," reflects on the self-doubt and emotional pain she encountered--and overcame--throughout her journey.

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