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Your Olympic season
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mpratt
If you read the title of this blog post and laughed, you’re not alone. Many people simply do not think of themselves as athletic, let alone Olympic caliber. But if you’ve lived awhile with the challenges of chronic illness and pain, you know well that it takes more than meds and a doctor’s appointment to…
Chronic Illness and Pain: Holiday Budget Blues
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mpratt
A harsh reality of life with chronic illness and pain is that it is expensive both in terms of what it costs medically (doc visits, medications, etc.) and productively (perhaps you cannot work as much anymore, or at all and your income has diminished considerably). Especially at year’s end, expenses can add up sharply –…
Tips for the Caroling Coward
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mpratt
Are you the one who hangs back in the crowd, hoping that no one can hear you croak as others carol? Do you pretend to not be able to find the right page in the hymnal as others are singing all around you in church? Have you ever feigned laryngitis so that you didn’t have…
The greater the cheer, the greater the pain?
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mpratt
If you have felt great loss this year, or if your health challenges are weighing heavily upon your spirit and life, the “cheer” that accompanies this season can be particularly difficult to be around. In fact, the great the cheer around you, the greater might be the pain that you feel. Much like rubbing salt…
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