Living

The Swiss-American psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross popularized the common understanding that humans process grief and loss in stages in her 1969 book On Death and Dying. Kübler-Ross revised her vision throughout her...

I had the most transformative and bizarre and horrible month of March. When Shakespeare's soothsayer warns Julius Caesar, "Beware the Ides of March," the phrase was born and tumbled through...

As the pandemic shows signs of finally drawing to a close, people are talking about what life will be like when things go back to “normal” — how strange it...

Let me just tell you something...It’s hard to be this awesome all the time! I wake up awesome, I go to work awesome, I eat my meals, and go to...

As a duo of a Life Coach (Julie) and a Health Coach (Lana), we have decided to write a series of articles together. We want to share our stories with...

After 16 years of living with a dynamic disability, I am only just scraping the surface of learning what it means to me. Coping with pain is difficult for anyone...

After the singer Jessie J was recently diagnosed with Ménière’s disease, which is marked by vertigo, dizziness, hearing loss, involuntary eye movement, and motion sickness, I saw plenty of people...

Learn the basics in Strengthening Your Core: Part 1 here! In part one, I focused on what makes up the core, and gentle ways to begin to engage these muscles...

I have developed a new coping strategy over the past few months. I am going to earn my pain. At first glance, it may not sound like the most sensible...

My family and I purchased a home this winter, and while a part of me was extremely excited and anxious to make this happen smoothly, I knew with where I...

Throughout the past year, I have noticed that even in the deepest slumber, my ankylosing spondylitis pain can control me. Often, the pain might wake me. This is annoying, but...

I am reading an excellent biography of Ulysses S. Grant by Ron Chenow, and I am enjoying it. I have completed about 400 of the 1,200 or so pages, and...

A cold front has arrived and my joints are rigid and slow to respond. Not just the joints in my back and hips, but peripheral joints as well. I bundle...

When I tell people that I have an autoimmune condition, they always ask, "Oh, what is it?" I know they're not going to know what it is, let alone what...

Spondyloarthritis month began this month, and although I live with it all year long, it’s kind of nice to have a whole month dedicated to our illness, isn’t it? All...

The giveaway is now closed! Thanks for checking in and be sure to look out for more giveaways in the future! This year, we're super excited to team up with...

I recently experienced the worst flare I’ve had in 3 years. It was extremely emotional, difficult, and painful. I had my 17th Humira injection 2 weeks prior to this flare...

Sleep is fundamental to help regulate the immune system and live a vibrant and energetic life. We need sleep for restoration, repair, reinforcement of immune function, energy conservation, and more...

Since the beginning of the pandemic it seems like increased stress levels have become the new normal. Stress can be a risk factor for many different conditions in general, but...

I will be the first to admit that when the Covid vaccine first became available, I was weary of it. As a matter of fact, I was adamant that I...