Spring Clean: Spruce up your view!
Today I am going to present you with a spring cleaning idea that you may not have thought of……. sprucing up your view!
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What The Disabled Diva is Looking at, Playing, Joining, Invigorated by, and Ditching This Month. Living with Fibromyalgia and Psoriatic Arthritis
In this month’s linkup I share what I am looking at, playing, joining, invigorated by, and ditching to make living with my chronic illnesses easier, less painful, and more fun!
5 Self-Care Activities to Help You Regain the Self-Love That You Did Not Realize Your Chronic Illness had Stolen
Fall back in love with yourself! Regain the self-love that your chronic illness stole with these five self-care activities and journal prompts!
Purging and revamping my chronic life! Out with the old and in with the new! Life with Fibromyalgia and Psoriatic Arthritis
My chronic life was in need of a good purge and revamping! Discover the changes that will make it easier, less painful, and more fun!
4 Ways to Protect Your Emotional Health on Social Media
Is social media feeding your depression. anxiety, and/or anger? Here are four ways to protect your mental health while remaining connected.
Therapy is Important: Nine Things I Wished I had Been Told When Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Psoriatic Arthritis Part 2
Our prescribed treatments aren’t going to help if we are struggling with our mental health. Reasons why therapy is important after receiving a chronic illness diagnosis.
November Challenge! There’s a Whole Lot of Thanking Going On!!
Part of my self-care practice includes recognizing what I have to be thankful for. Join me this November by giving thanks all month long!
I may visit Fantasyland, but I no longer live in it.
Vacations typically provide us with an escape from our normal lives. And even if just for a few days, we are able to forget about our worries and escape from the life that is wearing us down. However, if we are not careful, our escape to Fantasyland could make returning to reality more painful than before. What the heck am I talking about? Read on…….
Are they talking to me? Learning to accept a compliment
Everyone likes hearing that they did a good job or that their work made someone else’s life better, right? Sure, but when you have been continuously doubted, made fun of, or shamed because of your chronic illness, accepting a compliment isn’t so easy.
Weekend Recap: June 24-28, 2019
Topics covered this week: PTSD and cannabis, tips to help you sleep, why we need to stop comparing our chronic illness journey to others, and the assumptions people make!
July Fitness Buddy Challenge: Stay on Target!
Stay on target! Have you joined The Disabled Diva’s Fitness Buddy group on Facebook? If not, it is time you joined the fun! Current members, scroll below to read this month’s challenge rules. This group […]
Weekend Recap: June 17-21, 2019
Topics covered this week: Why pain didn’t stop me from having fun, heat and sleep, plus a review of a product that makes making ice easier for those with fibromyalgia and arthritis
Weekend Recap: June 10-14, 2019
The Disabled Diva Blog Weekend Recap: June 10-14, 2019 This week…….. We discussed heatwave and extreme temperature flares!! Click here to find out how my body reacts to the heat, what I do to combat […]
Weekend Recap: June 3-7, 2019
The Disabled Diva Blog Weekend Recap: June 3-7, 2019 This week…….. I shared a common struggle among those who live with a chronic illness/pain know too well, following the schedule we need and want to […]
June Fitness Buddy Challenge: For the Love of You!
This month’s challenge is titled The Love Of You! Everything we do this month is to do something that shows love for you and your body.
You See Her and Think……
You see this young girl lying on a park bench, what is your first thought?
Don’t tell me what you think I want to hear or what you know would be most acceptable to be said, but tell me what your true first thought was………
May Fitness Buddy Challenge: May The Force Be With Us!
This group is for anyone who needs a little accountability and encouragement to help them stick to their fitness goals. You could have fibromyalgia, an autoimmune disease, arthritis, diabetes, MS, or any other chronic illness. In fact, you don’t even need to be ill. I needed motivation and encouragement before I was chronically ill just as much as I do now!
Why I Fear Doctors, Hospitals, and Test Results
I know my body well. In fact, I know better than any test or doctor. Not to sound conceited, but not one test or scan has ever shown the destruction that has been taking place in my abdomen since 2003. NOT ONE!! However, my theories have been validated in surgery and each surgery was proved necessary.
How to Plan the Best Summer Vacation Despite Your Chronic Illness
Does the thought of taking a summer vacation get you excited or does it send chills down your spine? I loved traveling before I became chronically ill. In addition to yearly Disneyland vacations, I loved exploring new areas in other states or within the ones that I lived in. Weekend road trips without a destination were my favorites.
Soon after chronic pain became a part of my daily life I began to loathe traveling.
FINDING SATISFACTION IN WHAT CAN BE DONE
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