[New Podcast] "It was really fun chatting with @livewithmecfs on this #podcast episode, even though we were both having Plan B days (read the transcript or listen to the podcast to find out more about those!)": https://t.co/OYVPkTQz4J
#SickLessons#ChronicallyIll#ChronicLife
"After years of pondering life, love, #baking..Grant has found a common thread among the dearly departed: #food as a #LoveLanguage. “The bottom line is, they all really loved food..& they use #cooking to connect with their loved ones”": https://t.co/aTHy8Nkr1g via @Eater#recipes
"it’s easy to sit and look back at the past and wish that things were different, but it doesn’t work..you can’t change the past. You can’t change how things are. So you have to try to just enjoy what you can": https://t.co/PKJxOrdiQw @DespitePainBlog#MondayBlogs#mindfulness
"people that have got problems, I think you can look at a situation and you don’t judge it in the same way as some people judge things. Maybe there’s a reason why somebody is feeling kind of down or grumpy or whatever": https://t.co/PKJxOrdiQw @DespitePainBlog#empathy#BeKind
"even people that are in pain, after they, say if their condition improves, they start to forget abt how much #pain it was..I guess a defense mechanism of sorts, or I think we’d all not #survive, right?": https://t.co/PKJxOrdiQw @DespitePainBlog#ChronicPain#MondayBlogs#spoonie
"it’s something that people can only learn the hard way, because they’ve never experienced what it’s like to be in so much #pain. And pain is not something you think about until you’re in pain": https://t.co/PKJxOrdiQw @DespitePainBlog#MondayBlogs#ChronicPain#LifeLessons
"I’m kind of in awe of [#healthy people] because they can push themselves day and night, all year and weekends, I don’t know, like, I don’t know how they do it without [being in #pain]): https://t.co/PKJxOrdiQw @DespitePainBlog#ChronicPain #awareness#podcast
"After I finish one task, I will assess the whole [#todolist] again to see where my #energy is, and kind of rearrange it. Most of the time, I’m just throwing things to the next day..I always overestimate my energy": https://t.co/OYVPkTyYdb #ChronicFatigue#ChronicPain#SelfCare
"I think what they feel is if they accept what they’re dealing with, it is sort of just giving up, and it’s not, it’s not #givingup at all. You know, it’s doing what’s best for themselves": https://t.co/PKJxOrdiQw @DespitePainBlog#acceptance#LifeLessons#ChronicPain#spoonie
“Above all try not to #worry about things that may never happen. Life is too short to go there, & when #chronicallyill, finding ways to be chronically content is a much better way to use your energy": https://t.co/c9S9vAqNvk by @My_medmusings#ChronicIllness#ChronicPain#spoonie
“Goals, projects, interests and pursuits absorb our attention in positive directions..The secret of the pursuit of #happiness is that happiness is in the pursuit": https://t.co/aIi9jf6LV7 by @scotthyoung#LifeLessons#LifeGoals#passion#hobbies
“On the road of life, we come to realize that we rarely have #confidence when we begin anew, but as we move forward and tap into our inner and outer resources, our confidence gradually builds”: https://t.co/7x5YoUkWP1 by @marcandangel#SelfEsteem#Lifelessons#PersonalDevelopment
“living with my condition has taught me the importance of #advocating for myself, establishing #boundaries, and confidently saying no when I am unable or unwilling to fulfill certain demands": https://t.co/DcfNg9I2bb via @creakyjoints@chroniceileen#SickLessons
“But #vorfreude is not about wishing your life away and thinking you will be #happy in an imagined future. “Looking forward to something can trigger #joy in the present moment,” says Karen Neil”: https://t.co/WoFpC2S0NU from @guardian#happiness#wisdom
"The scientific studies about spending time in #nature are just mind-blowing. It affects your immune system, your heart health, it affects everything": https://t.co/OYVPkTyYdb @livewithmecfs#wellbeing #HealthAndWellness#LifeLessons#podcast