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Job Opening~ Full-Time health manager with strong experience…wait, that’s me!

2012/02/02 Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes, Chronic Illness, Education and Skill Building, Personal Stories, Resources, Self-Care, Strategies No comments

Generally, I avoid using marketing materials to describe what I “do.” It feels to me like using brochures or shoving business cards down people’s throats somehow adds a ‘snake oil’ component th......

Quick note about this Saturday’s Beaverton-area Fibro/CFS Support Group Meeting

2011/08/18 Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes, Chronic Illness, Community, Coping, Education and Skill Building, Fibromyalgia, Guest Blogger, Humor, Local Resources, Lupus, Oregon, Pain management, Scleroderma, Social Support, Washington No comments

Positive Lifestyle Coach, MLWT Guest and overall great gal, Andréa Crisp, will be presenting on Laughter Yoga. It will be a great opportunity to learn a little more about this wonderful breathi......

Whatcha’ doing today at 5pm, Oregon and SW Washington?

2011/07/14 Chronic Illness, Education and Skill Building, Local Resources, Lupus, Nutrition and Gardening, Oregon, Resources, Self-Care, Washington No comments

A quick note about our LFA Pacific NW Chapter’s webinar today~ “Living With Lupus” featuring Philip Moberg, MD out of Seattle. He will be offering an overview of the disease and its many form......

May 7th~ World Ankylosing Spondylitis Awareness Day

2011/05/07 Advocacy, Ankylosing Spondylitis, Arthritis Information, Coping, Education and Skill Building, Events, Internet, Oregon, Pain management, Personal Stories, Resources, Social Support, Vancouver, Washington No comments

I have had the pleasure of meeting and collaborating with some amazing people, including the crew at the Spondylitis Association of America. Although there isn’t an official chapter of the Spon......

May and Lupus back in the spotlight

2011/05/01 Advocacy, Announcements, Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes, Chronic Illness, Communication, Education and Skill Building, Events, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, MLWT, Oregon, Resources, Social Support, Treatment Approaches and Perspectives, Washington No comments

Here we are again~ National Lupus Awareness Month. International Lupus Awareness Day is May 10th. In Oregon, SB348 (Senate Bill 348 designates May of each year as Lupus Awareness Month and ma......

Integrative Care and Autoimmune Disease~ A Community presentation

2010/11/03 Chronic Illness, Community, Education and Skill Building, Local Resources, Oregon, Portland Metro, Scleroderma, Treatment Approaches and Perspectives No comments

Here’s a note from the Oregon Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation regarding their upcoming Portland-area support group meeting on November 13th: “Guest speaker at the next Scleroderma Support ......

Playing the matching game

2010/05/18 Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes, Chronic Illness, Community, Coping, Education and Skill Building, Local Resources, MLWT, Oregon, Portland Metro, Research, Self-Care, Social Support, Strategies, Support Groups, Treatment Approaches and Perspectives, Washington 2 comments

My good friend, and fellow blogging buddy, Leslie, who authors Getting Closer To Myself recently posted about a topic that is at the core of my work here in our Pacific Northwest lupus and chr......