Category Archives: Strategies

Putting our money where our needs are

So, as the little reader board on my site here has been teasing you about regarding the “first line of your story”, I’m finally able to write a little more about what I mean by that.......

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

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......

MLWT Musings Member Offerings

In the Celebrations edition of the MLWT enewsletter, I introduced a new column “Community Sharing.”  I will be announcing three topics that come into my email inbox on a regular basis and I am a......

Teaching this ‘old’ dog some self-care tricks

With the return of my lupus symptoms during the holiday ‘flare’, I’ve been making a more conscious effort to notice the decisions I make in treating them. Usually, I only take two medications to......

Being more attentive in my own care

I have been exploring mindfulness practices during my three month hiatus from the blog and have discovered some amazing changes in my own health and well-being.  I stepped away from it in the la......

Introducing a new network with a youthful kick

I am always on the lookout for new options for the younger set living with chronic illnesses.  So much of the information out there on the internet is geared towards assuming people living with ......

Today is National Fibromyalgia Awareness Day

I am pleased to introduce author and pain archeologist, Sue Ingebretson, as our guest for today.  You may already know her from her website Rebuilding Wellness and/or from her book, FibroWHYalg......

May and Lupus back in the spotlight

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......

♫ One of these things is not like the other…one of these things just doesn’t belong… ♫

Aviva, who authors the blog Sick Momma,  is hosting PFAM (Patients For A Moment) Blog Carnival this coming Wednesday, November 10th.  Her theme was to have people contribute their experiences, c......

No matter where I go, there you are~

I have been followed around by lupus for over a decade now, but there are still times when I actually expect to be able to fly solo.  In comparison to many people living with this disease, I am ......

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