Category Archives: Fibromyalgia

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......

Perspective on Me, Myself and I

Here we are in the middle of April and, thankfully here in Oregon, the sun is beginning to give us a little break from the gray and rain.  Boy, will our bones love that, huh?  Even though Spring......

Moving away from stuffing feelings and more towards stocking stuffers

Every now and then, I will come across something that is so simple yet so powerful that it astounds me.  It is easy to get carried away and overwhelmed with the holiday season.  It seems like e......

A Penny For Your Thoughts

On Tuesday night, July 6th, I watched the PBS NewsHour (on OPB Channel 10 ) segment (reported by correspondent Betty Ann Bowser and funded by  Robert Wood Johnson   Foundation ) about the new he......

Becoming a Tree Hugger

  Last month, I went on a hike through Tryon State Park with my new friend, MLWT Guest Blogger and Acupuncturist, Becca Seitz .  Despite my constant and intense headaches weeks prior, I felt th......

A Day of Empowerment

After about three weeks of the most painful headaches I’ve ever had, I’ve been a little overwhelmed with trying to make up all that time off.  I don’t know what brought them on......

Want to learn more about Pilates?

Our Oregon Scleroderma Foundation Chapter will be holding their monthly support group meeting this Saturday, May 8th.  As always, their support groups are open to all (even if you don’t ha......

Searching for daylight

Well, I took a little time off to try and gather my wits here.  My to-do list grew to the point of uncontainable chaos and I know it’s because I let go of structuring my days to allow more “crea......

Focusing on the pieces helps me get to my big picture

It seemed like a good idea at the time. I picked out a beautiful 2000 piece puzzle of Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany for my mom this year for Christmas.  It has been years since I did one and......

Join the MLWT Mailing List