Category Archives: Books

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......

Seeking the “Why” in Fibromyalgia

In the past 15 years of my chronic illness expedition, I have met some amazing individuals living with Fibromyalgia, a chronic health challenge that causes persistent and inconsistent pain throu......

Embracing living on the edge~ both in health and humor

“You grow up the day you have your first real laugh at yourself.” – Ethel Barrymore   In April, the MLWT book discussion group on Shelfari.com hosted Carla Ulbrich’s  book  How Can You NOT Laugh......

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......

April Book for MLWT Discussion Group

Just a quick note~  Today begins our April MLWT book group discussion on Shelfari.com   and we are featuring Carla Ulbrich’s  How Can You NOT Laugh At A Time Like This? .  In fact, Carla has jo......

Breathing Lessons

Having a book to read is never a problem and I have the bookshelves to prove it.  My biggest dilemma is in deciding which book to read.  I immediately head to the library when I get stuck choosi......

People First!

Today, BloggersUnite is hosting an online event entitled People First: Empowering People With Disabilities . I’ve been having unusually prominent symptoms from my lupus.  I always anticipate a ......

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......

Unexpected Blessings and Reassuring Connections (Part 1)

This month in the MLWT Shelfari.com group , and continuing through March, we are discussing the book Unexpected Blessings: Stories of Hope and Healing (Penguin Group, 2009) written by Roxanne B......

Making Connections (Part Two)

In the last post , I spoke of how many of us constantly seek out information regarding our chronic illness believing that the more we know, the better we will be in managing our illnesses.  Alth......

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