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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......

Pac-Man and our health

2012/01/21 Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes, Diagnosis, Health, Internet, Lupus, Research No comments
Okay, I am beyond excited about this collaboration between technology and molecular biology~ and wanted to share a link with you today from NPR. First, this is a great flu-season topic to cover,......

MLWT Musings Member Offerings

2012/01/19 Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes, Books, Chronic Illness, Communication, Community, Coping, Fibromyalgia, Lupus, Networking, Resources, Social Support, Stress Mgmt No comments
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

2012/01/14 Behaviors and Patterns, Chronic Illness, Coping, Lupus, Resources, Self-Care, Strategies, Treatment Approaches and Perspectives No comments
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......

2012: The Year of ‘There and back again’

2012/01/02 Chronic Illness, Coping, Lupus, Personal Stories, Self-Care, Treatment Approaches and Perspectives No comments
I always look forward to the New Year, full of potential and new experiences.  I no longer make resolutions, only because they come with them old pressures and negative mental tapes of past fail......

How do I see my Illness?

2011/12/21 Ankylosing Spondylitis, Arthritis Information, Autoimmune Diseases & Syndromes, Chronic Illness, Creativity, Fibromyalgia, Health, Holidays & Socials, Internet, Lupus, MLWT, Oregon, Pain management, Personal Stories, Scleroderma, Self-Care, Social Support, Stress Mgmt, Vancouver No comments
I missed the deadline for the PFAM this month, but Leslie has graciously allowed us to submit late and here is mine. I offer both in-person and online Discovery Sessions that focus on wellness –......

Newest MLWT Guest Writer, Eric Suarez, CPT offers support for our fibro community

2011/10/25 Chronic Illness, Fibromyalgia, Guest Blogger, Lifestyle, MLWT, Oregon, Pain management, Resources, Self-Care, Sports & Fitness, Washington No comments
I would like to introduce a new MLWT Guest writer, Eric Suarez, who is a fitness trainer and author of a new book focusing on living healthy with fibromyalgia.  As I have been working on buildin......

And the band played on…with you being your own best conductor

2011/10/07 Behaviors and Patterns, Chronic Illness, Lupus, Oregon, Self-Care, Stress Mgmt, Washington One comment
As you already know, I co-lead Oregon Living Well With Chronic Conditions workshops here in the Portland area (although, they are statewide both in Oregon and Washington under the same name – fo......

New Directions for MLWT

2011/09/20 Chronic Illness, MLWT, Oregon, Social Support, Washington No comments
When this MLWT network began, my role was to act as a collector of stories.   Building on the research I conducted on lupus peer-led support groups here in Oregon, I continued to interview,......

Seeking the “Why” in Fibromyalgia

2011/09/15 Books, Chronic Illness, Events, Fibromyalgia, Guest Blogger, MLWT, Oregon, Personal Stories, Social Support, Washington 4 comments
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......

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