by Callie | Jan 23, 2019 | chronic disease, chronic illness, encouragement, Healing, writing
I am asked, quite frequently, how I keep up with being a mom, writing a blog, and working part time as a school psychologist. The simple answer is: I don’t. I fail at every responsibility/job/relationship, all of the time. Daily, probably. We hold ourselves to a level...
by Callie | Jan 18, 2019 | chronic disease, chronic illness, diagnosis, Healing
Traditional vs. Functional Medicine I recently saw my integrative medical doctor, also called a functional doctor, and many of you reached out asking to know more about the experience, thus an entire blog post on integrative medicine. You are likely used to a...
by Callie | Nov 27, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, diagnosis, encouragement, Grief, Healing, health anxiety, Interstitial Cystitis, suicidal thoughts
I recently asked all of you what you wanted to hear more about over here on River and Quill and you told me anxiety and depression, so here we go! Let’s discuss the joy killing, life stealing duo, shall we? Before we begin, though, I have read some comments...
by Callie | Aug 28, 2018 | chronic illness, creativity, Healing, writing
Writing Heals – This is no Surprise Did you know writing can be therapeutic? If you’re a writer, you know this. However, there is some compelling research which explains how expressive writing can help you heal. This is a personal one for me. Sometimes...
by Callie | Aug 21, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, encouragement, Healing, hope
We’re Still People Last week we discussed music and I had a short lived love affair with a top ten list. If I can be completely transparent with all of you: sometimes I need to write articles like last week’s to remind myself I am still a normal human being,...
by Callie | Aug 14, 2018 | chronic disease, Healing, music
I Have done The Impossible I have never attempted a feat so difficult as putting together the post you are reading right now. If you haven’t read last week’s post, on The Healing Power of Creativity, please go back and give it a go. To compile a top ten list is not...
