by Callie | Jul 10, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, discouragement, encouragement, Healing, health anxiety, hope
If you are reading this, you have likely spent a solid amount of time trying to figure out how to heal chronic illness, or chronic anxiety or mental health issues. I am about to share something with you today which may be a bit unexpected and contrary to anything...
by Callie | Jun 27, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, discouragement, encouragement, Healing, health anxiety, hope, writing
Would you believe I am stressed about writing on reducing stress? Kind of the opposite of what I’m going for here, but there is something about writing lists which turns me into the procrastinating perfectionist. I want these lists to be EVERYTHING, and I want to...
by Callie | Jun 18, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, encouragement, Healing, health anxiety, hope
I promised in my last post, I would provide you with a long list of strategies to reduce stress, so here we are for Part Dos of the series: Finding Your Oasis. And friends, this is just part of the list. I realized, halfway through writing, this was going to take...
by Callie | Mar 9, 2018 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, discouragement, encouragement, Grief, Healing, health anxiety, hope
I am writing this as a bit of an update. The past few months have been a struggle. As someone with severe health anxiety, when I experience symptoms of any kind, I retreat into my shell, which means, when it comes to writing, well, there isn’t much of it. There is...