by Callie | Apr 2, 2019 | chronic disease, chronic illness, Grief, Healing, health anxiety, suicidal thoughts, suicide
https://media.blubrry.com/chronicallywell/p/content.blubrry.com/chronicallywell/LivingMentallyWell_WhitneyGoodman.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Google Podcasts | RSS In this episode, I interview Whitney Goodman, LMFT, owner of Collaborative...
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 | May 29, 2018 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, Healing, hope, suicidal thoughts, writing
I woke up this morning at 9:00. The last time this happened my body had yet been unscathed by children. It was weird and wonderful (sleeping in, but yeah, also having children: so wonderful, so weird). I forgot about that feeling you get when you have acquired more...
by Callie | Nov 27, 2017 | chronic disease, chronic illness, Grief, hope, suicidal thoughts, suicide
Explanation of Absence Friends. I got a puppy. I have been preoccupied with said puppy as he beguiles me with his adorable cuteness and frustrates me with his frequent poop and pee sprinkles all over the floors of my house. (I am sharing a handful of puppy photos...
by Callie | Jul 7, 2017 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, CSF Leak, diagnosis, discouragement, encouragement, hope, suicidal thoughts, suicide
As I was scrolling through Facebook yesterday, I was caught by a post someone had left on my husband’s cousin’s page. It was the most beautifully crafted support of a friend. In it, the author, Farzeen, discussed the injury my “cousin-in-law”...
by Callie | Jun 27, 2017 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, diagnosis, discouragement, encouragement, hope, suicidal thoughts, suicide
Do you ever have something inside that wants to be heard, but you can’t quite pinpoint exactly what it is that it wants to say? I have written an entire manuscript on my tumultuous affair with chronic disease and yet writing a single blog post sometimes...
