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The Effects of Visual Art and Dance on Healing

The Effects of Visual Art and Dance on Healing

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,...
Music Heals, Bro (Top Ten Best Songs of All Time)

Music Heals, Bro (Top Ten Best Songs of All Time)

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...
The Healing Capacity of Creativity

The Healing Capacity of Creativity

by Callie | Aug 6, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, discouragement, encouragement, Grief, Healing, health anxiety, hope, writing

You’re standing there, shifting the weight from one hip to the other: hand in your pockets; hands crossed; hands back in your pockets.  Who’s that idiot trying to jump on the stage?  The lights go down.  The band comes out.  Your hands come together, with the hundreds...
Finding Your True Self Beyond Chronic Illness

Finding Your True Self Beyond Chronic Illness

by Callie | Jul 30, 2018 | beautiful, chronic disease, chronic illness, creative, creativity, encouragement, Healing, hope, writing

The End of a Chapter I recently completed the last page of a journal I’ve had since my illness began in 2015.  I realize this is a long time to be writing in the same journal, but I tend to write more on my Mac these days, and use my journal as more of a  “quote...
My Interstitial Cystitis Story

My Interstitial Cystitis Story

by Callie | Jul 24, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, diagnosis, discouragement, encouragement, Grief, Healing, health anxiety, hope, Interstitial Cystitis, writing

It’s About Time I’ve done a few guest posts lately, where I explain my story through an interview with the authors, and it just dawned on me I have never told you the full story here, on my own blog.  Whoops! (btw – there is a great River and Quill...
How to Survive a Chronic Illness Flare

How to Survive a Chronic Illness Flare

by Callie | Jul 17, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, discouragement, encouragement, Grief, Healing, health anxiety, hope

It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up -Babe Ruth A New Journey Hi friends.  I have embarked on a new journey which I would love to share with all of you, and it has to do with a dog, a valley, a car, and how I am surviving a chronic illness flare.   If you...
How to Heal Chronic Illness Immediately: Stop Trying

How to Heal Chronic Illness Immediately: Stop Trying

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...
Finding Your Oasis – Part 4

Finding Your Oasis – Part 4

by Callie | Jul 3, 2018 | chronic disease, chronic illness, creativity, encouragement, Grief, Healing, hope

Heal.  To Heal is “(of a person or treatment) cause (a wound, injury, or person) to become sound or healthy again.”1 Healthy.  the state of being free from illness or injury. I was healthy.  Then I wasn’t.  Then all I wanted was to heal.  Then healing didn’t happen. ...
Finding Your Oasis – Part 3

Finding Your Oasis – Part 3

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...
Finding Your Oasis – Part 2

Finding Your Oasis – Part 2

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...
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