Tag: invisible illness
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I Haven’t ‘Overcome’, And That’s Okay
And why real resilience looks different from the viral quotes you see on Instagram I have overcome. I have left that chapter behind me. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. I’m going to be honest with you: I loathe these phrases. Loathe. Them. Why? Because of the reality that is my life, my health,…
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Learning To Love A Body I Can’t Trust
Why I stopped waging a mental war on my broken body I find myself thinking about the inside of my body a lot. How as a human being you feel you are in control of it, but in many ways you’re not. Those of us with ongoing illness know this all too well. My insides…
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Am I Positive… or Just Really Good at Hiding the Darkness?
How I discovered the real me underneath the noise of chronic anxiety People ask me how I can be so positive all the time. The question takes me by surprise every time. How have they not seen through it by now? How do people not see that in fact I’m a super pessimistic person? Because,…
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The Day I Found My Coat Again Through Illness
How one unexpected moment helped me rediscover my purpose and a way forward amid debilitating illness Real talk: it’s been a year for me personally. Unresolved trauma from my recent past came back in June 2024 to haunt me – this time in the form of vertigo and endless panic attacks about everything except the…
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The Wilderness That’s Life With Chronic Illness
Finding your way in life when your daily life is a fight against hidden dangers My brain sees sabre-toothed tigers everywhere. Hidden behind the trees of the jungle, up in the foliage of the canopy and sneaking up from behind me. My brain believes I still live in the jungle. That I still hunt and…
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Finding Friendship When You Feel Completely Alone
How online communities can help you find connection and belonging Life’s biggest challenges often leave you feeling lonely. You are experiencing deep emotions and no one else can truly understand what you are going through. You can’t plug your emotions in and let someone else in on your inner world or carry them for you…
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Writers With Chronic Illness: Join In!
Free Weekly Support for Writers With Chronic Illness! Do you ever feel alone in your life as a(n aspiring) writer, because your chronic illness causes a lot of extra problems? Do you not even feel like a writer because of them? Or do you believe you can never even be a writer because of your…
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From Stigma to Understanding: Why Representation of Illness in Popular Culture Matters
In diversity there is beauty and there is strength. Maya Angelou I never saw myself reflected on tv or in books. A chubby small town girl who liked to read didn’t get much screen time on tv or page time in books. She still doesn’t. Not to mention one with chronic illness. As more minorities…
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What Is A Book Coach (And Why Would Writers Need One)
Book coaching is a relatively new occupation that is fast-growing, but still a new concept to many writers. So have you been wondering what a book coach is and does, or are you completely new to the term? Then read on! The New Need for a Coach The need for book coaches has grown out…