Perspective Archives - Going beyond coping

Adapting / Chronic Pain / Fibromyalgia / Live and Learn / Narcolepsy / Sjogrens / what happens

December 23, 2020

Wardrobe & Lifestyle changes to help cope with chronic illness

Wardrobe changes that help me cope with chronic illness and pain. Here is the YouTube video and below is the “script” which is essentially just my notes for the video. I don’t have the...

Adapting / Happiness / Introspection / Mindfulness / what happens

December 18, 2020

Clear your mind without meditating. How to and Why to.

Hello! Here is the video of this post and below is a script I wrote for video is below if you’d rather read. The content will not be identical as I “wing” the videos....

Adapting / Fibromyalgia / Happiness / Introspection / Live and Learn / Narcolepsy / Sjogrens

October 20, 2019

What happens if I don’t need people to like me?

Watch video above or read text below. What happens if I don’t “need” people to like me? This was the question I asked myself many years ago now, as I tried to rebuild my...

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July 7, 2019

How to be more positive. Happy matters.

Fight or flight? We spend a lot of time there. From the time I awaken, usually with a gasp, I’ve got my sympathetic nervous system working overtime to help me drag this faulty meat...

Anger is only one letter short of danger

Adapting / Happiness / Introspection / Live and Learn / Narcolepsy

January 20, 2019

5 Rules for Arguing with Narcolepsy

5 Rules for arguing with narcolepsy As you know, I’m not a doctor – or a mental health professional – I call myself a coping advocate because that’s what I believe in the most,...

It could be worse and The devil that you know…

Adapting / Diet / Fibromyalgia / Food

December 2, 2018

It could be worse & The devil that you know…

It could be worse and The devil that you know… Some people get offended or upset when they’re expressing their health issues to them and they say something like, “It could be worse!” and,...

Adapting / Fibromyalgia / Introspection / Live and Learn / Narcolepsy / Sjogrens

April 28, 2018

Killing the Monkey in Your Mind aka Clearing Your Thoughts

Monkey Mind is when your thoughts are so consuming, it feels like the thought Monkeys are running the show. A lot of people with chronic illness have a hard time meditating and therefore can...

Fibromyalgia / Happiness / Live and Learn / Musing / Narcolepsy / Sjogrens

March 10, 2018

Coping through Introspection: A Journey into You, Video series

This Monday, March 12, I’ll be releasing the first video of my series, Coping through Introspection: A Journey into You This is now live 🙂 After 37 years with narcolepsy, two movement disorders, two...

Adapting / Narcolepsy

February 28, 2018

Giving up my fear of death – Going beyond coping with narcolepsy

From witches coming out of the closet, to people coming into your house and brushing their teeth, to elephants traipsing through the bedroom, to feeling like you’re battling for your very soul… having narcolepsy...

Adapting / Diet / Fibromyalgia / Food / Live and Learn / Narcolepsy / Sjogrens

July 4, 2017

11 tips for staying on an elimination type diet

Making it through the first 30 days of an elimination type diet is hard enough, what about after? You’re feeling better, how do you stay motivated? After a recent ‘fall from grace,’ I decided...

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