The cankles have arrived! It’s lovely to watch your ankle expand during the day to eventually swallow any definition you previously had between your calves and feet. The one lesson this has taught me is that strappy sandals are not a good choice at this point in my care. We…
Aimee Ward is one of our Chronic Resilience contest honorees. She has written a touching essay about the power of those that are closest to us to see past our flaws and know exactly what we need. Take it away Aimee… If I had to pick a person who inspires…
Danica Moore is the winner of our Chronic Resilience Essay Contest! She has written a beautiful essay about the ability of a child to celebrate all of the wonderfulness that we are. Take it away Danica… Pigtails By: Danica Moore Everyday I wake up and fight a battle that I…
THANK YOU to everyone that submitted an essay for our Chronic Resilience Essay Contest! You have some amazing, supportive, inspiring people in your lives and we were absolutely touch by your tributes to them! Contest submissions ended July 26th and we have selected our 3 winners!! 1st Place Grand Prize…
This is the day to turn in your Chronic Resilience essay for our contest!! Submissions should be e-mailed to contest@chronicresilience.com. For contest prizes and rules, visit: https://chronicresilience.com/essay-contest/ I’m kicking things off by answering the contest topic myself today… Who am I chronically resilient for? One cold January evening in 1999…
Time to get writing! Tomorrow, Friday, July 26th is the last day to submit an essay for the Chronic Resilience essay contest. The topic is: Who are you chronically resilient for? Top prize is $250 and two additional essays will be honored with spa gift baskets full of self-pampering goodies.…
Back in June of 2012 I was one month away from the manuscript due date. I asked Phillip to read the first chapter of Chronic Resilience. As most writers do, I was struggling to know if things sounded cohesive and intriguing. He agreed and spent a few hours poring over…
The bed is sacred…especially with an illness. Sleep is some of the most powerful medicine we’ve got. Your bed should be relaxing, inviting, soft, firm and cozy. Just plain somewhere you want to hang out in. I recently overhauled ours. Seven years ago we were sleeping on a pillow top…
Last Thursday, I had the honor of attending the Healthy Aging Summit sponsored by Zimmer and hosted by WEGO Health as part of the Digital Pharma Conference in San Francisco. There were approximately 30 attendees for this afternoon of networking, idea swapping and presentations. I left Sacramento at 10:30am to…
I have been planning for a while to post some chronic resilience videos that talk about all sorts of things. I’ve setup the camera and filmed in my living room, on my deck and in the office. I’ve fiddled with the lighting and stopped and started more times that I…