New Year Goal Setting Strategies for Chronic Illness Warriors
How do you go goal setting without setting yourself up for failure?
How to Practice Self-Love When You’re Always Hurting featuring Nitika Chopra
The holidays can be the happiest season of the year, but it’s important to take care of ourselves during this time of year. When living with chronic illness, the first thing to remember is to always be honest about our conditions. Sometimes we can feel alone suffering in silence, but acknowledging our needs is an […]
How to Be Grateful When You Can’t Find Things to Be Grateful For
Nothing keeps you feeling positive more than being grateful. Gratitude is the secret spice that makes every day feel great. But sometimes, it’s the other way around: When you are sick and feel like everything has gone wrong, how do you find gratitude? The greatest challenge most people have when things go wrong is getting […]
Meet Friend in the Fight, Travis Flores: An Actor with Cystic Fibrosis™
Last night, I had the pleasure of sitting down with Travis Flores for a Facebook Live event to talk about his experience with transplant and living with Cystic Fibrosis. Travis is an actor, inspirational speaker, storyteller, and writer. We had the chance to discuss his journey, how he’s been able to turn sickness into strength, and […]
Maintaining Healthy Relationships Despite Chronic Illness
Growing up in the era of cartoon princesses led a lot of us to believe some misguided things about love. Love wasn’t explained to us as being work, but simply as a feeling. Our ideal partners would show up and lift curses for us, making us whole and ‘normal.’ Not only is that far from […]
How Artists Turned Their Chronic Pain Into Works of Art
The stereotype of the tortured artist is quite well-known, but did you know that there is actual research showing that people with chronic illness have the natural inclination to gravitate to the creative arts? A study from Frances Reynolds published in the Creative Research Journal found that negative events can have life-enhancing effects. Rehabilitation professionals […]
How to Get Better Sleep as College Student Caregivers
As students around the country settle into their academic careers, it’s important to remember that many of us are managing a lot more than our class schedules. College life can be a chaotic roller coaster ride of ups and downs as you learn to navigate a high-pressure world. And if you’re also balancing the responsibility […]
5 Life Hacks to Manage Your Medication
Living with constant medication can be a tedious process of remembering what you need to take every day. It can be overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be an uphill challenge. Even if you need to take a gazillion pills from sunrise to sunset, there are ways to manage it and even make it fun. […]
Meet Friend in the Fight, Rae Rose: A Writer and Mom with Bipolar 1
In this Friends in the Fight Series, we feature amazing warriors from around the world who have experienced health setbacks. They share with us their challenges and triumphs to inspire fellow Friends in the Fight. This month we are featuring Rae Rose, a creative mom with Bipolar 1. Please tell us a bit about yourself […]
4 Things to Do When Your Loved One Has a Chronic Illness
Emily Levy (Mighty Well CEO) and I have been best friends for the past six years. We started out as college friends, and we lived through the unfortunate healthcare debacle of misdiagnoses and perplexing symptoms. When Emily was finally diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease, she started heavy medical treatments that changed her whole lifestyle. Even […]
The New Mighty Well Blog – Built For Friends in the Fight
My name is Allie Cashel, and I recently joined the team at Mighty Well to help strengthen connections and relationships between our team, our company, and you. Some of you may know me from my work with Suffering the Silence or from Lyme and chronic illness gatherings around the country, but for those of you who […]
The Importance of Connecting with Community For People with Illness
Being ill may feel isolating, but it’s important to remember that we are not alone in the fight. All around the world, people are fighting the same battle, and it’s just a matter of connecting with them so we can have that shared experience. Living the Same Story Communities are by definition made out of […]