Living and coping with chronic illness can be difficult, especially during the holidays. It often requires stressful changes to your life and the lives of family members closest to you. Fortunately, there are a few tried and true steps for healing well with chronic illness that can make coping easier and your life more fulfilling.  I hope these admonitions for healing help you as much as ...

The German philosopher Friedrich Nietzche once said, "That which does not kill us makes us stronger."  He was definitely onto something. I've found in my own challenges with chronic illness that I've often come out the other side stronger, wiser, and more compassionate. Adversity has a way of doing that, it shapes our lives and molds our character if we allow it to. To quote Joshua Marine, "...

This post was originally published on KSL.com and familynews. I never expected to run a 5K race. In fact, I never expected to run again in my life, period. Having battled chronic illness for 17 years and suffered a serious leg injury 10 years ago, running wasn't even on my mental radar. Over the years just walking has been difficult for me. So you can understand how unimaginable it was for me ...

I have a confession to make.  I'm addicted to my iPhone.  It's a modern day vice, I know. That being said I'm amazed at the new ways smartphones and mobile apps have been used to make our lives better, including our health.  For someone dealing with chronic illness there are now mobile resources available on demand that didn't exist even a few years ago.  So here are some of my favorite mobile ...

In living a life with chronic health challenges, it's essential to get good medical care. However, I've found that medicine doesn't have any cures for my three autoimmune diseases, immunodeficiency, severe malabsorption syndrome, and other conditions. Once I finally realized that there were no cures and that no cures were likely to come in my lifetime I began to look around to find what I ...

A few months ago I wrote about a very personal experience where I found peace and healing from pain in the beauty of Nature's surroundings.  I believe that we all can be more aware each day of sources of healing around us.  This kind of awareness and gratitude can awaken your senses, lift your spirit, and help you break free of the physical bonds of chronic illness.  It can also help you see ...