Since October is Healthy Lung Month, let’s take a look at a few ways you can better care for your lungs. After all, chronic lower…
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Making sense of complementary or alternative health
Complementary or alternative health options can be valuable supplements to managing a chronic illness. But certain techniques touted as natural or alternative medicine aren’t backed…
10 ideas for a quick mental health boost
Need a quick mental health boost? Try one or more of these science-backed strategies. Practice this calming breathing technique. How you breathe impacts your nervous…
Great podcasts for chronic illness
Podcasts are a largely untapped resource for most people—but they could be especially useful to people with chronic illness. They’re a great option when you…
15 encouraging quotes for your chronic illness journey
Healing “These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them.” –Rumi, The Essential Rumi “Some people see scars, and it is wounding they remember….
Recognizing anxiety in chronic illness
Change is often frightening, and being diagnosed with a chronic illness is a particularly scary change. Dreams and aspirations are shattered or altered. Thoughts of…
What meditation can do for you
A practical guide to understanding and practicing meditation for greater wellbeing from lifestyle, yoga and meditation coach, Jessica Scalin. People have interpreted meditation in many…
Sleep in America
Explore stats from the Centers for Disease Control and the National Sleep Foundation on U.S. sleep habits.
Low-impact exercise ideas
Getting enough exercise is a challenge for many people in the United States, but it is a particularly difficult burden for those with rare diseases….
Your path to a healthier, happier you
When it comes to feeling your best and living the fullest life possible, your health deserves attention — in body, mind, and spirit. Community explores…
Low-intensity, high-benefit exercise and movement: Part 2
Arriving in the West from India in the late 1800s, yoga is a mind and body health program that more than 20 million Americans now…
Low-intensity, high-benefit exercise and movement: Part 1
Many believe the “No pain, no gain” exercise mantra, when, in fact, the opposite is true. Regular low-impact, low-intensity exercise, like walking, and slow, gentle,…