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Meaning and purpose
I’ve been doing a lot more thinking on meaning and purpose the last few days. I brought it up with my counsellor today to see if he had any insights and he mentioned Victor Frankl. I haven’t had chance to … Continue reading
Posted in Hope, Loss & Grief, psychology
Tagged adjustment, change, choices, chronic illness, chronic migraine, coping strategies, expectations, future, growth, Health, helpless, Hemiplegic migraine, hope, hopeless, inner strength, inspiration, invisible illness, learning, limitations, loss, meaning, migraine, motivation, psychologist, psychology, purpose, resilience, viktor frankl, wellbeing
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Blue Bird Scarf: An Analogy for Loss and Grief
Post written December 2015 Loss: the suffering that unites us all We can probably all connect with a sense of loss, because we’ve all experienced it. Whether it’s the loss of a loved one, by death or by separation; The … Continue reading
Posted in Loss & Grief
Tagged bereavement, chronic illness, chronic migraine, grief, loss, migraine, spoonie, support
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Progress :-)
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, and fortunately that’s mainly for good reasons. The combination of treatments is enabling me to feel like I have a quality of life at last – which is wonderful after being so constrained … Continue reading
Posted in My story
Tagged chronic illness, hope, inspiration, migraine, progress, treatments
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Mindful Mondays – All Aboard
One of the things I’ve learnt from my mindfulness practice is that our thoughts and feelings are something separate to the ‘core being’ (or whatever you want to call it) that does the thinking and the feeling. Practicing mindfulness has … Continue reading
Posted in Mindful Mondays
Tagged awareness, chronic illness, feelings, hope, invisible illness, mindfulness, practice, thoughts
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Bridge of Light
Ok, so I didn’t do so well with the blog-a-day challenge. There’s been a lot going on that’s taken all my energy and brain power so there’s been none left over for blogging. I won’t bore you with the details … Continue reading
Posted in My story, Resilience Playlist
Tagged chronic illness, gammacore, hope, migraine, music, progress, resilience
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When choice gets taken away
Health warning: moaning post – though there is a Gandalf quote to make it all ok if you manage to get through to the end (or just skip straight to that if you like, no-one will know!) One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Living with chronic migraine
Tagged choice, chronic illness, freedom, frustrations, Gandalf quote, migraine, restrictions, spoonie life
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Cloudy skies make better sunsets
We’ve had some lovely weather recently – clear blue skies and bright warm sunshine (which mainly means I’ve been hiding behind curtains in dark glasses like a vampire but that’s totally beside the point). Spring has well and truly sprung … Continue reading
Why migraine-free me?
For the people who’ve recently asked how I got in to blogging and why I called the site migraine-free me, and for others who might have been wondering the same Why do I blog? I write to help make sense … Continue reading
Posted in My story
Tagged blogging, chronic illness, coping strategies, migraine, solution focused approach, why I blog, writing
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Sitting in the dust
Health Warning: not quite as positive as the last one, sorry A strange thing has happened recently. I mentioned in a previous post (Onwards and Upwards) that we’ve seen some progress – instead of the vast majority of time being … Continue reading
Posted in My story
Tagged chronic illness, grief, hurt, loss, migraine, mourning, pain, sadness
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Easter hope
Happy Easter! I see today as a day for celebrating new life and holding on to hope. We have an Easter Tree in our house – apparently it’s a German tradition originally. We hang decorated eggs on branches as a … Continue reading
Good Friday?
I’ve never understood why today is called Good Friday. (Except of course that it’s a bank holiday and in 2 days time I get to eat half my body weight in chocolate – oh yeah!) What’s ‘good’ about an innocent … Continue reading
Posted in Faith
Tagged chronic illness, cross, crucifiction, Faith, good friday, Jesus, redeeming, suffering
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Mindful Mondays – Bitter Sweet Symphony
Sometimes life can seem wonderful, the sun is shining, we’re on top of the world and everything’s going our way. Then at other times the walls come crashing down, we’re left desolate in the rubble of the blows life has … Continue reading
Posted in Mindful Mondays
Tagged chronic illness, chronic migraine, good and bad bits of life, mindfulness, pain management
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Mindful Mondays – Primary Pain & Secondary Suffering
Sometimes life sucks. And there’s nothing we can do about it. Or is there? It’s inevitable that we will run in to testing times at some point in life, whether that’s in health, relationships, work, finances, or something else. These … Continue reading
Mystery Option C
Thank you so much to everyone who responded to the previous post Dilemma, either in person or online. I’ve really appreciated your honesty on how you talk about (or more often don’t talk about) invisible illnesses with friends and family. … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, Living with chronic migraine
Tagged chronic illness, chronic migraine, invisible illness, migraine, spoonie, spoonie life
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Dilemma
Migraines are invisible. Which means no-one can see just how much devastation they cause. On the inside, it’s like a big-budget disaster movie. Tornados wreak havoc, tsunamis broil out of control, volcanos erupt sky-high. Everywhere you look the landscape has … Continue reading
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