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Why Night Driving Gets Harder When You're Chronically Ill - Especially After the Time Change

Most people hardly even notice the November time change when clocks fall back, and the sun begins to disappear well before dinner. For those suffering from chronic illness, autoimmune conditions, or cancer treatment, however, the change ushers in a lot...

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Why the End of Daylight Saving Time Hits Harder with Chronic Illness

Every year, people rejoice at having an "extra hour" of sleep when the clocks turn back in late November, but if you have a chronic illness (or pets or kids), that hour doesn't feel like a gift, it’s as if...

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Pets & Chronic Illness: Companionship, Care, and What to Consider

Why pets matter when you're chronically ill A chronic illness can be a singularly lonely experience; dealing with cancer treatment, even more so. Between long days at home, symptom flares, and mental health struggles, so many of us deeply ache...

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Spoonie-Approved Goodies for Your Cauldron

Once you have chronic illness, the caring for yourself becomes your daily routine. The things that make life easier, warmth, cleanliness, softness, hydration are definitely worth being celebrated. Although these things aren't glamorous, they are very grounding. They help us...

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Psoriasis and the Cold: Why Fall & Winter Are Flare Seasons

If you live with psoriasis, you can almost feel the change coming before the weather app confirms it. The air dries out. The wind picks up. The heater turns on, and suddenly, your skin feels like it’s fighting against you...

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When the Cold Bites: How Changes in the Weather Impact Autoimmune Flares and Chronic Pain

October with its soothing tradition, pumpkin patches, the shaking out of blankets, the sunsets that occur so much earlier and tell you to stay indoors. But for individuals with autoimmune disease or chronic illness, October more often than not brings...

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10 Ways to Be One Step Ahead of Germs This Cold and Flu Season

When you're fighting chronic illness, autoimmune disease, or chemo, "it's just a cold" doesn't even cross your mind. What is so bothersome to everyone else can take you out of commission for weeks or hospitalize you. Your immune system is...

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Back-to-School Preparation When You're Chronically Ill

Back-to-school preparation with chronic illness? These are some tips to reduce stress, organize medication, and prepare school or college essentials.

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August's Natural Medicine Cabinet: What Late Summer Foods Can Teach Your Chronic Illness

There's something strangely earthy about strolling through a farmer's market in August. The harvest is so abundant on the ground, it's almost shy—tables brimming with colors I'd forgotten to expect of the gray winter months. But for patients of chronic...

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Beyond Visibility: Reframing Wellness Through the Prism of Disability Pride

Disability Pride Month is in July, and visibility is vital, but I just can't stop thinking about something more. What if we're not just asking to be included in wellness conversations—what if we're actually pioneering them? After decades of navigating...

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Salt, Sun & Spoonies: In Which the Ocean Enables Chronic Illness Wellbeing

Have you ever noticed how your mood improves when you've spent some time by or in the sea? There actually is some scientific basis to this. The ocean is not just a pleasant picture to us chronically ill folk—it possesses...

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Summer Wellness Reset: 7 Science-Backed Habits to Reboot Your Health in August

When August Sneaks Up on You Wow, August already? I swear I was just making New Year's resolutions five minutes ago. Now here I am, sitting in this ridiculous heat, wondering where the first half of the year went. Anyone...

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