BeWell Blog

New Year’s Eve gets pictured one way: noisy, long nights, full of cheer shaped just so. Think shiny paper falling through air. Bubbles in tall glasses. Clocks ticking down at midnight like every person must be awake, eating, drinking, racing...

Cold air comes in alongside calendars full of promises. Tossing lights into boxes. Shifting back to old rhythms. Writing down what should happen. Handling tasks left behind when holidays took over. For those living with ongoing health struggles, this time...

Again, the holiday season comes around, bringing with it the never-ending invitations to gatherings. But you, as the host this year, have the power to provide the space for those living with a chronic illness to actually be a part...

Christmas can be a very difficult holiday to bear if someone you love has to spend it in a hospital room by your side. The sights, sounds, and scents that would normally accompany this holiday are replaced by sounds of...

One of the ways in which I was brought up to celebrate Christmas was through Christmas cookies. One of the Christmas traditions that I look back on now that I cherish is my mom making what we used to colloquially...

The holidays come with this implicit to-do list that never was actually written out for you but which it seems you are expected to be in compliance with anyway. You are expected to go to all the parties. You are...

inThere’s a type of magic that comes with the month of December. The lights turn on earlier, the traditions come back, and there’s just this unspoken need to mean it. But for many, especially those dealing with chronic illnesses, loved...

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...

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...

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...

The holiday season is the best time to extend appreciation and give support to one's loved ones, particularly those who are burdened by a chronic illness. The best gifts you could offer them are things they can use to keep...

November is National Family Caregivers Month, but if I'm being honest, that feels both incredibly important and somehow not nearly enough. How do you fit recognition for people who give everything, literally every single day, into just thirty days? If...