Stories

Self-healing is a transformative journey that goes beyond just managing symptoms. It's about creating habits and practices that help you feel better in every way, leading to lasting health, happiness...

🌟 MY TOP 1️⃣2️⃣ HOLIDAY GIFT IDEAS FOR THOSE LIVING WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS AND CHRONIC PAIN 🌟 Do you know someone who is living with chronic illness or chronic pain?...

As the holiday season approaches, with all the joyful and merry moments, this time of year is often stressful! Individuals of good health find themselves to be affected by holiday...

2020 was supposed to be a year of clarity, a vision year. But God had other plans. My year was marked by trials, with two major surgeries and a diagnosis...

I need help as this is my pitch. I’m Tommy B. McDonell and this cute little icon is my Artist Logo for Leap4ArtNYC. You see, I took my first art...

Take a look, a good one & I promise you’ll find yourself interested our journey. Similar to several others I was medically gaslighted with “You look fine”, “Others are sicker...

Well it started in the spring of 2016 when l told my wife l was having difficulty breathing. Thought maybe it was a cold or flu, but it persisted. So...

When I was 27 years old, I was diagnosed with A.S. I had problems since high school but A.S. was hard to diagnose back then. I have been a personal...

Growing up in Alabama as the youngest in my family, I discovered a passion for hands-on projects that benefit my community, driven by a deep empathy for others. Music, particularly...

What is OCD? Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a mental health condition marked by constant, unwanted thoughts (obsessions) and monotonous behaviors or mental acts (compulsions) that an individual feels. Sometimes it...

The month of May is Mental health Awareness Month. Many people struggle with Mental Health Conditions. In addition, many people who develop Chronic Medical Conditions, often contend with anxiety and/or...

Well, a long time ago in a faraway place I used to wrestle and play football. I got a ride to MIT and decided I wanted to be a car...

Im an 86 year old woman who had to retire as a speech language pathologist ten years ago due to encroaching dementia symptoms. Four years later I was in a...

After diagnosis with parkinsons I was frightened and confused. I wanted to learn as much as possible but took on too much. By limiting my research to reliable sites and...

My journey started at the age of 14. I was competing competitively for cheerleading and assumed the activities associated were the cause of my swollen feet, drastic weight loss, and...

Growing up in the quiet town of Kasangati, Uganda, life was a mix of joys and sorrows. Losing my parents to illness at a young age left me adrift, grappling...

There are different avenues to generate extra money through patient and healthcare advocacy. Here are some ways I generated income as a patient & advocate. 1) Build relationships with health...

Living my life with fibromyalgia and brain fog… Chronic fatigue and chronic pain is a constant companion of mine but rarely do I complain. I’m simply used to it. However...

I was raised by a Nurse in the medical model and went on to become a nurse myself. I believed that when we are sick, we need a doctor and...

At first I was super nervous to even talk about my caregiver journey, I mean who really cares what a caregiver of someone with epilepsy or any chronic illness has...