Self-acceptance
Subscribe Self-acceptance One of the things I love about blogging is that I have the freedom to change my mind. If I wrote a book, and I still might, once it’s out there, you can’t take back your words. With …
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Stop the Stigma
Subscribe Stop the Stigma My heart is hurting. This has been a rough couple of weeks in the media for Functional Neurological Disorder. On the one hand, at least FND has gotten some long overdue recognition. Unfortunately, it feels like …
The Zone of Healthy Function
The Zone of Healthy Function Subscribe With Functional Neurological Disorder, the normal function of our nervous system gets derailed. Instead of the usual normal automatic movements most people take for granted, we end up either losing movement, such as paralysis …
Energize your Brain
Energize your Brain Subscribe As I have learned to live with my Functional Neurological Disorder, I’ve discovered the importance of balancing and budgeting my energy. Do I have it all figured out? Not hardly! However, I am getting better at …
Connect with Nature
Connect with Nature Subscribe Nature has always spoken to me, from the time I was a little girl playing in the creek and catching tadpoles. There is something about the fresh air and being outdoors that just makes my heart …
The Incredible Power of your Mind
Subscribe The Incredible Power of your Mind Do you believe that your mind has the power to heal you? Research suggests that it does.
Connecting with our Emotions
Subscribe Connecting with our Emotions Trigger warning! -Child abuse discussed, although sensitively and not in great detail. If you think this may be a difficult article for you to read, you may want to read it during an appointment with …
The Struggle to Accept a Diagnosis of FND
The Struggle to Accept the Diagnosis of FND Subscribe Way back in 2000 when my neurological problems began, I was shocked when the horrible, exhausting, uncontrollable seizures I was experiencing were written off as a psychological problem. The first time …
A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Subscribe A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day When my kids were young, one of our favorite books was Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. In this book, a little boy named …
Making Peace with Confusion
I’m a person who really likes to understand things. It’s why I majored in science in college. If you don’t have a good explanation for what you are saying, I probably won’t believe you. I’m a hard core skeptic. Enter …