Everyday Life With Chronic Illness | Spoonie Life

Tips, hacks, and encouragement for your daily life with chronic illness, invisible illness or chronic pain.

When The World Is Growing Dark Around You

How do you keep going when it seems like the world is growing dark around you?

What Migrating Birds Can Teach The Chronically Ill Community

There truly is something migrating birds can teach the chronically ill community. Just look at how they travel together – they don’t fly solo!

Is Building Awareness Making Us Less Aware?

Health· Life

My problem is not with those that are building awareness – but with those that are profiting from it. Once we’re aware we need to become proactive!

50 Things You Should Know About Me

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I’m the blogger behind GraceIsSufficient.com. My desire is to help you live a life of peace and purpose despite having chronic illness.

When Your Chronic Illness Triggers Depression

Health· Life· Mental Health & Wellness

It is estimated that one-third of patients with a chronic illness also receive another diagnosis of a mood disorder such as anxiety or depression. Here are some tips for you as you face this battle.

I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.