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 New Year Isn’t Promising To Be Happy

Health· Holidays· Life

6 Things you can do when the New Year seems more weighed down by scary unknowns than ripe with new possibilities.

How Do You Know When To Call The Doctor When You’re Already Chronically Ill?

Health· Life

10 suggestions to help you know if and when you should call your doctor!

Learn How To Say “No” Gracefully

Life· Relationships

If we’re chronically ill we tend to have trouble with relationships because we can’t keep up with our healthy friends. Learning to say “no” gracefully will soften the times you have to decline or cancel.

No. Is A Complete Sentence

Life· Relationships· Self-Care

Saying yes may seem easier at the moment but that yes turns into an obligation that may be far from easy.

When April Showers Of Depression Lead To New Life And New Projects

Faith· Health· Life· Mental Health & Wellness· Self-Care

It seems to get the best of me every year – April. I’ve written about it before here, here, and…
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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.