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Guest Post: Living Through Laughter
Today’s post is by Health Activist Chris Dean – who has shared a bit about inspiration despite chronic illness. Thanks for sharing with us, Chris! Be sure to follow Chris if you don’t yet on her blog...
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Guest Post: What Inspires Me
Today we have an inspiration post written by Health Activist for the Autoimmune community and blogger at The Mighty Turtle, Karen Vasquez. Thanks for sharing what inspires you, Karen – I bet lots of...
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Guest Post: Beautiful Wreck: Sex, Lies, & Suicide
Today, we start off our Tough Stuff Month Guest Posts with a really powerful post. Written by Mental Illness Health Activist and writer, Stephanie Schroeder - this post offers a glimpse into her...
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On Death in the Online Community & A Guest Post
When planning Tough Stuff Month, we couldn’t help but think of the ultimate tough topic: death – and hoped that members of our network would feel comfortable sharing their stories and experiences with...
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Guest Post: “Stoptober: Are you Tough Enough?”
Today we have Guest Post on Stoptober and the challenge of quitting smoking — and how to approach it from the perspective of a loved one who wants to encourage someone in their life to quit. These are...
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Guest Post: Giving Up On Dreams, Finding New Inspiration
This is a wonderful post that speaks to an experience many of us go through — facing the decision to double-down and push through … or give up on a dream. When faced with a life-altering situation such...
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Guest Post: Learning to be Okay
This post is a difficult one to read. It chronicles an immensely difficult experience to go through and eventually write about. Thank you to Amy K for being so brave as to go there. Even though we know...
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Guest Post: Thinking and Talking About Death
This post explores a taboo subject of death. Through Ms Rants’ calm, thought-out perspective – thinking about death becomes less scary, less forbidden and feels “okay.” As a part of the human...
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Guest Post: My Beautiful Career
In this post, Health Activist Jane Waterman chronicles her experiences with the depths of depression and living with invisible illness while pursuing ambitious career dreams. Her struggles are...
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Guest Post: Debbie Rosas, Co-Founder of Nia Technique
Here is a wonderful guest post and interview with Debbie Rosas, a Health Activist who has received many WEGO Health Activist Award nominations for her work in creating the Nia Technique. We thought...
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Today is Acromegaly Awareness Day!
With so many awareness months, do you have time for one whole awareness day?! November 1st, today. A rare, one-day opportunity for a rare disease…ACROMEGALY! Who-hoo!! Acromegaly is a GH (growth...
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A Look Back on 2016 and the Cancer Moonshot Initiative
“For the loved ones we’ve all lost, for the families that we can still save…let’s make America the country that cures cancer once and for all.” This powerful statement from President Obama came just...
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Tardive Dyskinesia Side Effect, Not Side Show.
Have you ever felt that you were the one patient who just couldn’t be helped? That was my mindset three years into my search for relief from Tardive Dyskinesia. My only saving grace at that point was...
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Feature Friday: Martinus Evans – Obesity/Weight Loss Patient Leader
After 20 weeks of physical therapy for a hip pain, Martinus Evans visited an orthopedic specialist hoping for some answers. “Mr. Evans, it’s because you’re fat and you need to start walking and losing...
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2016 Best Kept Secret winner, Lisa Cypers Kamen, Celebrates New Book Release
It’s safe to say that 2016 was a tough year and, with the start of 2017, things don’t seem much brighter. From political upsets to the loss of major icons, and anger-filled social media feeds to daily...
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The 411 on Planning an Online Event for your Cause
The only thing you need when planning a campaign to raise awareness for your cause is the desire to make change happen… Of course, there are many other components in planning any type of campaign,...
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The Significance of Health 2.0 for Patient Leaders
I had the distinct pleasure of attending and speaking at Health 2.0, one of the industry’s most important health innovation conferences held from September 16-18, 2018 at the Santa Clara Convention...
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