How much should I pay attention to my pain?  
How do I live with chronic pain?
How does turning pain out get me into trouble?  How does it serve me?  How do I discern?
Given that there aren't obvious answers, this is one I'm still working on.  I journal daily about my migraines.  I'm now rethinking my habits of pain tracking so I can better notice which pains I may need to bring to my doctors' attention.
How do you manage these skills?

How much should I pay attention to my pain? How do I live with chronic pain? How does turning pain out get me into trouble? How does it serve me? How do I discern? Given that there aren't obvious answers, this is one I'm still working on. I journal daily about my migraines. I'm now rethinking my habits of pain tracking so I can better notice which pains I may need to bring to my doctors' attention. How do you manage these skills?

Episode 290: Pain, Tuning in and Out

Are you one of the millions living with a chronic illness or pain?  Our diseases may be very different, but we have many of the same experiences, obstacles and frustrations.   We are all working for a better quality of life knowing that pain and limitations will be our traveling companions.  My name is Annette and I'm the host of Chronic Wellness, a brief, weekly, podcast where we talk about it all: sex, self-care, mental heath, loss of identity, anger, how to navigate health care and have less days that suck so hard.

I have this belief that: If health is the absence of disease, and wellness is the presence of wholeness;  whether or not I'm ever "healthy" again, I can work work toward my wellness, my wholeness.  

Curious?  Join me where you listen to Podcasts, for a few moments of Chronic Wellness.

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Are you one of the millions living with a chronic illness or pain? Our diseases may be very different, but we have many of the same experiences, obstacles and frustrations. We are all working for a better quality of life knowing that pain and limitations will be our traveling companions. My name is Annette and I'm the host of Chronic Wellness, a brief, weekly, podcast where we talk about it all: sex, self-care, mental heath, loss of identity, anger, how to navigate health care and have less days that suck so hard. I have this belief that: If health is the absence of disease, and wellness is the presence of wholeness; whether or not I'm ever "healthy" again, I can work work toward my wellness, my wholeness. Curious? Join me where you listen to Podcasts, for a few moments of Chronic Wellness.

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