If hope is a double edged sword, what are we left with? Hopelessness?

Here's another suggestion: agency.

When I have self-determination, I am not hopeless.

Chronic illness takes so much of what we thought life would look like.

Agency gives me some say over my choices -- even the little ones. And having this say makes a big difference.

Is this true for you?

I'm Annette Leonard, speaker, coach, and sick person who believes that my illnesses do not define me. If health is the absence of disease and wellness is the presence of wholeness, then no matter what your disease status, we can work toward your wellness, your wholeness.

Whether or not you are ever "healthy" on paper, you can be well. Join me and others on the path back to wholeness at AnnetteLeonard.com. Whether you are a person experiencing chronic illness or are someone who loves or serves people with chronic illness I have great resources here on this channel or on my website for you.