To see Arlene’s tai chi:

https://www.youtube.com/user/faulktaichi

To visit Arlene’s website:

https://arlenefaulk.com/

If you’re in the Chicago area and want to take classes:

https://faulktaichi.com/arlene-faulk/

Welcome back to part two of my conversation with tai chi teacher Arlene Faulk as we discuss her most recent book, Walking on Pins and needles about her journey with MS. Rejoining our interview, Arlene was living in New York City, in her late 20s, and realizing that her family’s pattern of not asking for help might not be serving her. What was it like to ask for help?

Living with daily pain she talks about how that impacted her ability to be close to others and, specifically, how it affected intimacy.

Also, during this time, she had to buy her first assistive device, a cane. What was it like to admit that she needed that assistance and begin to start using it in daily life? What did she shop for in her first cane?

Join us tomorrow for part three of this interview.

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.

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