Attitude is everything when it comes to dealing with chronic illness. By Patti Schmidt Health coach and consultant I learned the U.S. Marine Corps’ unofficial motto — improvise, adapt and overcome — when I was just 20 and in the U.S. Air Force. I’d spent…
If you’re allowing chronic illness to justify your unhappiness, you’re wasting opportunities for increased happiness and health. By Patti Stilley Schmidt Health coach and consultant If you’re living a “if only” life, you might say things to yourself like this: [If only] I were…
* By Patti Stilley Schmidt Health coach & consultant You want to learn more about CIRS. You feel alone; you want support from people who “get it.” You feel stuck in general, and your health difficulties are just a part of the problem. You want…
What if we looked at failure as a prelude to accomplishment? By Patti Stilley Schmidt Health coach and consultant We Americans are success-oriented, and we loathe failure. But I’ve been wondering if getting better at failure might allow us to become stronger in ways…
By Patti Schmidt Health coach and consultant During the 30 years I’ve been chronically ill, my health has been up and it’s been down. I’ve learned how to make it more likely that I’ll be up, though, by being good to my body, hoping it…
Guessing isn’t good. Knowing how, what, why and when your symptoms increase or decrease can help expand the likelihood that the choices you’re making reduce symptoms and take you further on the path to wellness According to the Pew Research Center, sixty-nine percent of U.S….
We all have those days when nothing helps, when fatigue or pain or cognitive issues knock us low and it seems there’s nothing we can do. Lately I’ve been thinking of myself as a tree and my illness as a strong wind. Even the strongest,…
The idea for this page was born when I saw PostSecret.com CEO Frank Warren’s TED talk about people’s secrets. It’s touching, poignant, awesome. (It’s only 10 minutes long, and well worth watching.) You might visit his site, too. I wondered: what would it be like…
If you’re not tracking your symptoms, you’re missing an easy opportunity to improve your health. According to the Pew Research Center, sixty-nine percent of U.S. adults track a health indicator like weight, diet, exercise or symptoms of a chronic condition. If you’re not tracking your…
According to the Pew Research Center, sixty-nine percent of U.S. adults track a health indicator like weight, diet, exercise routine, or symptoms. Of those, half track “in their heads,” one-third keep notes on paper, and one in five use technology. Nineteen percent of smartphone owners…