Your mindset and Fibromyalgia are more linked than you may think. They are intricately interwoven together, so managing your Fibromyalgia requires a positive mindset. It is widely accepted that a negative mindset will lead to depression, so if you want to beat the odds, developing a positive mindset is crucial. Here is why a positive mindset is so important to…
Managing Fibromyalgia (FM) flareups feels like stepping back into the sunshine again! When the pain becomes unbearable, we need tools to bring the pain under control again. It never ceases to amaze me how much pain I’m willing to live with if it makes life easier! Mercifully, none of my family members have chronic illness or the food sensitivities that I do. It’s challenging to make separate meals for myself and for my family. I have realized though, that this is now essential to my health and productivity. Here are my 5 tips for getting my FM under control, and I know they will help you too.
Wonderful words of encouragement Wonderful words of encouragement mean the world to me! I’ve always needed to know I was doing a good job at whatever was asked of me. I’ve been working on Fibromyalgia workout videos for nearly a year and a half now. Doubts have caused many setbacks and pauses in the editing process. Recently a friend told…
The importance of slowing down I have recently learned the hard way the importance of slowing down. We live in a world where productivity is key, the busier the better! As a wife and mother of two teenagers, two dogs and three cats, busy is my middle name. I have home schooled my kids for the past 7 years (yay…
Knowing how to recover after a fall is essential for people with FM. As someone successfully living with fibromyalgia, I know first hand how devastating falling can be. The pain is overwhelming. The fear of falling makes me very cautious in the activities I undertake and I watch the ground meticulously. The Fall Recently I took a very bad fall…
