Six Things You Can Do With Your Disabled Friends

When you are disabled, sometimes it can be difficult to find activities to do with your friends because we live in an inaccessible world, and you have limitations that a non-disabled person would not have. Non-disabled people often want to include their disabled friends, but sometimes they don't know how because non-disabled people aren't accessibility … Continue reading Six Things You Can Do With Your Disabled Friends

Self-care Tips For People In Pain

If you don't already know, September is Pain Awareness Month. When you live with chronic pain, sometimes it can be difficult to take care of yourself because pain often prevents you from being able to take care of your basic self-care needs. I have lived with chronic pain for several years, and it has affected … Continue reading Self-care Tips For People In Pain

Why Does Endometriosis Cause Weight Gain?

Disclaimer: This post was written to share my opinion on why I think people with endometriosis gain weight. I am not a doctor, and it is to be used for informational use only and is not a substitute for professional medical advice. When you have endometriosis or any type of chronic illness, it often changes … Continue reading Why Does Endometriosis Cause Weight Gain?

Things I Miss About Life Before Hip Replacement Surgery

Hip replacement surgery can improve the lives of people experiencing significant hip pain that cannot be improved with physical therapy. I had hip replacement surgery about five years ago because I was experiencing a lot of pain, and it was the only way to get out of my pain. Hip replacement surgery is a more … Continue reading Things I Miss About Life Before Hip Replacement Surgery

Why I Write About Pain

When I started my blog, I always knew that I was going to write about my disability because I live with a disability and know a lot about that, but I didn't think that I would be writing about chronic pain. Chronic pain is not something that I have always experienced, and not everyone with … Continue reading Why I Write About Pain

Fitness Reminders For When You Feel Like Quitting

Regular exercise has a lot of health benefits and will make your life easier, but it is not easy to get in shape. Most people who have committed to exercise want to get results because there is nothing worse than putting in so much work and not seeing any change. I have been exercising regularly … Continue reading Fitness Reminders For When You Feel Like Quitting

What Not To Say To Say To A Disabled Person (Part 2)

Non-disabled people often will view disability as something bad that needs to be fixed and will say things to disabled people that are ableist that you should have kept to yourself. Disability has negatives, and it's important that we talk about them because people will never have any understanding of the struggles of a disability … Continue reading What Not To Say To Say To A Disabled Person (Part 2)

How To Be A Good Friend To Disabled People

Disabled people often do not have a lot of non-disabled friends because non-disabled people sometimes isolate disabled people and want nothing to do with us. Non-disabled people can have great supportive disabled friends, but sometimes people don't know how to talk to us and think they have to treat disabled people in a completely different … Continue reading How To Be A Good Friend To Disabled People

What I Wish People Understood About Chronic Pain

September is Pain Awareness Month. Living with chronic pain is hard because you don't have as much energy to do basic tasks as someone without pain does, and it affects everything you do. People without chronic pain often do not truly understand the impact pain has on your life and sometimes think we can cure … Continue reading What I Wish People Understood About Chronic Pain

Things I Would Not Be Able To Do Without My Assistive Devices

Non-disabled people often view assistive devices as restrictive and something bad because they don't truly understand how my assistive devices positively impact my life. As a physically disabled person, I don't view my assistive devices as something that is unfortunate that I have to use because assistive devices are freedom and give me independence I … Continue reading Things I Would Not Be Able To Do Without My Assistive Devices