This is to announce the start of a new podcast network: SHiNe, the Self-Help Podcast Network. SHiNe seeks to collect all the podcasts that are about self-improvement, health, and well-being in one place so that people can find them more…
The Syndrome Syndrome
My goodness. I think somebody over at Home on the Strange might have encountered one of those people who makes life so hard for those of us who really have invisible disabilities! Go on over and read the comic. I…
Joe Murphy Has Left the Building, But His Story Lives On
In the Podosphere 6 degrees of separation I’m sure everyone is linked back to Joe Murphy of the KickAss Mystic Ninjas, Wingin’ It, Slice Of SciFi, etc, Podcasts. While today is April Fools Day, no one that was ever touched…
7,000 deaths a year due to bad handwriting? Save yours!
Well, Time Magazine reports that the National Academies of Science’s Institute of Medicine says that’s the figure, anyway. Doctors’ sloppy handwriting kills more than 7,000 people annually. It’s a shocking statistic, and, according to a July 2006 report from the…
Will there be a cure?
I responded to a post in a friend’s LiveJournal, in which she talked about a friend of hers who has just been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome. Her friend was very upset that my friend didn’t believe there is a…
Quote of the Day: May Sarton
We are able to laugh when we achieve detachment, if only for a moment. —May Sarton I do at least a dozen silly things every day, thanks in part to fibro fog. The sooner I let go of my anger…
Researchers say pain from fibromyalgia is real
Not that it’s news to those of us who have it, but it’s good to be validated! Fibromyalgia often has been misdiagnosed as arthritis or even a psychological issue. Increasingly, though, the scientific knowledge about fibromyalgia is growing, and a…
Quote of the day: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
A joyful life is an individual creation that cannot be copied from a recipe. —Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi We can all have joyful lives if we choose to create them. What are you doing to create yours despite illness?
Fibrant Living Episode 4
Episode 4 The first episode in the new, shorter format, recorded on my very own microphone. Thank you for your patience in waiting for it! Most of today’s show is about audio entertainment and information, which is great when the…
Traveling Tips
I had to share this excellent post on Surviving Travel and Conference from Indie Guzman-Cooper, RN writing at WebMD. She provides a great checklist of things she did to prepare for the trip, as well as other bits of wisdom,…