by Sheri Brisson | Oct 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
If you have supportive friends and family, their help can go a long way towards those things that you just don’t have the time or energy for right now. But when your child has a chronic or serious illness, sometimes the idea of doing anything to manage this...
by Sheri Brisson | Oct 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
As a very long-term cancer survivor, support has come to me in many different ways and for many years. I feel the most supported though, when people show me their true feelings, allowing me to share mine. I find too often people want to be efficient and “fix” a...
by Kristi Pikiewicz | Oct 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
For chronic and serious illness, we know that challenges don’t end with physical health. As traumatic as a child’s illness is for the child, it is of course traumatic for the caregivers as well. True “healing” may require finding help for the...
by Steffanie Lorig | Oct 22, 2014 | Uncategorized
For those of us who practice art-making, we know that the act of creation is therapeutic in and of itself. Artists know firsthand how it can lower stress, soothe, inspire, and give a sense of purpose. It’s a powerful remedy for emotional injury, helping us...
by Sheri Brisson | Oct 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
Our feelings evolved over millions of years as a way to help us survive. It is important to acknowledge and feel our emotions because holding them in is not natural or healthy for our bodies. Modern culture offers too many distractions, alternatives, and pacifiers...
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