by Garth Sundem | Nov 13, 2019 | Mental Health, Self Help
November is National Family Caregivers Awareness Month. It’s also the start of the holiday season. Is this a coincidence? We think not. Instead, it seems perfectly logical that awareness for caregivers would coincide with what can be the most stressful time of...
by Garth Sundem | Oct 30, 2019 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Education/Parenting, Uncategorized
If your chronic illness is visible, there’s no way around it: You probably spend most of the year feeling different. Even if you choose to hide your chronic illness, it’s easy to feel like you’re not quite like everyone else. And for most of the...
by Garth Sundem | Oct 9, 2019 | Mental Health
People struggling with mental health concerns are fighting more than their own brains — they also fight against misconceptions that consider people with mental health problems dangerous, lazy, useless, or beyond help. One thing we can do as a society to help...
by Garth Sundem | Jul 3, 2019 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Education/Parenting
Somehow it’s easier to have a chronic illness in winter, when everyone is sitting next to a rain-streaked window with a book, or making a deep imprint in the couch cushions in front of Netflix on an early-dark evening. It’s easier than now, in the summer,...
by Garth Sundem | Jun 2, 2019 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Inspiration
Jonny Imerman was diagnosed with testicular cancer at age 26. During chemo and then while recovering from surgery to remove four tumors behind his kidneys, Jonny’s room was full of family and friends. “I had the best support in the world – the best mom and lot of...
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