by Kristi Pikiewicz | Jan 25, 2022 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Education/Parenting, Mental Health, Uncategorized
As an educational psychologist at a K-8 school with a mission for gifted education and also in private practice, I work with a lot of parents who have spent years fighting for their kids’ mental and physical health. I’ve had a few parents whose kids are...
by Guest Blogger | Nov 10, 2021 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Education/Parenting
The Digging Deep Project is honored to call attention to this article by Samantha Levy, PhD, originally published by the organization Creative Healing for Youth in Pain. Kids and teens with chronic pain take a lot of a parent’s time and attention, between helping them...
by Garth Sundem | May 19, 2021 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Inspiration, Mental Health
It’s been three months since my injury, 11 weeks since surgery, and five weeks since ending IV antibiotics to treat infection in my wrist joint that reached the bone and gummed my tendons together and to the skin. At first, mixed with the physical pain and...
by Guest Blogger | Apr 21, 2021 | Chronic/Serious Illness
My name is Lacey, and I am the Community Manager for Shadow’s Edge – the free mental health mobile game created by the Digging Deep project for young people facing chronic illness or other medical challenges. One of the many wonderful things about my job is that I...
by Sheri Brisson | Mar 31, 2021 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Digging Deep Project, Inspiration
My iPhone alarm went off at 6:45 am Sunday morning. When I hit the “stop” button, I wondered, “Why is it that the snooze button is 3x larger than the stop button?” My guess is the majority of the iPhone users prefer to snooze rather than to wake up. Not me. Call me...
by Garth Sundem | Nov 11, 2020 | Chronic/Serious Illness, Inspiration
Is COVID-19 the universe’s way of saying you weren’t quite ready yet? It sure seems that way sometimes. For example, in my family, my brother and I pushed back the fishing trip we planned for my dad’s 75th birthday. But maybe that’s a good...
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