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We are taught to try to make anxiety go away.  But how about getting to know your anxious feelings and see if there is a lesson to be learned?  Check out my latest article, “Anxious?  How About Running Toward Your Anxiety?”

It’s not always so easy to describe your symptoms to your doctor.  I just posted an article with some approaches you might find helpful.  Here’s a link: http://justgotdiagnosed.com/resources/talking-doctor-find-right-words-describe-symptoms/

In my job, I often talk with people about how they are handling the challenges of life. With my friends, with my clients. Life is pretty unpredictable. And life requires a lot of effort on our part. That’s for sure. Nobody knows that better than someone who is living with a chronic condition.  But I sometimes […]

Wow!  Another year.  It feels like each one passes just a little more quickly than the one before.  I am wishing you a Happy and Healthy 2015!  Take good care of yourself!

It’s the season to celebrate.  Maybe even with a drink… or two.  If you are living with a chronic condition, there’s a lot to consider before you take that first drink.  Check out my recent article in my resources for “Patients.”    

It seems to me that we often look at the holidays from the perspective of how to say no.  As a result, we risk turning the holidays into a time of dread and not anticipation.  Here’s another way to look at the holidays:  http://justgotdiagnosed.com/resources/holiday-time-saying-yes/

The news of someone passing away who has the same diagnosis as yours can bring up a lot of feelings.  I recently published an article on how to cope in this situation.  Here is a link: http://justgotdiagnosed.com/resources/someone-condition-just-died-mean/

Maintaining a healthcare journal can be really valuable.  You can record thoughts and feelings, symptoms, questions… It’s up to you what you want in it and how you want to use it.  Here’s a link to an article on how to get the most out of your journal:  http://justgotdiagnosed.com/resources/keeping-journal-joys-benefits/

There is no words to adequately describe what it is like to receive the news that a diagnosis is terminal. And no magic formula to tell you how to cope.  But here’s a link to article I just posted with some ideas that might help.  It’s in the Patients section of Resources.  Here’s a link: http://justgotdiagnosed.com/resources/diagnosis-terminal-eleven-steps-toward-coping-hope/ […]

If you’re living with a chronic condition, you may have the need for some accommodations at your job.  That can be a hard conversation to have.  Here is an article with some ideas for how to handle this conversation: http://justgotdiagnosed.com/resources/chronic-communication-work-talking-accommodations-chronic-condition/