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5 Tips for Staying Positive Despite Chronic Illness

Last Updated: April 6, 2015

5 tips for staying positive despite chronic illness

5 Tips for Staying Positive Despite Chronic Illness When you live with chronic illness, life can be rough and it can be very difficult to remain positive. The little things often drag us down, we focus inward, and we forget to notice the small joys in life, while the small (and large) negatives … [Read more...]

4 Comments Filed Under: Coping, inspiration Tagged With: acceptance, chronic illness, feeling better, happiness, positivity

Sunday Inspiration: Progress Amnesia

Last Updated: January 11, 2015

Most of the time I write my Sunday Inspiration posts right when I first read a post. I read it and there's just something I need to share based on what I've read. Sometimes, a post don't quite inspire me right away but it lingers in the back of my mind, continually popping up until I realize I have … [Read more...]

6 Comments Filed Under: Coping, inspiration Tagged With: feeling better

Sunday Inspiration: Is it time to do something different?

Last Updated: November 2, 2014

Are you bored yet? It's a serious question. I think one true sign of how sick most of us are is that fact that we can continue to stare at the wall and NOT be bored. We really do feel that bad. When I finally started improving almost 3 years ago, friends started asking "So, when are you going to go … [Read more...]

Leave a Comment Filed Under: Extra Spoons, inspiration Tagged With: feeling better, sunday inspiration

Sunday Inspiration: Stop Ruminating

Last Updated: October 5, 2014

Rumination is a state that many of us find ourselves in when we are sick. What is rumination? Ruminating a psychological state of focusing on our distress, on the negatives of our situation. Recently one of my favorite authors and bloggers, Toni Bernhard posted a great article about this and about … [Read more...]

3 Comments Filed Under: Coping, inspiration, relationships Tagged With: decreasing stress, feeling better, sunday inspiration

10 Reasons We Resist Healthy Changes

Last Updated: May 11, 2014

Stop Resisting: Start Feeling Better

Change is difficult for most of us. We get comfortable with our lives just like they are, even when they are lives filled with chronic pain and fatigue. But resisting healthy changes could be preventing you from feeling better. Often, small changes (or even big changes) are just what we need. If we … [Read more...]

Leave a Comment Filed Under: Extra Spoons, inspiration Tagged With: feeling better, sunday inspiration

Why I started the Whole30 Yesterday

Last Updated: April 1, 2013

Because I need more willpower! Ok, that's why I started it at all, it's not why I started The Whole30 yesterday. I started it yesterday because starting something like that on April Fools Day just seemed like a bad idea.I know my diet is pretty damn clean compared to most people. I don't eat gluten … [Read more...]

4 Comments Filed Under: Diet and Nutrition, My Life Tagged With: diet, feeling better, gluten, Whole30

Alcohol & Fibromyalgia

Last Updated: March 22, 2013

The study making the rounds this week seems to show that drinking a few drinks a week (up to 1 a day) can help those of us with Fibro feel better. I've posted in the past that during some of my worst days I craved alcohol and having a drink or two definitely made me feel better. Of course, it's … [Read more...]

2 Comments Filed Under: Diet and Nutrition, Medical Studies, Medications Tagged With: chronic fatigue, decreasing pain, feeling better, neurontin

The Whole 30

Last Updated: July 19, 2012

So, I finally downloaded a copy of It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways, the book that explains The Whole 30 and the science behind it. I'm about 75% of the way through now and I've convinced myself I definitely need to do a Whole 30. The main reason … [Read more...]

2 Comments Filed Under: Diet and Nutrition, Exercise, relationships Tagged With: dairy-free, diet, documentary, family, feeling better, gluten, Whole30

6 Easy Diet Changes To Make You Feel Better

Last Updated: June 26, 2012

6 easy diet changes to help you feel better

Thinking back several years to how terrible I felt, it really does amaze me how far I've come. During my early days with fibromyalgia, I was in bed almost every day, I was quite honestly one step away from suicidal. I was a day away from checking myself into the hospital. It took reaching a breaking … [Read more...]

1 Comment Filed Under: Diet and Nutrition Tagged With: diet, feeling better, food sensitivities, saving money

Juice Recipe

Last Updated: March 15, 2012

Treating Fibromyalgia with Food

The sad part is that I now am pretty sure I know what it would take to make me feel 100% better full time, I just also know myself well enough to know that I don't have the willpower to make it happen. Sweet Pepper Juice II -Orange Bell Pepper, Pinapple, strawberries & gingerSo what would … [Read more...]

Leave a Comment Filed Under: Diet and Nutrition, Juicing Tagged With: diet, feeling better

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About Julie

Spoonie. Fibro Warrior. E-health advocate.

Julie Ryan was diagnosed with fibromyalgia in 2010 and endometriosis in 2012. She's lived with chronic migraine most of her life. In 2019 she was diagnosed with inter-cranial hypertension.

Julie has a degree in Psychology, and works as a freelance writer and marketer. Freelance work allows her to work when she can and not be tied to a desk or a schedule. Julie believes in living an inspired life despite chronic illness.

"I have chronic illness, it doesn't have me."

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Blog title inspired by The Spoon Theory, by Christine Miserandino, an excellent explanation of what it's like to live with invisible illness. Read More…

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I am not a doctor. I do not claim to be a doctor. I do not play a doctor on TV or the internet. I simply share my experiences and what has worked for me. We are all different and before you try any new treatment, exercise, supplement, etc you should talk with your doctor (the real one, not the one on TV).

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