5 Ways to Make Infertility Easier
I’ve lived with infertility for four years, and am always learning new ways to make it easier! Infertility is a roller coaster, with good days and bad days. I think the easiest days are when I don’t...
View ArticleWhy You Need to Join a Support Group – Early Stage Dementia
Why do I believe the first thing you need to do if you’ve been diagnosed with early stage dementia is join a support group? Because I’m doing my practicum placement with the Alzheimer Society in...
View ArticleHorses for Healing – How Equine Therapy Improves Symptoms of Disease
Horse therapy (hippotherapy or equine therapy) can help you cope with a variety of chronic and short-term illnesses. Anyone – from wounded military veterans to kids with autism – can benefit from the...
View Article3 Surprising Treatments for Chronic Illness: Stress, Aging, and Hoarding
Effectively treating your illness isn’t just about meds and doctors’ visits! These surprising treatments for chronic illness involve stressing more, embracing aging, and hoarding your reserves. Today...
View ArticleTreatments for Fibromyalgia – How to Manage the Pain
Since there is no cure, the goal of treatment for fibromyalgia is managing the painful symptoms. Here are several tips for living with fibromyalgia, from a new Canadian review of research. These tips...
View ArticleA Surprisingly Easy Cure for Lower Back Pain
If your chronic lower back pain is caused by bacterial infections, then the cure may be easy, fast and effective. You’ve probably already heard of it: antibiotics. On “Wishful Wednesdays” here on Quips...
View ArticleCalming a Person With Dementia in a Care Facility
Is your loved one anxious or stressed at the care facility? Here’s a tip for decreasing the stress level of someone with dementia in a long-term care home. Yesterday I attended a caregivers support...
View ArticleHow to Pray for Healing
Most of my MM articles on Quips and Tips for Healing and Hope aren’t about praying to God for healing from disease. Here, however, I describe what Centering Prayer is and how it can help you cope. MM...
View ArticleWhy You Shouldn’t Wear Underwear – A Surprising Health Tip
Here are a few reasons – health benefits – of not wearing underwear. Sometimes you need to give your privates a breath of fresh air, especially if thong underwear is your undergarment of choice. It’s...
View ArticleThe Wishing Well for Wishful Wednesday
If you had one health wish that could be granted overnight, what would it be? Here is our Wishing Well on Quips and Tips for Hope and Healing. Wednesdays is “Wishful Wednesday”, but you can make a...
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