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When the Phone Becomes an Enemy: PTSD, Natural Disasters, and Recurring Trauma

It is two days before my 34th birthday, and I’m so wound up with anxiety I can’t function. The majority of the western United States is...

The Migraine Chronicles ... Awards and Updates

My migraine blog, The Migraine Chronicles, recently received an award for being one of the "Top 50 Migraine Blogs & Websites on the Web."...

Out of Office

I'm taking a tip from one of my favorite writers, Anne Lamott, and unplugging for the next nine days. I hope you all enjoy the solar...

Affording Prescriptions When You’re Chronically Ill

Living with chronic illness is expensive. Between the monthly premiums, regular office visits, lab work, imaging tests, supplement shots,...

The Muse Does Require Sacrifice, But It Isn't What You Think

There is a belief among many writers and artists, myself included, that we must give up something for the sake of our art. That the muse...

June is Migraine and Headache Awareness Month #MHAMSMC

June is Migraine and Headache Awareness month, and there are dozens of ways to get involved, including joining an orchestrated online...

Suicide Risk Post-Hospital: A Word of Warning on the Final Day of Mental Health Month

When we, or the people we love, are at real risk for suicide, we often consider hospitalization. We know hospitalization (whether...

Migraine World Summit 2017

This week is the second annual Migraine World Summit, a free online event featuring streamable interviews from 36 of the world's top...

How Not to Paralyze Your #Writing: A Word on #Reading

"Let us forgive ourselves for writing poems that aren't better than every other poem that has ever been written." - Dean Young, The Art...

Gun Control, Civil Rights, and Avoiding Orwellian Dystopia in the Age of Trump

It’s tempting to equate conservative fear over losing the right to guns with liberal fear over losing civil liberties. After all, they’re...