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When you still need that medication.

Byichoosegrit March 31, 2025March 31, 2025

When you work long enough with those in the chronic pain world, and/or you’re a chronic pain girl yourself, it doesn’t take long to discover there are a lot. of. feelings. surrounding treatment plans and medication use. Some believe solely…

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An Unlikely Traveler.
Lifestyle | Lourdes. | Uncategorized

An Unlikely Traveler.

Byichoosegrit September 20, 2024February 26, 2025

traveling tips for those with chronic pain Somehow I’ve managed to leave the country three times over the past few years, with another trip on the horizon in just a few weeks. For someone with POTS and a chronic migraine,…

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7 Tips for Exercising with Chronic Pain.
Blog. | Lifestyle | Pain Management

7 Tips for Exercising with Chronic Pain.

Byichoosegrit June 26, 2024February 26, 2025

my reconditioning journey Last Sunday, I completed a 7 mile Eucharistic procession (google it 😉 ) by foot, took a power nap, and apparently feeling jacked, proceeded to play soccer alongside my team that same night. I won’t say this…

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community life while suffering
community | Lifestyle | minisode | socializing

Choosing Community When You’re Suffering.

Byichoosegrit June 12, 2024February 26, 2025

If I’ve learned anything about community…it’s that it aint easy. Isolation and disconnect are incredibly common in our culture today, and throwing in a chronic illness makes them all the more likely to happen. In this episode of I Choose…

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Chronic Pain Survival Kit
Blog. | chronic pain | community | exercise | Lifestyle | Pain Management | socializing | suffering | work

Chronic Pain Survival Kit

Byichoosegrit May 19, 2024February 26, 2025

As a spoonie/migrainer/potsie/whatever else you want to call someone who deals with chronic health issues, it’s taken a whole lot of experimenting to know what coping mechanisms out there work best when it comes to the physical, emotional, & spiritual…

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loneliness
Gritty Stories | Lifestyle | Podcast

That Lonely Feeling.

Byichoosegrit July 22, 2023February 26, 2025

Loneliness. It’s such a universal feeling, and one that, unfortunately, going through hard things tends to bring to the surface. My friend and nursing major, Kendal Lee, & I, both having experiences of chronic pain, are no stranger to this…

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lessons from Lourdes // a whole new therapy practice
Hope | Lifestyle | minisode | work

lessons from Lourdes // a whole new therapy practice

Byichoosegrit January 22, 2023August 2, 2024

Some of you know this, and some may not (because it’s maybe been a bit since I’ve been here)– but apparently if you send a girl to Lourdes, she’ll come back ready to start her own therapy practice? I’ll be…

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Lourdes pilgrimage
Hope | Lifestyle | Lourdes. | minisode

One Month as a European.

Byichoosegrit June 23, 2022August 7, 2024

I’ve been living in Europe for one month. I’ve been living in Europe for one month? Time is flying and I don’t even know how that’s a thing, but whatta packed month of beauty it has been. Post-family wedding in…

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Lourdes
Blog. | general | Hope | Lifestyle | Lourdes.

Two Weeks In.

Byichoosegrit June 8, 2022August 2, 2024

Just like that– I’ve been in Europe for two weeks (and a whirlwind of two weeks at that).Between bus rides, trains, and a lot of time in the air, so much has happened in the past two weeks that I…

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community | general | Gritty Stories | Lifestyle | My Journey | Podcast

Intentional Community: The Ladies.

Byichoosegrit October 20, 2021June 17, 2024

The latest podcast is on something I never set out to become quite SO passionate about, but I’m pretty ok with it….that is: intentional community. A few good ladies and I (Sam Vosters, Amanda Fahrendorf, & Sophie Collins), sat down…

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