Did you know the anxiety many feel before gathering with relatives for the holidays has something in common with the pre-game talk shows they run before the big games?

It’s called ANTICIPATORY EMOTION.

The pre-game show ramps it up.

I’d like to teach you how to dial it down.

What if we were to use the “elevator pitch” concept—typically used in business—to learn to communicate about our illnesses in a way that provides a clear understanding of such difficult, often misunderstood concepts?

Among the things that can become lost when one becomes chronically ill, our sense of selves is one of the most difficult. And it affects us differently at each stage of life.

Accepting one has a chronic illness isn’t a one-time dealio—by it’s very nature it is always done in present perfect tense.

Scripture very clears tells us that an abundant life is possible for EVERYONE. But what does that look like when you don’t have the energy to get out of bed?

It’s not enough to have a dream. Especially when one has chronic illness. It’s equally essential to have people in your life who CAN SEE IT TOO.

What do you do when someone asks you how you’re doing, and, truth be told, you’re not doing so hot?