Path For Change

Hurricane season teaches us to prepare ahead of time. Water, batteries, a plan, gathered while the sky is still clear, so we are not scrambling once a storm actually forms.

The same idea can help with the storms your body goes through too.

New on the blog, a look at building your own emotional hurricane kit, a small collection of practices, phrases, and permissions you can gather now, so they are already there when you need them.

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Hurricane season teaches us to prepare ahead of time. Water, batteries, a plan, gathered while the sky is still clear, so we are not scrambling once a storm actually forms.

The same idea can help with the storms your body goes through too.

New on the blog, a look at building your own emotional hurricane kit, a small collection of practices, phrases, and permissions you can gather now, so they are already there when you need them.

🌸 Read more here:

How to Build an Emotional Toolkit for Chronic Pain Flare-Ups A hurricane-kit approach to preparing for flares before they happen — practices, not supplies.

Yesterday I was having a hard morning. The kind where your thoughts start pulling toward a place you would rather not go.

I looked up at a red light and saw a license plate that read, in its own abbreviated way, "It'll be fine."

That was it. That was all it took to shift.

I have been practicing this for a while now, noticing a hard thought and gently choosing a different one, on purpose, again and again, until it starts happening almost on its own. Yesterday was proof the practice works. One small, unexpected sign, and my whole nervous system settled.

You do not need a perfect message to shift your thinking. You need practice, and permission to let something small be enough.

Found this spot and stood there a little longer than I needed to.

Something about the light through the branches made it hard to walk away.

This time of year, many of us fall into the habit of checking the tropics for any perceived threat. We scan and repeatedly check weather apps, favorite meteorologists on social media, the news, watching closely just in case.

It got me thinking about how similar that is to the way many of us track our own bodies, watching closely for any perceived threat, a twinge, a wave of fatigue, a sensation that might mean something is starting.

I wrote more about it in my blog, what watching a storm and watching a flare in your own body actually have in common.

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What Tracking Hurricanes Can Teach Us About Chronic Pain and Illness What meteorologists can teach us about tracking chronic pain and illness.

Found this swinging into golden hour, wind in my hair, completely unbothered by how ridiculous I probably looked.

There's something about a swing that flips off the adult-brain switch. For a few minutes, nothing to manage, nothing to track. Just moving through the air.

Do you have anything simple that does that for you?

I'm honored to share that I've joined the APDA Florida Chapter as lead facilitator for their Parkinson's support group here in Dunedin.

The group meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 1 PM at the Hale Center in Dunedin, and it's open to both care partners and people living with Parkinson's, gathering for education, connection, and the kind of peer support that reminds people they're not carrying this alone.

Caregiving and chronic illness have always been close to my heart in this work, and I'm grateful for the chance to show up for this community in person.

If you or someone you know could use this space, details are in the flyer. Feel free to reach out with any questions.