Living Life to the Fullest
Creative Coping Strategies for Managing Chronic Illness
Reduce Feelings of Helplessness
Be Empowered
Regain Personal Control
Enhance the Quality of Your Life
Improve Self-Esteem
Living with chronic illness has a deep impact on not only the individual inflicted but all those surrounding them. It leaves no area of life untouched. Although we always want to be looking for possible cures and methods to heal, for some conditions complete healing is not a possibility, and even when it is, healing is a process that takes time. Our lives may be turned upside down at times and our coping abilities pushed to the limit.
We are likely to face crises, loss, pain, grief, conflict, disruption, excess stress, uncertainty, and even questions about identity and the meaning of life. If left unmanaged, chronic illness has the potential to greatly degrade our quality of life, rob us of personal power, deteriorate self-esteem and destroy relationships.
The most effective way to manage and reduce the impact that chronic illness has on our lives is to develop effective coping skills that address the limits we now face. As someone who lives with the challenges of chronic illness every day, I am quite familiar with the challenging terrain, and as a mental health professional, I know how important it is to address these issues head-on before they consume us.
Self-Care Tips to Help You:
Living Life to the Fullest is packed with self-care tips, techniques, and strategies that cost you absolutely nothing and address all areas of your life. From dieting to sexuality and everything in-between you’ll find effective ways to minimize the power chronic illness has over your life and live a fuller more satisfying life.
- Discover New Meaning and Purpose in Life
- Cope and Thrive in Spite of Your Symptoms
- Improve and Preserve Relationships
- Manage Symptoms More Effectively
- Deal with Grief and Loss
- Navigate Acceptance and Adjustment
- Find the Spiritual Journey in Chronic Illness
- Redefine Your Identity
- Discover a New Perspective on Chronic Illness
- Feel Validated, Inspired, and Encouraged
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Benefits of Living Life to the Fullest
- Manage stress
- Get through the holidays
- Become more tolerant of feelings
- Deal with parenting issues
- Manage declining cognitive abilities
- Cope with pain
- Get needs met more effectively
- Stick to dietary restrictions
- Maintain sexuality
- Come to terms with your mortality