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Are you a self-determination caregiver?

Since those of us who are self-determination consumers, are required to find our own caregivers. Do you have trouble finding them? I am trying to develop an application that brings us together. Would you be interested in this 💡
#Caregivers #self -determination

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Are you a self-determination caregiver?

Since those of us who are self-determination consumers, are required to find our own caregivers. Do you have trouble finding them? I am trying to develop an application that brings us together. Would you be interested in this 💡
#Caregivers #self -determination

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For ANYTHING MS-related, the Navigators are here to help.

A free service provided to you by the National #MSSociety.

#multiplesclerosis #MightyTogether #ChronicIllness #autoimmune #newlydiagnosed #Disability #Caregiving

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To All of The Mighty- In case someone hasn’t told you this already 💯🤩🦋🧘🏻‍♀️💪 This quote image is what I am saying to EACH of YOU.

🙌 Yes!!

Yep, I am Also your confidence booster!
&
Your cheerleader ( 📣 🙃🤭🙌🙌 another fun fact about me - I was the first freshman in my high school to make the Varsity football cheerleading squad And I Also was a cheerleading coach in high school for junior high school kids And I did all of that while also teaching dance and helping to run a dance school in high school too, while also continuing my own dance training daily because my first love since the age of 3 has always been the beautiful art of dance- or like one of my all time favorite Professional dance companies that I paid to see live in NYC was called- “Shaping Sound”.

Yeah, I Really miss those days of Energy.

These days, if I have any energy or let’s say the infrequent but still a huge gift of having more than a little energy, it’s funny in that I can recognize the immense difference in a blink of an eye.

Oh, yeah, and about the badass part of this quote image 👆
Not having energy and still doing all that I do, That is what makes me Badass, is how I look at it- after straightening out my Perspective and Reframing my Headspace.
And honestly without my onset of major depressive disorder at age 34 (I am now 52), I would never have really achieved Becoming Badass! And, I always admired Badass people of all kinds.

Always remember this whole hard thing called life and life transitions requires us to take on new, healthier Perspectives Always, And this is what I learned from the Headspace app is also called “Reframing” (best app in the world, at least when I used it daily in 2017 - 2019)

And I have specific, Large, photo album folders on my phone - 1 titled “Reframing Headspace” from my saved key takeaways from each Headspace course lesson I took (that Of Course I will be sharing with you in my group Resilience and Mindfulness) and I have another specific, Large, photo album folder titled “Perspectives” that Of Course I will be sharing with you in my group titled Resilience and Mindfulness)

To anyone seeing this post outside of my group - here is the direct link Resilience and Mindfulness and Join Us for So Much & because literally Everyone needs to learn both Resilience and Mindfulness (and, I don’t stop there with what goodies I share To Help YOU 😁🙃)

#MightyTogether #MentalHealth #ChronicFatigue #ChronicIllness #Disability #Anxiety #GeneralizedAnxietyDisorder #MajorDepressiveDisorder #DepressiveDisorders #Selfharm #SocialAnxiety #ADHD #Agoraphobia #MDD #MoodDisorders #MultipleSclerosis #IfYouFeelHopeless #MyCondition #CheerMeOn #ChronicFatigueSyndrome #OtherMentalHealth #MotorDisorders #ChronicPain #Mindfulness #Selfcare #FamilyAndFriends #Relationships #AnorexiaNervosa #EatingDisorders #BingeEatingDisorder #Arthritis #BipolarDisorder #BipolarDepression #Fibromyalgia #Caregiving #Cancer #CrohnsDisease #DownSyndrome #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #Epilepsy #Addiction #Lupus #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #CerebralPalsy #ObsessiveCompulsiveDisorder

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Resilience and Mindfulness | An Online Health Community

I am going to break down into pieces a lot of notes I have to share from Positive Psychology: Resilience Skills Course Audited -by University of Pennsylvania + More Supports For Wellbeing Some concepts I hope to add to your cognitive skills toolkit and vocabulary are: *Learning how to incorporate *resilience interventions*-*protective factors*, *cognitive strategies*, *develop mental agility*, increase positive emotion, *decrease anxiety*, and *take control of thinking traps*, and *learning the critical skill of optimism, as well as *taking a deeper dive into the cognitive skills and wellbeing mindset of mindfulness living. Resilience can help protect you from mental health conditions, such as depression and anxiety. Resilience also can help you deal with and be better prepared for other truly hard things in life. Research has also shown the effectiveness of mindfulness as an intervention in recurrent depression and there is so much more to this state of mind.
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Fear of MS Relapses: “One of the hardest things about having this disease is the uncertainty."

"You wake up every day and think, ‘Is this the day a relapse is going to happen again?’” says San Diego musician Courtney Casner, who has dealt with her own ups and downs.

Counseling psychology professor Evelyn Hunter, of Auburn University, says, “For folks newer in their MS journey, fear of relapse is among the most significant psychological issues. You don’t know your body, you don’t know what form a relapse would take, you don’t know the long-term effect. …

“Fear of relapse also spikes at big life transitions like parenthood, changing careers or moving. People worry, ‘What if my MS gets in the way?’”

Clear perspectives about relapses and how to minimize that fear so it doesn't paralyze your life: www.nationalmssociety.org/news-and-magazine/momentum-magazin...

Photo by Keith Carlsen. #MultipleSclerosis #MightyTogether #ChronicIllness #autoimmune #newlydiagnosed #Disability #Caregiving

Empowering people affected by MS to live their best lives

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society exists because there are people with MS. Our vision is a world free of MS.
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Random Act of Kindness - please

It’s never a bad time for a random act of kindness. February 14 – 20 is Random Act of Kindness Week. Looking for some inspiration and kindness, what’s a random act of kindness you’ve experienced? Is there a random act of kindness you’ve done? Think of this as an experiment in MS mental health healing.

Random Acts of Kindness Week

#MultipleSclerosis #MightyTogether #Caregiving #MentalHealth

Random Acts of Kindness Week

Celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Week this year by lending a helping hand. We’ve got loads of suggestions waiting for you.
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This Thurs. 2/20 Ask an MS Expert topic is in Spanish, "Common symptoms of MS."

2/27: "Overcoming MS Stigma and Embracing Support"

And on the YouTube page you're sure to find a topic that interests you: tips for air travel with MS, veterans with MS, health coaching for MS, vaccinations and MS, and a long list of others.

www.nationalmssociety.org/Resources-Support/Library-Educatio...

#MSsociety #AskanMSexpert #MultipleSclerosis #MightyTogether #ChronicIllness #autoimmune #newlydiagnosed #Disability #Caregiving

Empowering people affected by MS to live their best lives

The National Multiple Sclerosis Society exists because there are people with MS. Our vision is a world free of MS.
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I always thought this symptom sounded weird, then realized, I GET THIS!

When it's cold like today, there's a spot under my ribs where the itch just won't go away.

Plus with heavy hands it's harder to reach those rascally itches.

#multiplesclerosis #MightyTogether #ChronicIllness #autoimmune #newlydiagnosed #Disability #Caregiving

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