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Radical self-care: healing in mind and body
ByAlison Hayes February 22, 2019April 3, 2021

Radical self care is, quite simply, recognizing that you need to meet your own needs before you can or should try to meet the needs of others. It’s not possible to give what you don’t have. Love may be infinite, but energy definitely isn’t – and if you let your well run dry, you have…

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Strategizing for success | Taking care of yourself

A Chronic Voice January 2019
ByAlison Hayes January 4, 2019May 28, 2019

Once more, I am participating in A Chronic Voice’s monthly linkup. Prompts: Dedicating, Establishing, Breaking, Strengthening, Allowing Like many new years I have experienced, 2019 finds me hopeful but tired, and wanting to use this ‘new year’ energy to improve myself and my life. This just is a good time for self-reflection, growth, and creating…

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Meet The Author

Alison Hayes

As a person with a sometimes-invisible illness that straddles neurology and psychiatry (Functional Neurological Disorder), I've dealt with a lot of the stigma surrounding physical and mental illnesses and both visible and invisible illnesses. I want to help other people with disabilities to regain perspective and control over their lives through manageable steps and make their lives better, one step at a time.

Photography courtesy of Terry Manning(terrymakes.com)