ChronicTalk Community

05/20/2026

💙 Maria shares these words:

ChronicTalk offers a place to slow down, speak honestly and reconnect — without pressure to fix yourself or perform wellness.

05/19/2026

📕 RECOMMENDED BOOK 🌟 Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie offer creative, faith-based blessings that center gratitude and hope while acknowledging our real, messy lives. Formatted like a prayer book, The Lives We Actually Have is an oasis and a landing spot for weary souls, with blessings that focus on the full range of human moments: garbage days, lovely days, grief-stricken days, and even (especially) completely ordinary days. https://ow.ly/fOGE50Z0gli

05/18/2026

💙 Your body is not against you. Everyday your nervous is trying to protect you. What
often happens in chronic illness; however, the nervous system doesn’t realize that the danger
has passed. ➡️ Read more: https://ow.ly/pL9t50Z0gaT

05/17/2026

💙 Beth writes: "Post -Traumatic Growth is the positive psychological change that can occur after a person goes through a very difficult (traumatic) experience. This does not mean the trauma was “good” for the person. It does not mean that the suffering disappears. Instead, it means that people discover new strength, meaning, or perspective as they heal and live their lives." ➡️ Read more:

ChronicTalk offers a place to slow down, speak honestly and reconnect — without pressure to fix yourself or perform wellness.

05/15/2026

💙 Maria shares some thoughts about chronic illness and reminds us that "There is Nothing Wrong With You!" 🫴 Watch and reflect...

04/21/2026

We are looking forward to our next CHRONICTALK COMMUNITY at Noon EST on Thursday, April 23. We hope you are excited about connecting and sharing.

Zoom Meeting ID: 983 0604 1031

Here is our agenda:

04/20/2026

💙 If you are trying to find wholeness in chronic illness, do these sound familiar❓Our new ChronicTalk Community covers real, relevant topics like:

✔️ Resilience & pacing
✔️ Grounding your nervous system
✔️ Reframing shame & finding identity
✔️ Talking to your doctor with confidence
✔️ Everyday regulation tools for relief

🔗 Join here: https://ow.ly/sfz650XZoF0

04/19/2026

🫶 Beth writes: "Your Nervous System is Trying to Protect You. Your nervous system is a loyal guard dog. It stays alert and aware of the situations of your life.
It barks to alert you and protect you (Fight or Flight). This can look like irritability, anger, or frustration in the Fight response. It can look like anxiety, restlessness, racing thoughts, or avoiding situations in a Flight response.
In chronic illness often everything, anything or nothing can look like a threat or feels like a danger. The loyal guard dog begins to bark at everything as if it were a threat or a danger. It becomes exhausted and just wants to lie down and whimper (Frozen). This can look like shutdown, brain fog, numbness, or feeling stuck in a Frozen response." ➡️ READ ON: https://ow.ly/kVYa50YKPNA

04/17/2026

💙 Maria writes: "I have often said that one of my greatest strengths is my ability to impersonate a well person.

We learn to do this by masking — hiding our real feelings, thoughts, exhaustion, and fear — tucking our hardest battles behind closed doors.

Why do we do this?"

➡️ READ ON:

ChronicTalk offers a place to slow down, speak honestly and reconnect — without pressure to fix yourself or perform wellness.

02/25/2026

💙 Living with chronic illness is all-consuming. It's overwhelming to cope with the complexity of treatments, the challenges of daily tasks and the uncertainty of what lies ahead. 💻 That's why we are launching , an online community for learning, sharing and connection. ➡️ Learn more: https://ow.ly/bA8850YjKPQ

02/25/2026

🩺 We, too, deal with chronic illness in our lives and within our families. Doctors and other providers know how to treat the conditions, but they may not offer direction for the emotional trauma of patients who have a chronic illness. 🫂 That's why we are offering an online community, .➡️ Learn more: https://ow.ly/avu850YjKQG