Chronic Illness: Let the Grief in
I flip to a blank page and sit silently, staring, wondering why I can’t seem to find the words I need to write. So many words swimming...
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Ronni Morgan
- Sep 1, 2021
- 6 min
Coping with Chronic Illness - I took a Wrong Turn Back There Somewhere
I’m not the Disability Poster Child of Positivity, as of late. I’m missing the zest for life I felt before all of this went from bad to...
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Ronni Morgan
- Aug 31, 2021
- 4 min
When Doctors Fail Us: How to Hold Doctors Accountable
I hope this gives you courage...
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Ronni Morgan
- Nov 20, 2020
- 6 min
Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Chronic Illness
When I start to feel like I’m losing control of my body (or anything for that matter), I start hyper-focusing on things I think I can...
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Ronni Morgan
- Nov 1, 2020
- 6 min
The truth About Sex and Chronic Pain
I couldn’t figure out why it was so challenging for me to get out of my head and into the moment, into my body. I thought it was me being...
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Ronni Morgan
- Sep 24, 2020
- 6 min
When Body Positivity Meets Prednisone
...I started waking up to an entirely different sector of the body positive movement I hadn’t given much thought to previously...
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Ronni Morgan
- Sep 19, 2020
- 5 min
Chronic Pain and the Duality of Being Human
...We find ourselves trapped in this perpetual cycle of needing to get back to happiness, to “feeling good,” and when we can’t, or can’t...
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Ronni Morgan
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
Coping Without Answers - Chronic Headaches
I’m being taunted by this blinking cursor on this blank page. Rather than writing, I keep thinking of funny things to post on Facebook...
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Ronni Morgan
- Sep 2, 2020
- 4 min
Chronic Headaches - No Answers
I was running errands one day when a headache started on the left side of my head. Nothing alarming....
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Ronni Morgan
- Jul 16, 2020
- 4 min
How to Finally Belong to Yourself
"How can I move through the world as myself, for myself, without anyone else telling me who I’m supposed to be?"
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Ronni Morgan
- Jul 7, 2020
- 1 min
6 Ways to Support Your Loved One with Chronic Health Conditions
Knowing how to show up for your loved ones who are dealing with chronic health conditions can be challenging...
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Ronni Morgan
- Jul 1, 2020
- 5 min
Covid-19, Chronic Disease and People Who Refuse to Wear a Mask
If I hear one more person try and say wearing a mask is DANGEROUS, I’m going to slap you right across the face. RIGHT. ACROSS. THE. FACE.
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Ronni Morgan
- Jun 26, 2020
- 1 min
Your "Cures" are Victim Blaming in Disguise — Living with Chronic Disease
Here’s what I need you to understand: Just because your body functions properly and you are “healthy” doesn’t mean you’re...
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Ronni Morgan
- Jun 25, 2020
- 6 min
Finding Peace When Your Body is at War
Living with chronic health conditions is frustrating. There’s no getting around that. It’s not easy and there are days when all you can do..
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Ronni Morgan
- Jun 24, 2020
- 6 min
The Art of Wholehearted Living and Chronic Illness
I’d been so busy chasing after some magic I sensed in other people, trying to stand close enough to it, hoping I could capture a bit of it..
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Ronni Morgan
- Jun 23, 2020
- 9 min
Facing My Inner Ableist
Ableism is insidious. It’s one of those things you don’t necessarily give much thought to until you have to and it shows up in sneaky ways.
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Ronni Morgan
- Jun 21, 2020
- 8 min
How My Trip to Croatia Changed My Life
I’m not someone who believes everything happens for a reason. I do believe in intuition...
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Ronni Morgan
- Jun 20, 2020
- 6 min
Living with an Undiagnosed Disease
Despite knowing what it feels like to live inside my body every day, when you don’t have a diagnosis, there’s always a seed of doubt, albeit
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Ronni Morgan
- Jun 19, 2020
- 6 min
How Chronic Pain Contributed to my Emotionally Abusive Relationship
While I was gas lighting myself about my deteriorating hip joints, he was gas lighting me in our relationship...
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Ronni Morgan
- Jun 18, 2020
- 6 min
Confessions of the Chronically Anxious
I just started screaming. I know I was crying too but mostly I just remember the screaming. It was like whatever was boiling up inside...
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