When two of the most essential actions taken to live well with Parkinson’s are to connect with others face-to-face and be physically active every day, telling someone to practice social distancing can feel like taking away a lifeline.
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Coping in the Chaos: 6 Practices to Help Navigate Uncertainty
In the middle of all this uncertainty, there are a few practices that are helping me cope. I’m sharing them just in case they’re helpful to you.
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5 Tips and Tools to Take Control of Your Health and Wellness
Getting healthy can be hard. It’s important to acknowledge that fact. If you want to stay in control of your quality of life, taking steps to improve your health is essential.
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Donating Our Daughter’s Organs
As a parent, you hope and pray that you will never have to bury your child. However, in August of 2004, JoCarolyn Chambers and her husband found themselves doing the unthinkable: making arrangements for their seventeen-year-old daughter Jenna after a car accident took her life.
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‘Meet people where they are’: Douglas County peer support program expands to library, housing authority
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My Experience With Thyroid Cancer
Daria Jerauld went to the doctor with a terrible sore throat. The conversations they had would start a three-year journey of ultrasounds, biopsies, and medical appointments. This experience led to her learning how to turn lemons into lemonade by giving back to others also facing Thyroid Cancer.
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World AIDS Day: Positive Directions
I am a volunteer at Positive Directions in Wichita, KS. Every day we talk with individuals that have been exposed to HIV, those coming in for regular checkups/retests, or those who may be first-time clients.
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Through the Eyes of a Hospice Nurse
Death and dying are not often thought of as being comfortable, peaceful, or beautiful. Having the support of others can make a world of difference for patients and families in this time; this is where hospice can step in.
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Advocacy Services for Domestic Violence Victims
We all know someone who has experienced domestic violence. It occurs at the same rate in all socio-economic groups, races, and faiths. We see survivors at church, at work, throughout our daily lives. We just don’t know. Someone on your block may be suffering abuse right now.
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Moms Supporting Moms
Taryn Zweygardt, LMSW | Executive Director, The Village ICT My entire life I wanted to be a mother. I remember telling many people growing up that I honestly felt as though I was put on this earth to be a mom. I dreamed of the day when I could tote around my precious little bundle of…
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