🤔 Sometimes the best solutions are the simplest ones! ✨ Like taping your nail clippers to a box for extra stability and control. 🙌 No fancy tools needed, just creativity...
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General Education, Podcast, Provider Interviews
Why are Integrative Approaches so Important? Insights from Dr. Diana Girnita
✨ “Do not lose hope. Do not let other’s bad experiences influence your decisions.” 🎙️ In Episode 161 of The Arthritis Life Podcast, Dr. Diana Girnita...
Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: In this episode, Cheryl and Estela Mata, a passionate advocate for autoimmune disease awareness and support, discuss their personal...
favorite products, General Education, Life Hacks
My Best Tips for Beating the Sun and Heat when you have Rheumatoid Arthritis
Like many people with rheumatoid arthritis, lupus and other forms of autoimmune arthritis, I have experienced increased heat and sun sensitivity. This makes it difficult...
Struggling to chop veggies with joint pain or limited grip? There are tools that can help! In this video, I show how I use this 90 degree angled knife to make food prep...
Arthritis Life Blog, Blog, Mental Health
The Acceptance Paradox – How I Stopped Fighting Chronic Illness and Started Living Fully *with* It!
For years, I believed I had to fight my autoimmune condition to live a full life. Every message I absorbed, from doctors, media, and even well-meaning friends, told me...
Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: Have you ever struggled to respond to unsolicited advice or comments about your rheumatic disease? On this episode of ‘Rheumer Has...
Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: What’s it really like to live with psoriatic arthritis—especially in a place as unique as Anchorage, Alaska? In this episode, Cheryl sits...
Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: In this episode of Rheumer Has It, hosts Eileen and Cheryl sit down with rheumatologist Dr. Glenn Hazelwood to debunk common myths and...
Mental Health, rheum to thrive, support group
Celebrating Five Years of my Rheum to THRIVE Arthritis Support Program!
When I first created the Rheum to THRIVE arthritis support program, it was rooted in two simple but powerful beliefs: 1️⃣ No one should have to navigate life with...