activity

What I did with my summer

by Isy
September 1, 2019September 1, 2019
activity, care team, CRPS knock-on effects, home-hunt, imp-possible, loved ones, massage/bodywork, mortality, perspective, radical presence/radical acceptance, self-care

I’m aware that I disappeared for awhile. Obsessively focusing on housing and breakup, everything else sorta disappeared. Here’s what that period looked like, framed around… Read More »What I did with my summer

3-4 solid tools for tough times

by Isy
June 8, 2019June 8, 2019
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activity, ANS and fight-or-flight, basics, brain care, CRPS knock-on effects, martial & internal arts, radical presence/radical acceptance, reiki/meditation, self-care, what works

(If you’re looking for my housing-search info, go here for the latest with all the tables, and here for the one before that 🙂 )… Read More »3-4 solid tools for tough times

Controlling my descent

by Isy
November 25, 2018
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activity, adaptation, basics, CRPS knock-on effects, humor, imp-possible, loved ones

Admittedly, this might be one of those posts that I think is wonderfully uplifting and informative and positive and yadda yadda, and normal people have… Read More »Controlling my descent

This is not a triptych

by Isy
October 2, 2018
activity, adaptation, basics, brain care, CRPS knock-on effects, imp-possible, kitten, loved ones, nutrition, radical presence/radical acceptance, self-care

I’m a writer; I think in terms of story. I assumed I’d have some definite third stage of recovery from that breakup, but no, just… Read More »This is not a triptych

When I lose everything but me

by Isy
January 17, 2018
activity, basics, brain plasticity, CRPS knock-on effects, imp-possible, perspective, radical presence/radical acceptance, self-care, Uncategorized

This is one of several blog posts I drafted late last year and got distracted from. This isn’t the duckiest or most amusing one to… Read More »When I lose everything but me

Getting held up by New York

by Isy
August 20, 2017February 13, 2021
activity, bugging out, CRPS knock-on effects, humor, imp-possible, loved ones, moving/traveling, radical presence/radical acceptance, tips on traveling with pain, travelogue

I’m working on a novelette about the meningitis madness of last month. Until I get it done, let me entertain you with another tale of… Read More »Getting held up by New York

On the road again

by Isy
April 6, 2017April 6, 2017
activity, CRPS knock-on effects, marathon, nature, radical presence/radical acceptance, self-care

I used to run between 3 and 12 miles, 3 to 5 times per week. Not so much because I wanted to be One Of… Read More »On the road again

The third toughest job

by Isy
May 24, 2016May 24, 2016
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activity, ANS and fight-or-flight, CRPS knock-on effects, home-hunt, imp-possible, loved ones, self-care

While I’ve been absent from the blogosphere, I’ve been pushing the rock of life further uphill. I’m cautiously optimisitc about getting it to the top… Read More »The third toughest job

Music lit me up and doused the fire

by Isy
April 29, 2016April 29, 2016
activity, brain care, CRPS Art and Spirit, imp-possible, music, self-care, what works

Okay, this is weird… good weird, though. I’d been in a really bitter, increasing pain jag for days, and though a dose of Norco and… Read More »Music lit me up and doused the fire

Fixing the brakes

by Isy
March 19, 2016
activity, adaptation, ANS and fight-or-flight, basics, brain care, CRPS knock-on effects, imp-possible, loved ones, martial & internal arts, nutrition, perspective, reiki/meditation, self-care, what works

Interesting week here. A dear friend is embroiled in one of those ghastly legal tangles where the vultures are rigged to win. I’m the key… Read More »Fixing the brakes