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hEDS and Letting Go: A Meditation
When we are hypermobile our physical attachments march to their own beat. Whether a person is a stiff bendy or a complete rubber band, each of us has our story surrounding our attachments. Physical ones, anyway, at least in the context of hypermobile Ehlers Danlos syndrome. But what about our mental or psychological attachments? …
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Is it Really “Alternative Medicine”? (Chinese Medicine Today)
In a recent Two Hearts Wellness blog post I wrote a companion piece to this one. Titled “A Short Dictionary of Terms: The Language of Chinese Medicine,” I shared thoughts on the changing meanings of English-language vocabulary related to Chinese medicine. I’ll link a section of it below, but the full essay considered these…
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Acupuncture & EDS: How to Find a Practitioner of Chinese Medicine When You’re a Zebra
~~~~~ My first blog post about finding an acupuncturist was in 2019, so it’s been a while. Besides, the original essay (linked here below) was for normies and I think we can all agree that there needs to be a version of this essay for people with complex conditions. Whether it’s EDS, MCAS, POTS,…
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Medical PTSD and Chronic Illness: Root Causes and Strategies for Survival
Medical PTSD is a form of post-traumatic stress disorder caused by damage experienced within the contextual framework of healthcare. The trauma might encompass any number of events or occurrences. However, my focus in this essay is on the experiences of chronic, complex, and/or rare disease populations. One thing is to have an exceedingly unpleasant one-off…
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