Hello friends, I’m finding more and more that writing this blog helps me feel more intentional and connected to the mindfulness practices I am trying. If there any practices you have found particularly helpful, please feel free to comment and send them my way! I’d love to hear others’ experiences with mindfulness for chronic pain. Continue reading

Hello Friends, Over the past week, I have been more intentional about taking care of my spine and my body through trying to eat more regular meal and treating my body to movement of some kind on a daily basis. My favorite movement by far at the moment is walks around Schiller Park and German Continue reading

Hello friends, Over the past almost two weeks, I’ve been trying to focus on practicing the mindfulness attitude of non-judgement, specifically as it relates to my body. This was put to the test last weekend when I went on a hiking trip through Red River Gorge in Kentucky. If you haven’t been there, I definitely Continue reading

When I teach mindfulness to the teenagers I work with, I divide mindfulness into “what,” “how,” and “why” skills, according to Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. The “what” of mindfulness are the practices themselves – whether that be meditation, observing details of your surroundings, or, as I attempted last week, being aware of my pain in the Continue reading

The quote above is my favorite definition of mindfulness and the one I use when explaining mindfulness to my clients. The first time it was suggested that I use mindfulness for pain management, I was post-running-injury, pre-second-fusion-surgery, when not having the right medications in my system or not being positioned just right in bed put Continue reading

So to give you a little bit of context, I’ll share my scoliosis story, thus far. I was diagnosed with congenital scoliosis during a prenatal ultrasound, and have known I have scoliosis for as far back as I can remember. Congenital scoliosis occurs due to malformations of the vertebrae themselves, which then become more crooked Continue reading

Currently, I am living with a spine-full mind- a mind full of questions, constantly seeking answers about what the rest of my life will look like with severe scoliosis. Don’t get me wrong, this drive to understand has helped me in so many ways. Knowledge about my back has empowered me to reach out for Continue reading