When you’re dealing with a serious, ongoing, or life-limiting health issue, you don’t need someone who’s just checking boxes or following a flowchart. You need someone who gets you — the real you — not just the patient sitting in front of them.

I know people mean well when they say it. They're trying to offer comfort, trying to wrap a hard situation in something that sounds like strength and hope.

It’s hard to believe how much life can shift in less than two years.

Coping mechanisms get a bad rap sometimes. They’re treated like fallback plans—those things we turn to when everything else has fallen apart.

Understanding people with chronic disease

Clarice slides in with big feet and a big heart

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