Super Duper Moon!

by | Dec 5, 2025 | Painful Insights

Super Duper Moon! The last full moon of 2025 shines upon us 🌝 & a supermoon to boot!! I have been a tad obsessed with the moon my whole life (one of my first full sentences was, “moon up sky, mom”) and though I don’t know a fraction of all of its cosmic...

The Caterpillar Prediction

by | Nov 21, 2025 | Painful Insights

The Caterpillar Prediction Hi Friends, I learned some lore today: the “woolly bear” caterpillar is a predictor of the coming winter weather!! These little guys are made up of 13 segments that are covered in either brown or black fuzz. According to legend, the more...

Cozy Season

by | Nov 7, 2025 | Painful Insights

Cozy Season Hi Friends, Fall has taken its official turn, the temp has dropped & the beanie has finally taken up its rightful place upon my head again!! Welcome back to cozy season! As the daylight dwindles, we get the opportunity to shift our routine & take a...

The Power of the Mind

by | Oct 10, 2025 | Painful Insights

The Power of the Mind Hi Friends, I feel like too often, the mind is not considered with equal weight as the body when it comes to chronic pain. We just default to the ol’ ‘gotta see it to believe it’ adage. As someone who lives with a form of pain that does...

“Pain Check”

by | Sep 12, 2025 | Painful Insights

"Pain Check" Hi Friends, The other day, it rained consistently the entire day, causing the relative humidity to steadily rise to around 100% and stay there. My body responds very poorly to humidity – and any of you also living with inflammatory issues might feel...

Creativity Constraints

by | Aug 21, 2025 | Painful Insights

Creativity Constraints Hi Friends, I got to speak with an artist I much admire yesterday, and I learned of a system they adopted in their painting process a while ago – to paint every day, but only for 1 hour. They do this so as not to have the time to overthink...