A lack of sexual intimacy can destroy a couple, and if you value your relationship, focusing on creating deeper intimacy with your partner could be the best investment you ever make in your relationship. In successful relationships, couples learn to adapt and change together. They accept that change is an inevitable part of human life and support each other. Change due to illness and aging can provide opportunities for growth and intimacy. It may mean adjusting to a new way of thinking, letting go of things that have been familiar and safe, and adopting a new approach – yoga.

It was an overcast, cool and breezy morning when MrT took me out walking today. I have been trying to further the time and distance I established in my spring conditioning program but I’m not making much progress. I haven’t been sleeping well. I’m experiencing severe joint pain, and spasms in my legs that ZING! me wide awake every couple of hours. Walking seems to help a little but not as much as I had hoped for, and I found myself sitting in the ditch and resting while the spasms passed.

In this blog over the course of 3 years I have avoided becoming too personal lest I become maudlin and repel readers. Today I’m choosing to share my experiences as a person with invisible disabilities (fibromylagia, chronic fatigue, multiple food and drug allergies) and how I have learned to take care of myself. Hopefully, my readers will share what they do to take care of themselves in return.

Fibromyalgia is a syndrome involving debilitating pain, sleep disturbance, jaw pain, irritable bowel, headaches, and difficulty with concentration, anxiety and/or depression, and fatigue. In the United States, this condition affects nearly 4 million people, or 2% of the population; twice the number as those with rheumatoid arthritis. The primary symptom, pain, which often migrates through [...]

This winter I became sedentary as the pain of the fibromyalgia FMS flare-ups and the chronic fatigue CFS symptoms I experienced were severe, and I became severely depressed. Insomnia became a factor along with exhaustion. I lost muscle tone and weight and descended from being fit to becoming becoming unfit very rapidly.

This woman tells it like it is. Rebecca, 52, has been living with fibromyalgia for more than 30 years. After struggling without proper treatment for years, she took control of her disease and utilized alternative therapies like cognitive-behavioral therapy, acupuncture, and chiropractic manipulation.