by AnnMerle | Jul 4, 2018 | Own Your Self Care, Tri-Geminal Neuralgia, When In Pain, Women 50 and Wiser
Hello Dear One! I shared Ruby’s story with you last week and that was the first time I’ve ever shared it with anyone. After rereading it, I felt that, while a fictionalized and compressed version of my own story, it captured some of the key things I learned during my... 
by AnnMerle | Jul 4, 2018 | "Me Time", Own Your Self Care, Tri-Geminal Neuralgia, When In Pain, Women 50 and Wiser, Women 50 and Wiser
Hello Dear One! Soon after I retired, I was casting about for a way to make use of my creative energies. Probably after spending so many years on the 20thfloor of University Hall at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) stuck in meetings with literature faculty... 
by AnnMerle | Jul 4, 2018 | Tri-Geminal Neuralgia, When In Pain, Women 50 and Wiser
Hello Dear One! If you are reading this blog, and you are one of my “Women 50 and Wiser,” chances are you have felt some pain in your day. It might be a frozen shoulder; it might be migraine headaches; it might be related to any number of medical issues, including... 
by AnnMerle | Jul 5, 2018 | Emotional Eating, Own Your Self Care, Tri-Geminal Neuralgia, When In Pain, Women 50 and Wiser
Hello Dear One! What happens to you when pain appears? For me, pain creates a sharp focus on that sensation and everything else fades into the background. Often, the sharp focus then turns into panic. Next, I turn on my can-do, “control-meister” self, with the... 
