All Articles
All articles by date, most recent first:
How I Created a Good Life with Fibromyalgia
Joan Buchman's account of how lifestyle changes and mental adjustments led to a fulfilling life with chronic illness.
Surviving the Holidays
Tips for reducing stress and increasing enjoyment of the holidays, offered by guest author Karen Lee Richards.
Minimizing Relapses
How to reduce the frequency and severity of setbacks. (Last in a series.)
Improving Relationships
Seven strategies for making relationships better.
Managing Emotions
People with ME/CFS and FM offer tips for coping with depression, loss and anger.
Reaching Goals
A simple technique for achieving goals is target setting, which involves translating general goals into specific, doable steps. This article will show you how.
Recovery from CFIDS: What Worked for Me, Part 2
The second of two articles describing how Bruce Campbell used self-help to recover from CFIDS.
Recovery from CFIDS: What Worked for Me, Part 1
The first of two articles describing how Bruce Campbell used self-help to recover from CFS.
Achieving Stability Through Pacing
Pacing is often recommended as a strategy for gaining control of symptoms and bringing stability. But how do you do it? This article describes what students have found helpful.
Introduction: Common Problems, Shared Solutions
People with ME/CFS and fibromyalgia face a common set of problems and report they use similar coping strategies. (First in a series.)
Making a NOT TO DO List
One way to improve quality of life is by having a NOT TO DO list.
In Praise of Solitude
ME/CFS patient JoWynn Johns describes how she found blessings in solitude.
Roadmap for Chronic Illness
Long-term illness can be confusing. Here's a guide to unfamiliar territory.
What Recovery Means to Me
For JoWynn Johns, recovery meant creating a different kind of life than she had before becoming ill.
Living Within My Envelope: A How-To Story
JoWynn Johns describes how she reduced her symptoms and brought stability to her life by finding and honoring her body's limits.
Learning to Manage Fibromyalgia
Getting a diagnosis of FM after more than two decades triggered a process of change that led to a greatly improved quality of life.
Expanding My Envelope: How I Balanced Work and CFS
Kristin Scherger describes how she was able to expand her energy envelope by changing careers.
Using Self-Help to Recover from CFIDS
The recovery story of our founder, Bruce Campbell.
The Healing Power of Gratitude
Can gratitude be life-transforming? Read FMS patient Joan Buchman's account of the impact of gratitude on her life.
Acceptance, Discipline & Hope: A Story of Recovery from CFIDS
Dean Anderson's account of how he used self-help in his successful eight-year struggle to recover from ME/CFS.
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