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Chronic illness is disabling, isolating, and often devastating; it also gives us unique insight into health, community, spirituality, and what it means to be well.

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Latest Issues

Do LESS Than You Can (Audio)

In case you missed it, here is the audio version of our most popular essay ever, about navigating the limits of chronic illness and rejecting the message that pushing through exhaustion is the only way to live a worthy life.

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2 days ago
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Unrest Watch Party: Oops, It's May 31st!

Unrest Watch Party

Apologies for the second email! The watch party is this Sunday, May 31st, not the non-existent date of April 31st!

This weekend, in lieu of a Healing Circle, we will be holding a watch party of Jennifer Brea’s incr...

17 days ago
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Unrest Watch Party this Sunday!

Unrest Watch Party

This weekend, in lieu of a Healing Circle, we will be holding a watch party of Jennifer Brea’s incredible documentary about ME/CFS, Unrest. This is a casual screening of the movie over Zoom; come in your comfiest cl...

17 days ago
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What my misadventure at Lake Atitlán taught me about traveling with chronic fatigue.

Welcome to The Energy-Limited Traveler!

Hi, I’m Sage. I have a chronic illness called ME/CFS and a grand sense of adventure. This series is for other people like me who want to explore the world in disabled bodies. Thanks for reading!...

a month ago
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Walking the Walk

Dear friends,

We are both on the edge and have been pushing too hard. We are taking the next 3 weeks off from the blog. We are literally “Doing Less than We Can”. If you haven’t read the essay that references, here it is!

The viewing of...

2 months ago
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  • Sage Garrettson

    Sage (she/they) is a disabled nature kid who writes about chronic physical and mental illness.

  • Mariana Garrettson

    I'm a public health researcher, a mom, an active Quaker, and a former athlete, who has ME/CFS and writes about chronic illness, disability, and living the good life.

  • Sam Dixon

    I am a multimedia artist, therapist, and writer in the realms of theology and philosophy.

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