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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

I get knocked down, I get back up again

Reminder: Our June Healing Circle is this Sunday, June 28th, at 2:00 p.m. EST. This month’s theme is Surrender. Join via this link.

This week, we are switching things up and going full podcast mode with an interview with Sage, who conside...

13 days ago
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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.

I started play...

24 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...

a month 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...

a month 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!...

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.

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