Illness and Insight
Sage Garrettson, Mariana GarrettsonChronic 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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Grounded: My Life in a Word (Audio)
This essay was published in Breath and Shadow in Fall 2025, Volume 22, Issue 4. It is an updated version of an essay I published on this blog in January, 2025, with a new audio recording.
Part 1
When I was 7 years old, I was, for the...
My article on chronic illness and grief is live!
In March, I started an internship with the organization What’s Your Grief, which offers alternative grief support to people who feel they don’t fit with traditional grief counseling. It’s virtual, supportive, and best of all, they have give...
A Chronic Illness and Disability Substack Directory
Last Update 08/01/2026: We now have 250 writers on the list! What an incredible community. I have added everyone who commented, filled out the Google form, or DMed me. If you want to be listed in the next update, do one of those things. Apo...
You are enough exactly as you are.
Hello dear friends,
For this week’s post, I am sharing something a bit vulnerable — the affirmation meditation I made for myself last year when I was going through a rough time. I have mixed feelings about affirmations because I don’t like...
A Day in The Life with Long COVID
This week, we continue the deep dive into Sage’s experience with chronic illness that we began in last week’s interview. The audio includes every part of the Day in the Life series. For just the updated piece, go to 29:20.
It’s been two ye...
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Sage (she/they) is a disabled nature kid who writes about chronic physical and mental illness.
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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