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Mental Override: An Important Skill in the Fight Against Chronic Illness

After a challenging couple of months, I’ve recently had to make a lot of really difficult lifestyle changes. It started slowly as my work/life balance went out the window. But it didn’t take long for...

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Facing the Fear of Making Plans with Meniere’s Disease

When you live with Meniere’s disease, fear can infiltrate every aspect of your day. It’s not irrational fear either. When our symptoms can flare up at any moment, it affects the decisions we make, it...

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A Simple Technique to Reduce Suffering with Meniere’s Disease

When trying to cope with difficult Meniere’s disease symptoms, one of the biggest challenges we face is something many people haven’t considered. When we’re suffering, regardless of the specific nature...

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Meniere’s Disease, Parenthood, and Cancer: Living with Uncertainty

Parenting a newborn baby is hard. Parenting with Meniere’s disease is a lot harder. As many of you know, my wife Megan gave birth to our first child, Zack, on August 12th at 3:05 pm. After a difficult...

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Memento Mori: Chronic Illness, Death and Remembering What Matters

My 2-month-old son screamed at the top of his lungs as I walked around the nursery, holding him in my arms. The sound pierced right to center of my brain, lighting up my nervous system like a Christmas...

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How to Be a Patient Advocate for your Chronically Ill Loved One

I’ve always tried to be my own best advocate, but for a long time, I needed other people to help me fight for my health. Meniere’s disease is a terrifying and complicated diagnosis. There were multiple...

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Meniere’s Bulletin: Cancer Update, CBD Deal, Searching for a Tinnitus Cure, &...

Hey everyone! Glenn here with another edition of the Mind Over Meniere’s Bulletin! The Bulletin is my way of sharing all the interesting things that come across my radar – things I think will be of...

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Meniere’s Disease: Stress, Rest, Repeat

I’ve always been amazed at the way the brain can compartmentalize traumatic and stressful situations to keep you functioning. It’s protected my sanity on more than one occasion: after the death of...

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Parenting with Chronic Illness: A Mother’s Perspective (by my wife Megan)

If you’ve followed me for a while, or have read either of my books, you have probably heard me talk about my wife Megan. (You may have even read one of her two previous guest posts for Mind Over...

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Surviving a Natural Disaster with Chronic Illness

The dread spread through my body like ice water in my veins. I couldn’t ignore it for very long. I kept trying to distract myself, but the panic always returned. The horrible knots in my stomach...

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