Story By: Chris Ann Cravens Distractions like social media, movies, gaming, and T.V. can suck mountains of time away from you before you realize it, which creates anxiety. Not tending […]
Author: Stacie Kiselman
HOW FAKE FRIENDS CAN TEACH YOU A LESSON WHEN THEY KILL YOUR PASSIONS
Some of you, if not most or even all of you, might assume that I’m a baby to blogging as I only started this website in November 2021. I’m actually […]
THE PASSIONS THAT GROUND YOU AND YOUR MENTAL HEALTH
Story By: Nicole Grant What is mental health? Most people have a general idea and it’s a buzz topic that we can get snippets of information about, but what does […]
COMING TO TERMS WITH BEING AUTISTIC AND BECOMING A SELF-ADVOCATE
Story By: Todd Simkover After nearly ten years of front-line work in the autism field, in the spring of 2009 I faced a daunting decision: remain in a role deemed […]
THE GUILT A DISABLED PERSON FEELS IN A ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP
I recently did an Instagram Live with two women who are both caregivers to their husbands (they are also guest writers on The Graceful Boon) for different reasons. We had […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING CARE OF YOURSELF AS A CARETAKER
Story By: Meriam Boldewijn If you had asked me 20 years ago if it was possible to live a balanced life while caring for others, I would have said NO […]
WHAT BEING A CARETAKER TO MY HUSBAND AND BROTHER ENTAILS
Story By: Meriam Boldewijn What most people know about me is that I love traveling and that I was the owner of a web shop in exclusive clothing for full-figured […]
MY HUSBAND WAS PRONOUNCED CANCER-FREE. WHAT’S NEXT?
Story By: Ashley Jackson In March 2020, my husband, Troy was pronounced cancer free, and we were so overjoyed. After battling for almost three years, we finally got the miracle […]
A PEEK INTO A LIFE OF A CAREGIVER
Story By: Ashley Jackson I will never forget March 28, 2017, when the doctor told us that my fiancé, Troy, had Stage 4 squamous cell carcinoma of the nasal cavity. […]
DEAR CANCER – AN OPEN LETTER TO A CANCER DIAGNOSIS
Story By: Ashley Jackson Dear Cancer, Why did you enter my life? You turned it upside down and inside out. Why did you pick my loved one? Making him hurt […]