Living Well When Your Body Doesn't Cooperate

Motivation

Doing What Is Meaningful for You Increases Quality of Life

Jennifer Caspari Ph.D. on April 22, 2023

Quality of life may weaken when living with a chronic health condition due to no longer doing meaningful things. A chasm emerges between behaviors and values that is hard to cross.

Quality of life may weaken when living with a chronic health condition due to no longer doing meaningful things. A chasm emerges between behaviors and values that is hard to cross.

Stress

The Power of the Breath to Ease Pain

Jennifer Caspari Ph.D. on April 11, 2023

Just breathe. Sound familiar? These two words are ubiquitous and for good reason. Breathing exercises decrease stress and chronic pain by relaxing our muscles and nervous system.

Just breathe. Sound familiar? These two words are ubiquitous and for good reason. Breathing exercises decrease stress and chronic pain by relaxing our muscles and nervous system.

Health

Cultivating Self-Agency Through Physical Movement

Jennifer Caspari Ph.D. on March 24, 2023

We tend to think of physical movement as exercise, as a way to create a certain body shape or be fit. It is much bigger than that. It's an avenue to personal agency and power.

We tend to think of physical movement as exercise, as a way to create a certain body shape or be fit. It is much bigger than that. It's an avenue to personal agency and power.

Anxiety

Living Well When Your Tank Is Empty

Jennifer Caspari Ph.D. on March 11, 2023

Are you running on fumes, and exhaustion decreases your quality of life? Tips for reframing rest and refueling your tank.

Are you running on fumes, and exhaustion decreases your quality of life? Tips for reframing rest and refueling your tank.

Chronic Pain

Radically Accepting Chronic Pain

Jennifer Caspari Ph.D. on February 26, 2023

The more we fight against chronic pain, the stronger it gets and the more depleted and exhausted we feel. Tips for “dropping the rope” in the tug-of-war with pain.

The more we fight against chronic pain, the stronger it gets and the more depleted and exhausted we feel. Tips for “dropping the rope” in the tug-of-war with pain.