Essays Fibromyalgia Awareness Day: On Masking Pain Every time that pitch-time rolls around at Sweatpants & Coffee and I see a topic like this, I almost always want to write Jessi-James Grey Posted on May 11, 2023
Physical Soothing Winter Skin Woes I love walking in a winter wonderland all bundled up with an enormous cup of hazelnut mocha (especially if I get the chance Charlotte W. F. Smith Posted on March 7, 2022
Essays Piano, Music, and Identity My father bought a grand piano when I was 2 years old and my sister was 5 because he believed that there would be beautiful Emmie Arnold Posted on September 23, 2021
Wellness Fibromyalgia Awareness Day Hi, I’m Troy McClure (Jess Grey). You may recognize me from such blockbusters as Invisible Disability and You Don’t Look Jessi-James Grey Posted on May 11, 2020
Essays, Self Care Sweatpants & Soul | Fibromyalgia: The Power of Being Seen It was November 2013. I needed to drive from Tennessee to New Jersey (and back) within nine days to get my car inspected at Emmie Arnold Posted on July 19, 2018
Essays, Self Care How I’m Coming to Radically Accept My Life as a Young Adult with Fibromyalgia Note: I wrote this article for “The Mighty” back in spring 2016 when I was on leave from social work grad school. During that Emmie Arnold Posted on May 15, 2018
Self Care 30 Unique Skills of People Who Live with Chronic Health Conditions People often think of disabled people in terms of what they lack, but here are a few remarkable gifts that we have. A list of Emmie Arnold Posted on May 6, 2018
Life, Mental Sweatpants & Sanity | The Health Benefits of Pets My love affair with dogs began at a very young age. I talked about them non-stop, visited every neighbor who had one, and Julie Bond Posted on April 30, 2018
Essays Personal Essay | The Strength in Weaknesses The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Minnesota is corn. Lots of it. Like, you are literally surrounded by corn. Guest Author Posted on February 28, 2018
Essays What Is Rheumatoid Arthritis, Anyway? With Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Day on February 2, this is a great time to talk about what the disease actually is, and Guest Author Posted on February 1, 2018