I started making jewelry when a family friend got diagnosed with cancer for the second time. I was maybe 10-12 at the time. I got a book of friendship bracelet designs and tutorials and I would make her a bunch of friendship bracelets to bring with her for the other pa...

One of the biggest things I had to overcome mentally while adjusting to chronic illness was the mindset that everything keeps going wrong.

Buying a handmade gift is like two gifts in one, a gift for the person you're shopping for and money for the artist to buy gifts for their own loved ones or to buy things that they need (like rent, utilities, food, and medicine).

how do you actually grow through what you go through?  Here's how I think you do it, especially if you have mental health issues and/or chronic illness(es):  I think that you have to accept what you can't change and change what you can.

If you are enjoying my blog content I highly recommend you check out Ivory and Pine. It's a blog about mental health and self care written by an actual therapist.

One of the best things you can do to take care of yourself is to stay hydrated. Drinking water is the best way for most people to stay hydrated.

Living with a chronic illness means that your life might not be how you thought it would, maybe not even how you want it to be.

Drink water, go outside if even for just a minute, do something nice for someone else