Sarah Hackley

The other day, I watched helplessly as my son writhed on the couch in pain. His hands clutched his small head in a pose I am all too familiar with...

There isn’t a lot of information available about migraine and pregnancy. What information there is tends to boil down to individual differences. Most doctors say that during pregnancy women with...

Sometimes, I forget I’m an advocate. More precisely, there are times I forget I need to advocate. For others, for my family, for myself. Sometimes, when surrounded as I am...

The link between anxiety and migraine disease is well established. Those of us with migraine experience anxiety disorders at two to five times the rate of people without migraine, and...

I recently attended a coaching workshop for health and wellness coaches. The women I had the privilege to meet while there overflow with optimism and sincerity. They are helpers, encouragers...

It’s 3 p.m., and your children get out of school in 45 minutes. The school is 30 minutes away so you start packing up to leave. As you grab your...

It’s fall in Texas, which means one to two months of intense oscillations between 90+ degree, summer-like temperatures and 30-50 degree winter temperatures – all within the same week if...

The kratom plant has received enormous attention over the last few months, primarily because the U.S. DEA proposed a Sept. 30 ban that would reclassify the previously legal herb as...

May is Mental Health Month. It’s also a month when, almost without fail, my anxiety starts to skyrocket to levels rarely seen outside of the summer months. Now, then, is...

Insecurity and self-esteem issues often go hand-in-hand with chronic illness. Whether it’s the migraine disease itself or a comorbid condition such as depression or anxiety, the daily struggles of living...

You are not a superhero. And that’s okay. No one has asked you to be. No one, that is except, maybe, you. (And perhaps, in some ways, society, but that’s...

What It Is: Intractable migraine, also called refractory migraine and/or status migrainosus, is the medical term used to describe a persistent migraine that is either 1) difficult to treat or...

When you’re first experiencing migraine, it can be difficult to know where to get help. This is particularly true if you’re not yet sure what you’re experiencing (i.e., don’t yet...

New years always bring new resolutions, and those of us with migraine generally have at last one that involves taking better care of ourselves. We may resolve to exercise more...

Most of us have heard the old adage that it takes 21 days to establish a new habit. If you’re trying to live healthier, however, researchers want you to know...

Purposeful people live longer; that’s the takeaway from a recent study1 based on data taken from a longitudinal sample that followed 7,108 participants for approximately 15 years. According to the...

Summertime can be a nice time of year, but it also comes with some potential migraine triggers. Sunscreen is a major trigger for some migraineurs, and with the smells, the...

Summertime is traveling time for many of us. Unfortunately, travel and chronic migraine don’t often mix. Make the most of your trip with these five tips: For more tips on...

Ever since 2010, when the FDA approved Botox for the treatment of chronic migraine, migraineurs and/or our doctors have been eager to try it. (My neurologist, for instance, brings it...

This month is Migraine & Headache Awareness month. As in past years, we writers here at Migraine.com are tackling the Migraine & Headache Awareness Month Blog Challenge prompts. Today’s MHAM...