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...We often feel we come up short in our relationships and commitments. We can feel isolated because we must labor through attacks alone....

...“Mom, I’m good at keeping secrets because I always forget them,” my 6-year-old said. We giggled over the reason he was a super-secret keeper and I remembered there was a...

...“How far are we going?” I asked my husband for the thousandth time. He told me how long we’d be in the car and again I felt my nervousness kick...

...People often view fathers as stoic, strong male figures whom their kids think are superheroes. We don't like to picture dads in pain. Something about seeing the man you think...

...Last night I said to J., "I feel really hopeful." "Good--you should!" "I always feel hopeful and excited about things, but today feels special. Something really good is going to...

...I began doing yoga at home recently as a way to step away from the many stressors in my life, including work, relationships, and health issues....

...Of the respondents who started experiencing migraines during their childhood, 42% were at least moderately impacted, with school attendance and peer relationships...

...If a child does poorly in school or fails to develop healthy peer relationships, he or she may struggle with feeling inferior....

...This is a video you can share with close family and friends to explain why we may appear withdrawn or not ourselves when we are dealing with migraine. It was...

...Those with such impact found their school attendance to be most affected (67%), as well as their social life/relationships with peers (48%). ...

...We face the same stigma, we have stories of misdiagnosis, we struggle with relationships, we feel misunderstood, we’ve been forced to fight for adequate...

...Recently, while we were on a walk, I was talking with my partner about my migraines because I was having a particularly difficult day getting my words out a few...

...I can almost count the people I know in real life who have migraine on one hand. A cousin, an aunt, a neighbor, my father-in-law, a mom of my son's...

...You make plans and then hold your breath. Will this be yet another commitment you’ll have to break because of a migraine? Why does it feel like migraines are starting...

...It is estimated that over 37 million Americans live with migraine. However, there is still stigma and misunderstanding regarding headache disease. Navigating dating and intimacy is challenging enough, but throwing...

...When a migraine strikes, we can feel helpless. The pain, nausea, and the disappointment of constantly having your life interrupted and spending so many days in a dark, quiet room...

...I was sitting with my two daughters in the living room last night watching the live action Beauty and the Beast, which is now on Netflix. X is quickly becoming...

...Migraines have a style and personality all their own. They can sneak in as early as childhood and steal away playdates or school time. For other people, they start as...

...When you have an illness as unpredictable and stigmatized as migraine, hiding it from others feels almost instinctual. In this video, I tell a story of a friend who hid...