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So You Want to Spread Awareness…Now What?

by on March 20, 2013 in Courage to Share Your Story, IBD Awareness, Owning your Disease

So you’re ready to spread awareness? Working to become comfortable with talking about your disease? We know there’s a process to accepting your disease and finding your “voice”, and believe it or not, it kind of takes practice! Sharing your story has a purpose, and you’ll make a difference by inspiring another, or becoming a [...]

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It Matters To Me

by on March 12, 2013 in Courage to Share Your Story, IBD Awareness

I bet you can tell me one or two people that have changed your life. Grandparents, members of the military, a teacher that believed in you, or simply someone, whose path crossed yours, and left a mark on your life. Did it make a difference to you? Maybe it changed your life – or maybe [...]

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Life Lessons IBD Teaches Us

by on February 27, 2013 in Coping With IBD, IBD Awareness, Inspirational Stories

Sometimes, IBD makes us feel old.  Who wants to be twenty-something, with weak bones, achy joints, and a lack of control over their bowels? But find those who have grown old with grace, experience, and passion, and they will tell you, by the twinkle in their eyes, that there’s something to aging.  There is a wisdom that [...]

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IBD Awareness Week Recap

by on December 8, 2012 in Awareness Challenge!, IBD Awareness

IBD Awareness Week is just finishing up. The second annual IBD Awareness week was a huge success.  We are humbled by your comments and participation!  People proudly displayed their diseases on Facebook and Twitter, shared their “coming out of the bathroom” stories, invited conversations, and dispelled IBD myths. We watched the majority of IBD organizations [...]

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We Are All Each Other’s Inspiration [reposted]

by on October 22, 2012 in Courage to Share Your Story, Inspirational Stories, Owning your Disease, Support for Loved Ones

Originally posted for Get Your Guts In Gear, the ride for IBD by Megan Starshak of the Great Bowel Movement June 19, 2012 IBD is a Process, We Are All At Different Steps IBD, as with any chronic illness, involves a process.  Diagnosis doesn’t come with a one way ticket to activism, confidence, and openness.  As [...]

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The Sixth Stage: Empowerment

by on July 11, 2012 in Courage to Share Your Story, Owning your Disease

Well-known psychiatrist Elisabeth Kübler-Ross introduced the 5 stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance. Although these were based on the grieving process of death and dying, anyone that has experienced chronic illness such as IBD is all too familiar. We think, this can’t be happening to me, this can’t be forever. This is [...]

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