The Chronic Illness Warriors' Bill of Rights

06/22/23 • 21 min

The Chronically Courageous with Bonni Howard

Over a lifetime of living with chronic illness, Bonni has learned that people with chronic illnesses have many physical, social, emotional, and psychological challenges. They deserve to have certain rights so they can better manage and navigate all their challenges. This "Chronic Illness Warriors' Bill of Rights", lays out eleven principles that Bonni tries to live by. She learned each of these through a lot of trial and error and now she wants to share them with you to make your lives more full, happy, peaceful, and equitable.

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This is part one of a two-part episode, so please set your notifications to be alerted when part two is released.

Connect with Bonni:

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Previous Episode

Two Zebras Get Personal about Living with EDS

This week Bonni returns to the mic after a long hiatus and much self-reflection. In honor of May being EDS Awareness Month, she sits down with Samantha Brechner to talk about the raw and real ways that having Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome has affected each of their lives.

You’ll hear the following and more:

How having EDS has changed our lives
The long journey to diagnosis
Things that help us improve our quality of life
What we wish more people understood about EDS
Our stages of denial and trying everything to cure ourselves
The most challenging symptoms
Dealing with the darkness of our most challenging times
The importance of community

#EhlersDanlosAwareness #MedicalPTSD #Gaslighting #Dysautonomia #MastCellActivationDisorder #SmallFiberPeripheralNeuropathy #InvisibleIllness #Disability #YouDontLookSick #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #ADHD #Dyspraxia #Subluxations #LongCovid #Anxiety #Depression #ToxicPositivity #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain

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Part 2 - The Chronic Illness Warriors' Bill of Rights

Having a chronic illness can bring about so many challenges, not only physical but also social, emotional, and psychological. We deserve to have certain rights to thrive despite these challenges! This is where the "Chronic Illness Warriors' Bill of Rights" comes in.

Last week, Bonni talked about the first five of the eleven principles that she believes people with chronic illness should embrace to live more happy and full lives. This week, Bonni continues that discussion, revealing the last six principles.

She learned each principle through much trial and error and now wants to share them with you so that you can live life more fully despite your chronic illness.

This is part two of a two-part episode. If you missed part one, you can find it on audio or video at the links below.

YouTube

Spotify

Apple

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