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Why You Should Come to the CNN Health ‘Chat’ on Illness

September 18, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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CNN Health features a chat based on interest from Invisible Illness Awareness Week, with founder Lisa Copen, hosting. Thank you for all your help with Invisible Illness Awareness Week. I have some follow up emails set to come out in future days, but this one took priority about the opportunity over at CNN Health. When we live with invisible illnesses we often say no one understands. They don't understand the pain, the fatigue, the strength it takes to push through it all. They don't get our fear of infections, the stress of the bills, none of it. And we wish the media would do more to cover invisible illness than just show celebrities who seem to be "back to their old life" once they have taken certain medications. Well, CNN … [Read more...]

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Last Day of Invisible Illness Awareness Week Conference

September 14, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Happy Friday! As we wind down the week we have some great speakers for you. Naomi Kingery will be sharing her journey with diabetes from a "tween," through teens, college and career. Pam Farrel shares about communication in a marriage and how it really are the little things that can matter the most. And then Kelly Young (@rawarrior as many of you know her) shares about the frustrations we sometimes feel when the media or doctors and such sugar-coat our illness. ("Why can't you go run a marathon now that you are taking that medication--like the girl on the commercial?) At 5 PM pacific I have prepared a 30-minute video for you as our closing seminar as I share about the week, what I hope you have taken away from it and more. I even have … [Read more...]

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It is Thursday of Invisible Illness Awareness Week!

September 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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  Today we have Leslie Vernick who will discuss destructive relationships. What do you do when a friend or family member goes beyond not understanding your illness. Trish Robichaud talk about steps she took following open heart surgery (she also has MS) to get through recovery and what she recommends when you are facing this slow process. Maureen Pratt will talk about steps to take when you are facing a crisis? What happens when a crisis happens in addition to coping with your illness. And at 5 PM Jenni Pettit discusses how to be an advocate for your illness. What can you do when you are exhausted all the time?   You will find it all here invisibleillnessconference.com All videos are archived and don't forget that … [Read more...]

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Wednesday’s Happenings for Invisible Illness Awareness Week

September 12, 2012 By 2 Comments
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Good morning! It is Wednesday of Invisible Illness Awareness Week and today we add a fourth seminar through Friday at 5 PM pacific. We will be emailing this separately to our subscribers to ensure you get it in time. Everything is available at http://invisibleillnessconference.com Today we have some great seminars today at Invisible Illness Awareness Week, Mary Siegel, co-author of "Sick and Tired of Feeling Sick and Tired" (a classic!), working from home when ill with Jill Hart, finding yourself with Renee Fisher and parenting teens and tweens with Dena Dyer. All videos are archived and we love hearing from you. Tweet the parts you love with #iiwk12 - And thanks in advance for for sharing this email! You never know who you love who … [Read more...]

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Tuesday’s Announcements for Invisible Illness Awareness Week

September 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
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Good morning! Thank you so much for all the prayers! I can FEEL them! The fact that my body holds up under sitting in this chair for 12 hours a day is TRULY a miracle. I have a bit of information and some praises to share too. I hope you will continue to join us today for Invisible Illness Week's virtual conference. Yesterday we had a few quirks when GoDaddy, the international ISP went down. Thankfully, all of our site is hosted elsewhere, but for a few hours the shortcut link, "http://invisibleillnessconference.com" was not working. All is fine today. If there are any issues like this, be sure to check out the Invisible Illness Week Facebook Page or our Event Page, as I can quickly provide updates such as this in those 2 … [Read more...]

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We Kick Off Invisible Illness Awareness Week Monday, Sept 10

September 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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This week is Invisible Illness Awareness Week. I am so excited about all the terrific presentations we have ready for you to watch or listen to online and I have been happy about all of the enthusiasm so many of you have shared. This week, I am sharing devotionals I have written that have a running theme of "how to help a person with a chronic illness." I have adapted them for you, knowing if you are reading this, you are likely ill yourself! But they are also nice little snippets to be able to print and share with friends, family, caregivers, your pastoral care team and church and more. Our team of devotional writers will be back next week and they have more touching examples of how God is working through their lives, just like He is … [Read more...]

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Where is Hope? Those With Invisible Illness Share God’s Reminders

August 31, 2012 By 2 Comments
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Where is hope? How do we find hope? Each day God sends us reminders that He has it all under control. How can you share your hope with people around the world today? Good morning! Yesterday I gave you an update on what Invisible Illness Week is all about. I thought I would share a few highlights over the next few days. I know you may be thinking, "I don't need anything else on my plate right now." I understand. Really. And if you are "into" social media like Facebook and Twitter you know the power of using these tools to spread the word. But if you are rolling your eyes right now and saying, "Oh, no, not another Facebook thing-a-ma-jig I have to learn . . . " don't worry! Stay with me! I have been putting Invisible Illness … [Read more...]

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Why You Should Care About Invisible Illness Awareness Week

August 29, 2012 By 1 Comment
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Invisible Illness Awareness Week is a great opportunity to learn new skills from authors and experts (many of them Christian professionals), as well as share your hope! Hi there, friends! Well, my son is back to school and I am in crunch-mode for Invisible Illness Awareness Week! What is II Week? Ten years ago I saw many people here at Rest Ministries who were on a great walk with God. They even had some idea how God may be able to use their illness for His glory. But there was a little problem. . . A lot of people still felt incredibly bitter, angry even, that no one understood what they were experiencing on a daily basis. And, oh my! The frustration they had about having an invisible illness really rocked their world. It seeped … [Read more...]

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A Personal Note From Lisa

August 19, 2012 By 9 Comments
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Good morning! This is a note from Lisa. I have been out of town for 2 weeks. My husband and son and I drove from San Diego to Eugene, over 1000 miles, and we took 3 days getting there and 3 days back. We got home last night. I had hoped to be able to pre-post devotionals for the last couple of days, but had computer issues on the road, and I am sitting here tonight just exhausted. I have devotions our writers have sent me, but I don't have the brain-power to code them for the web site tonight. So instead, I thought I would ask you for your precious prayers today. I know I am very blessed, and so I sometimes hesitate to ever make it sound like I am complaining, but I do know that I will need prayer in the next month. Here are some … [Read more...]

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Awareness Week Preparations Begin For Those with Invisible Illnesses

July 17, 2012 By 4 Comments
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We have started our summer preparations for Invisible Illness Awareness Week! Hi, Friends! I am excited to be kicking off our summer prep for National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week! Did you know Rest Ministries is behind this awareness week? Rest Ministries began National Invisible Chronic Illness Awareness Week (NICIAW "for short" -- I know it's a mouth full!) in 2002 and so we are celebrating 10 years this year! When we first began the awareness week, we had a chatroom for our virtual conference and the term "invisible illness" was rarely even seen online. Through the years, the support of many of you have made this awareness week one of the coolest events online, as thousands join in for the virtual conference (where … [Read more...]

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Devotional Update

June 21, 2012 By 9 Comments
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Hi, friends. Happy summer! Just a note from me (Lisa) to let you know I apologize for the sporadic devotionals this week. I haven't had enough to post (I think all our writers are either busy with summer or suffering silently); and I've been trying to write them from my son's golf camp, but then have had computer issues posting them. It seems I've been either going full-steam with my son with summer activities or collapsing. And yesterday I picked up something heavy and pulled my shoulder slightly out of the socket. I saw the doctor last time it happened, and he said to ice, take meds, etc. My rheumatoid arthritis has eaten away a lot of my socket area so it slips rather easily. But it is one of the most painful occurrences with RA … [Read more...]

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Book Giveaways This Week

May 7, 2012 By 1 Comment
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Oh, Don't ya love spring? The humming birds arrive, the flowers bloom,  the clutter starts to appear when the sun comes out. Wait a minute. I am talking about myself here. I have been trying to declutter for months. .  but I am finally hitting my home office here at Rest Ministries. I want space, open spots on my desk that don't have a pile. But I have so much good stuff! And some of those goodies are books. Most of these are books I have been given by the authors, the publishers, etc. and I just cannot keep them all. They are "like new" (I have read everything on my Kindle since 2008--much easier on my rheumatoid arthritis hands).  So these little books are gems that I have barely broken the cover on. Each day I will post the … [Read more...]

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