Life Beyond The Chart

October 2025

Why bother with a diagnosis when there is no cure?”

By Lorraine Ansell

Oct 16

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Book Review: Sick: A Memoir by Porochista Khakpour

By Emily R.

Oct 3

September 2025

Part 2: Don't Take No for an Answer: Resilience Lessons from Two CMD Advocates

By Holden Green

Sep 25

Don't Take No for an Answer: Resilience Lessons from Two CMD Advocates

By Holden Green

Sep 18

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August 2025

Three Health Podcasts I Can't Stop Listening To (and Why You Might Love Them Too)

By Emily R.

Aug 14

No, I'm not better yet: Navigating Well-Meaning Friends and Family

"How are you?" is a loaded question when you're chronically ill.

Aug 7 • 

Angela Bierman

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July 2025

Create Opportunities for Joy

Give it Away

Jul 29

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A Personal Philosophy of Journaling

A personal philosophy of journaling not as transformation, but as witnessing

Jul 23

Samantha Sauer's Life Beyond The Chart

I'm a chronic illness patient who became an advocate after seeing just how broken the healthcare system can be.

Jul 22

Amber Tresca's Life Beyond The Chart

Amber is an advocate, writer, and podcaster living with ulcerative colitis, diagnosed as a teenager and later treated with surgery.

Jul 22

Jim Sliney Jr's Life Beyond The Chart

Jim Sliney Jr is a medical assistant, patient advocate, and writing instructor.

Jul 22