21
Aug
Trauma-Illness Connection: Your Body Isn't Broken, It's Adapted
Still Running On Survival Settings
4 min read
S. Rolling
Chronic illness, trauma, and nervous system recovery resources. Lupus, RA, POTS, Intracranial Hypertension — sleep, movement, nutrition, and what it actually takes to keep a body going. Tools I wished I had 40 years ago. Free to read. Still Rolling.
21
Aug
The Dance of Memory and Mirror
That day on the trail, I discovered I was carrying more than I knew.
2 min read
20
Aug
Embrace Your Pain Without Being Imprisoned by It
Re-entry after a flare, pacing, or grounding through sensation.
1 min read
15
Aug
Trailcraft on Thin Ice: Hiking with Lupus, RA, POTS & Intracranial Hypertension
Living with multiple systemic illnesses in wild terrain requires more than grit. It takes strategy, humility, and respect for a body that can crash in five directions at once.
2 min read
14
Aug
Growing Around the Wound
Liberation isn't cure. It's growing around what stays.
1 min read
14
Aug
Becoming / Returning
A return to oneself through nature.
1 min read
12
Aug
Where Grief Meets Grace
Grace is the quiet peace that opens when we stop demanding the impossible from ourselves.
1 min read
12
Aug
Silence is a Form of Safety
Silence isn't avoidance. It's presence. It's where my nervous system exhales.
1 min read
12
Aug
The Forest Reflects
The forest doesn't fix you. It shows you what still breathes beneath the exhaustion.
1 min read
10
Aug
Raising the Floor: Tools That Helped Me Function Again
These are the resources that helped raise my baseline - enough to even imagine hiking again.
5 min read