Beyond My Battle

09/30/2022

Our E-book on How to Find Calm Amidst the Stress of Illness and disability is filled with useful information for anyone who is struggling. Let's face it, we all have our days, weeks, and even months of struggles. 💙

This E-book is free for download using the link below

Having a chronic illness or disability is stressful, but we can’t begin to reduce that stress if we don’t understand it. This e-book explores ways to detect triggers, improve communication, find support, and other strategies for calming the inherent stress of illness and disability.

09/29/2022

The Mediation tool✨🧘🏼‍♀️

Documented for over thousands of years, some say meditation is as old as humanity itself.🌍
While it takes some practice, meditation is far simpler than it is often perceived to be. The common misperception is that meditation is sitting down and emptying your mind. The mind is always going to move, and meditation observes that movement.

For information on the meditation tool use the link below!🤝

Mindfulness meditation for serious illness and disability. A guided resource for building calmness, acceptance, and compassion for patients and caregivers.

09/28/2022

How to Be Visible: Writing and Storytelling in Chronic Illness and Pain
Join Meghan O'Rourke Wednesday, November 9th, 5:00-8:00 pm ET & Thursday, November 10th, 5:00-8:00 pm ET

This class will look at ways to use writing to create visibility and legibility, if only for ourselves. To write about pain and suffering is to give it shape outside ourselves. Journaling and writing about illness can be a powerful act of reclamation because naming has a power in its own right.✨ Sign up with the link below

Join award-winning author Meghan O'Rourke for a 2-day accessible online program giving it shape to our suffering.

09/27/2022

Our online community is diverse and welcome to anyone looking to discuss, learn, and listen about life with illness or disability. You can find it on facebook by searching for “Beyond My Battle – Support Group” or clicking the link below. 🧡

Open to all affected by any kind of physical illness or disability. the Beyond My Battle online support group is a safe and mindful space to engage in conversation.

09/26/2022

Quana Madison will be going LIVE on the BMB Instagram account on September 21st at 7 PM EST to lead an art-based talk. Be sure to tune in and snag your ticket to her virtual retreat kicking off on October 11th!​​​​​​​​✨
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Quana Madison will be joining the BMB community Tuesday's starting October 11th - November 1st for a digital and engaging program. ​​​​​​​​
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Together we will gather, learn, and use a variety of mindfulness exercises, expressive arts-based activities, and guided meditation to promote creativity and well being. ​​​​​​​​😌
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In honor of the changing seasons and this incredible series, we are now offering 15% for Quana's retreat! Use code, BMB15 when registering to receive this discount. Use the link below to sign up

Join teacher Quána Madison for a 4-week accessible online program on arts-based expression to manage illness, disability, caregiving.

09/23/2022

Grieving the Imagined Life: Understanding and Dealing with the Unique Losses Faced by Patients and Caregivers 😌 🧡
While some losses are not physical, they are nonetheless highly valid and real and can elicit short-term or prolonged grief. We know that a diagnosis or disability can result in the loss of abilities, hobbies, career, and dreams – for both patients and caregivers. Our visions and aspirations for life can change or be squashed, leaving us feeling any number of ways ranging from helpless to rageful. 😕
This e-book is an important look into different types of grief, how grief impacts our health, and ways to navigate the often confusing terrain of grieving.🤍
To download this e-book, use the link below:

While some losses are not physical, they are nonetheless highly valid and real and can elicit short-term or prolonged grief. We know that a diagnosis or disability can result in the loss of abilities, hobbies, career, and dreams – for both patients and caregivers. Our visions and a

09/22/2022

As an individual with an illness or disability, we often need help from others. It is important that our relationships are strong and healthy. But oftentimes our stress leads to behaviors that push away people we need most.

As loved ones of an individual with an illness or disability, we have our own challenges with relationships. Our stress may lead us to behave in ways that push others away. Also, we may feel shut out by the very people we’re trying to help. And while all we want to do is help, we’re at a loss for how to best do so.

For more, read through or relationship tool kit with the link below

Part of the Emotional e-Toolkit, a free and accessible collection of fundamental strategies for reducing the stress of illness, disability, and caregiving.

09/21/2022

How stunning are these works of art by our Virtual Retreat leader, Quana Madison Quana will be joining the BMB community Tuesday's starting October 11th - November 1st for a digital and engaging program.

Together we will gather, learn, and use a variety of mindfulness exercises, expressive arts-based activities, and guided meditation to promote creativity and well being. Quana Madison

In honor of the changing seasons and this incredible series, we are now offering 15% for Quana's retreat! Use code, BMB15 when registering to receive this discount.

Use the like below to sing up!
https://www.beyondmybattle.org/quana-madison-

09/20/2022

TOMORROW is our watercolor meet up!🎨 Wednesday September 21st from 6:00-7:30 pm EST

To sign up before all the spots are filled use the link below:

Monthly meetups with artist, Chad Leonard, for patients and caregivers to practice watercolor, release stress, and connect with others.

09/19/2022

Quana Madison will be going LIVE on the BMB Instagram account on September 21st at 7 PM EST to lead an art-based talk. Be sure to tune in and snag your ticket to her virtual retreat kicking off on October 11th!​​​​​​​​
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Quana Madison will be joining the BMB community Tuesday's starting October 11th - November 1st for a digital and engaging program. ​​​​​​​​
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Together we will gather, learn, and use a variety of mindfulness exercises, expressive arts-based activities, and guided meditation to promote creativity and well being. ​​​​​​​​
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In honor of the changing seasons and this incredible series, we are now offering 15% for Quana's retreat! Use code, BMB15 when registering to receive this discount. Use the link below to sign up
https://www.beyondmybattle.org/quana-madison-2022

09/16/2022

4 week virtual retreat with Quana Madison on Creative Expression in Action: Using Art to Cultivate Self-Kindness and Compassion.

"Abstract expressionist painting nourishes my Inner Peace Gardens. This style helps me express deep emotions and ideas that are important to my healing, health and well-being.
It feels good to paint today. Sometimes my daily chronic pains and fatigue make it very difficult to create...or to do basic everyday tasks.
So I celebrate the moments when my body cooperates with my passion to paint.

The Arts has had a tremendous impact on supporting my mental health journey through out my entire life. Expressing myself an artist helps me cope with debilitating pains that I feel throughout my entire body 24/7. You can't see my pain but it's there.

Even when I smile, the pains are still there. Yet, when I get lost in time during my painting meditation----I experience bliss.

Image description: African American woman with a shaved head Afro Mohawk, sitting in a chair in front of an easel and canvas, holding a paintbrush."

- Quana

To sign up for her class use the link below and use code Code: BMB15 for 15% off:
https://www.beyondmybattle.org/quana-madison-2022

09/15/2022

Moving Beyond Your Battle: How to Find Calm Amidst the Stress of Illness and Disability

One of our 4 FREE e-books to help guide you on your journey through chronic illness😌 Our research revealed that there is a significant need for stress management education, specifically around communicating with others to gain (and maintain) emotional support. This e-book helps you deepen your understanding of individualized stress in order to reduce it and ultimately improve well-being across various domains.

Use the link below to download:

Having a chronic illness or disability is stressful, but we can’t begin to reduce that stress if we don’t understand it. This e-book explores ways to detect triggers, improve communication, find support, and other strategies for calming the inherent stress of illness and disability.