Healing isn’t about pushing harder,
it’s about listening deeper.

When Your Body Becomes the Battleground: Living with Autoimmune Disease
Mandi Cronin Mandi Cronin

When Your Body Becomes the Battleground: Living with Autoimmune Disease

Autoimmune diseases turn your body’s defenses against itself, causing pain, fatigue, and unpredictability. In this post, I share how living with Crohn’s taught me the power of rest, self-compassion, and tools like somatic movement, yoga, and art journaling to find hope and healing.

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When My Body Forced Me to Listen
Mandi Cronin Mandi Cronin

When My Body Forced Me to Listen

I used to ignore my body’s whispers: tight shoulders, shallow breath, racing heart. I was too busy volunteering, leading activities, and “doing it all.” Then, after a pulmonary embolism and major surgery, my body screamed. It was exhausting, humbling—but necessary. That’s when I started to really listen.

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