Tag: Self Care

Living with Muscular Dystrophy

Self-Care for the New Year

Rebecca Hume

When psychotherapist and disability advocate, Lauren Presutti, needs to recenter with a little self-care, she focuses on taking the time to tune into her feelings.  Lauren, who lives with congenital muscular dystrophy (CMD), is an expert in the mental health field and recognizes the value of self-care.  “Remember to acknowledge and express your feelings, whatever . . .

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Living with Muscular Dystrophy

Look & Feel Your Best During Stressful Times: Tips From a Disability Fashion Blogger

Lainie Ishbia

Lainie Ishbia, MSW, is a mom, wife, blogger, fashionista, and disability and empowerment speaker. She wears leg braces and struggles with buttons and everyday fine motor tasks because of a slowly progressive neuromuscular disorder called Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (CMT). Lainie is passionate about helping people with disabilities to look and feel their best. She created a lifestyle and . . .

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