ABOUT
I'm Mary Joan Cunningham and I created Thrive with MS. I started this site to share my journey and encourage others in transforming fear into empowerment surrounding any new health reality.
Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2014, I embrace both conventional medicine and complementary therapies. I'm on a journey, figuring things out, just like you. I've given myself this space to be candid and real. And if that can help others, yay.
I share resources and insights here to serve anyone facing a scary diagnosis.
We got this.
If you’re here for the first time, I suggest reading from the beginning (click here) but —hey, by all means — you do you and read however you want!
Since my diagnosis I've lived with my parents.
On a farm….In the Middle of Nowhere, TX.
The closest Starbucks is 45 minutes away. My favorite -- Whole Foods -- is an hour's distance.
It's been an interesting internal process deciding where the next move will be. Because, really, it could be anywhere.
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Read MoreA very nice and concerned reader reached out to me a few months ago to ask how I was and wanted to make sure that the lack of posts wasn’t because i was sick.
I wrote him back but it also seems like a fair topic to mention on the blog that I haven’t blogged on for quite some time.
The shortest answer is...
Read MoreTheMighty.com asked me to write a note to a friend having a tough mental health day. Here's that post PLUS what I didn't include - my really truly frank opinions on how we can regain our brain health. Know this - it is absolutely possible to feel better. Read on and let me know your thoughts!
Read MoreSo thankful for this wonderful group of ladies, Women Rising and Glamour.com. Check our our beauty talk, both inner and outer.
Read MoreHello dear friend-of-Thrive with MS.
You have no idea what your support means to me.
I was reading the MS Society's blog this week, and was struck by the stories and comments...
Clearing out emotional waste: Why is it important? Because as I experienced this week, if I don't clear out thoughts and feelings, my body pays the price. And yours does too, am I right?
Read MoreThere are moments that completely rock your world, turn it upside down and spit you out with a new perception forevermore.
Like when you find out that the doctors who you entrust with your care don't actually know everything about the human body. (Like you so hoped they would.)
But similarly, there's a shift in perception that can empower us. Change our world. Change our lives...
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