I won't stop running. (Music Video)
/This video above isn't about MS. It's about never giving up on yourself. Ever.
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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!
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This video above isn't about MS. It's about never giving up on yourself. Ever.
Read MoreThis week's video is a conversation with documentarian Sharad Kharé. Sharad has interviewed Meryl Streep, Helen Mirren, Susan Sarandon and MANY others, all true luminaries. ...and now, me! I was beyond humbled and grateful to have had some time to chat about the inspiration for Thrive with MS, and ....
Read MoreSo thankful for this wonderful group of ladies, Women Rising and Glamour.com. Check our our beauty talk, both inner and outer.
Read MoreEver worry that traveling will be too stressful because of a new diagnosis. Here's how I'm prepping to Thrive in Paris
Read MoreClearing 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 MoreThe most common question I get is, How are you feeling?
Thank you for asking! And with that in mind, here's my video health update.
Read MoreSince 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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A 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...
A short film about a love affair with New York City, and the diagnosis that took me away.
Joy. Boy, that's a loaded word. AmIRight?
With that one syllable you may envision a powder puff fairy who has said something beyond enraging. Leaving you infuriated.
Maybe some of us have a reaction to this word because we have a hard time envisioning (this enraging) Joy in our lives.
(Keep reading to see what would be a totally embarrassing video. That is, if I had any shame.)
I am planning to move to Austin. Finally.
And in these months of preparation the plan has changed from what I thought I would be.
I think that’s called life.
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