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!
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...
Read MoreThis video above isn't about MS. It's about never giving up on yourself. Ever.
Read MorePeople wonder about what I can and can't do since my diagnosis. Here are those answers and the how-tos to get thriving.
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 MoreMoving the body helps our bodies and brain.
Because when we move, endorphins (neuropeptides that are natural pain and stress relievers... I like to call them magic happy juice) start to flow through us once we do.
Here's how I got back into working out after taking a year off after my MS diagnosis. (Complete with silly video.)
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 MoreSo this happened...
I was just diagnosed with MS. Two months ago. Shocker.
I didn't expect it and didn't know a thing about MS, other than something about wheelchairs.
The morning I woke up for kundalini meditation training was the beginning of a full-on nerve freak out that, within two weeks, left me unable to walk and see straight, and rendered half of my face numb.
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