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Sharon Frances, an illustration from my book Ash & Feather

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I use visualization, grounding and tapping to help bring me back into my body. I often imagine I am laying on the warm sand at the ocean's shore. This helps me get the strength to take political actions.

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I like to make sure my immediate needs are taken care of before I start working on something.

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I like to make things out of clay. Figuring out how to the clay becomes something else is a meditative state and allows me to focus on that instaed of my physical and mental pain. :)

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I make art out of the things I have available! The central flower is made of supplement bottles and the mosaic pieces are colored bits of prescription pill bottles

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Don't be afraid to put yourself first. You can't help others if you don't help yourself!

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Although I have intractable pain from various painful conditions, I've helped practice self-care by taking pride in what I do & giving myself credit (because I often don't remember to do so). 

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Although I have intractable pain from various painful conditions, I've helped practice self-care by taking pride in what I do & giving myself credit (because I often don't remember to do so). 

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We have a friend group of disabled adults that consistently make time and space for each other, to breathe- to laugh- to cry

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I function best at night. I love to do meditations, Dark Yoga, and treadmill and lifting workouts in the dead of night...it pumps me up and makes me feel the power. -Kerry

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I repurposed this wheelchair battery into a spot welder :) It feels empowering to use wheelchair parts and hack them into new cool things

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An open source DIY spot welder to recycle batteries using recycled batteries :) With an old wheelchair (or car) battery, a 3D printer, and about $20 in parts you can make a $200-400 spot welder.

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Taking care of an issue or people in the community is part of my self care

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I turn the music up and let my spirit unite with all my past, present, and future loved ones through music.

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I started volunteering with General Strike US. It has helped me meet amazing organizers and learn so much about things like mutual aid, and that we don't just need self-care, we need community care.

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Thank you so much Sharon and Matthew! I’m an Art Therapist and filmmaker. Making art has saved my life with chronic pain, anxiety and depression. I would love to share my new documentary called, “We are the Most Beautiful People | Adults with Disabilities. It involves disabilities from around the world, including Ghana, India, Chile, Taiwan, UK and all parts of the US. We are stronger togther. We’re on IG @wearethemostbeautifulpeople. We are a social justice film challenging the notion of beauty and centers the lived experiences of adults with disabilities. I’ve lived over 30 years with multiple sclerosis. - Zian

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I love fantasy books. I borrow ebooks from the library and either use the speech to text feature or also borrow the audiobook at the same time so I can switch back and forth or re-listen or re-read depending on my needs so I can best absorb the material and escape for a bit to another world. 🌎

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When I volunteer to help with positive actions to work for healthcare justice, I feel like I am not only doing something, but making a difference. In this video, I am helping More Perfect Union fight for legislation in California to rein in insurance company denials and delays!

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UnitedHealthcare Doesn’t Want You to Know About This

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Creations are distracting in a good way. 

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Creations are distracting in a good way. 

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I have Small Fiber Neuropathy and CRPS, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. It's the most painful disease known to medicine with no FDA-approved treatments.

When the pain is bad and I feel as if I am burning alive, doing nothing is the worst choice. That said, besides the feeling, it makes my vision worse, damaged by Tamoxifen Retinopathy. Breast cancer came with too many friends.

Each knot is a release. In this piece, I added the element of black light reactive dust adhered to it. I was honored to have it on display in a juried art show at the Mosaic Art Collective in Manchester, NH