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Amanda Briggs
I'm a designer, artist and gardener. I have a wonderful husband and 3 pets. I also have Type 1 Diabetes.
Interests: art, craft, design, gardening, flowers and plants, dogs, cities, graffiti, color, buildings, health and books.
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art heals.
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Art heals. Or at least it reframes the narrative, takes back control of the conversation to some degree, makes it our own. The idea of controlling our own experience with chronic illness continues to intrigue and pull at me. I think art may be one of the best answers to... Continue reading
Posted Oct 18, 2013 at diabetes considered
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It takes grit to do this well!
Self conrol and the ability to stick to a process or project over the long haul, or grit, as research psychologist Angela Duckworth calls it, seems like a key factor in maintaining good Diabetes control over a lifetime. I've heard of Dr. Duckworth's work before and am excited to see... Continue reading
Posted Sep 30, 2013 at diabetes considered
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The Human Trial
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2013 Abelcine Documentary Grant - The Human Trial from Vox Pop Films on Vimeo. I found this trailer to a documentary about Type 1 Diabetes, The Human Trial on the OBEY site a couple of months ago. I like the authentic, no holds barred tone of this trailer. The director... Continue reading
Reblogged Sep 29, 2013 at diabetes considered
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Quandary of Hidden Disabilities - Conceal or Reveal? - NYTimes.com
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"Discrimination against the disabled is most often an unintended effect of acts or omissions undertaken without considering the impact on people with disabilities. Put bluntly, the problem is not so much that people are mean, but rather, that people are clueless." Amen. via www.nytimes.com Continue reading
Reblogged Sep 29, 2013 at diabetes considered
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The Mental Strain of Making Do With Less - NYTimes.com
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This recent New York Times article about Eldar Shafir and Sendhil Mullainathan's new book, Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means so Much absolutely blew my mind. It describes beautifully the ongoing state of "limited bandwidth" life with Diabetes creates. As I read the article I kept thinking "insert Diabetes into... Continue reading
Reblogged Sep 29, 2013 at diabetes considered
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It's a new day.
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Hello all! It's been a long hiatus. Rather than taking up where I left off on Aiming for Grace, this new blog will focus more on ideas around chronic illness and challenges associated with it. I'm particularly interested in the psychological side of life with disease, with a focus on... Continue reading
Posted Sep 29, 2013 at diabetes considered
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My new blog about Life with Diabetes.
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Hello all! It's been a long hiatus. Rather than taking up where I left off on Aiming for Grace, this new blog will focus more on ideas around chronic illness and challenges associated with it. I'm particularly interested in the... Continue reading
Posted Sep 29, 2013 at aiming for grace
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Mar 15, 2010
hello.
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It's been ages I know. Frankly, I just haven't had anything much to say about diabetes these past few months. Diabetes is just the same. Tough, mundane, unrelenting, boring, challenging, in balance, out of balance, annoying, invisible, demanding, devastating, manageable,... Continue reading
Posted Jan 13, 2010 at aiming for grace
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