Anne Pellicciotto

On Chronic Pain, Self-care, and Finding Flow Again Fiery Sunset Over Chincoteague Bay, Echos of a Pain Flare. Photo by AMP. On July 4th, The Sun emitted a most powerful X-class solar flare, causing minor radio blackouts and generating vivid auroral displays visible across the northern U.S. Even the outlandish pyrotechnic display on The Mall – a record 850 thousand rounds shot off – could not begin to compete with Ra's fire power. On that same auspicious day, my body went into its own X-class...

When I brainstormed my SeeChange 2.0 business mission, some months back, I didn't have to think too hard. I know what I want in my life and what I hope to inspire in others going through their own transitions: FLOW. You know the feeling – to be propelled forward almost effortlessly – catching a current – and letting it take you where IT wants to go. Wheee! What a joy it is to release. We may not expect to be in flow all the time – but we can create the conditions to recognize and maximize the...

You know, friends... I've been dabbling in — and struggling through — some rare and joyful times even flowing with this writing thing for many years. Weekends reserved for the muse, I've missed Sunday brunch (and, ahem, church) for decades. But that mimosa and eggs Benedict sacrifice just paid off. My essay — with swatches cut from my memoir — just published in my dream lit-mag, The Rumpus. I got to work with editor Roxane Gay, a writing hero of mine and author of Bad Feminist. What an honor....