Watch the webinar here: https://youtu.be/_Mqh3_DWAIg
Get ready for a giant post on waiting room etiquette!
I've had many medical appts this past month. Here's what not to do in the waiting room.
1. Leave your sh*t at the door. No one wants to hear you arguing as a couple. We are not an audience on The Jerry Springer Show.
2. Use your inside voice....
alt text: picture of Dr. G smiling. Rare Revolution Magazine. RARE entrepreneur. Showcasing the work of RARE entrepreneur Melissa Geraghty of Phoenix Rising with Dr. G
Check out my article in this RARE entrepreneur series with Rare Revolution Magazine!
-- meeting the beating hearts behind...
Alt text: Picture of Dr. G with back to camera, standing in front of an ocean. Middle finger extended in defiance of chronic pain. Text overlay says "I'll be okay. Just not today."
I've been having a particularly difficult week, medically. Truth be told, it's been a bad few years.
It's okay to...
A heartfelt thanks to all those representing #Migraine and #Headache Diseases today at Headache on The Hill!
Flashback to 2018, my first #HOH!
#HOH2023 #Advocacy #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #WashingtonDC
Join our waitlist so you can be amongst the first to know when the next class will be. You will get to decide if you'd like to join the next class BEFORE it gets sold out!
https://www.phoenixrisingwithdrg.com/join-the-waitlist-for-empowered-relief
Alt Text: Got Pain? Learn more here. Dr. Melissa Geraghty presents Empowered Relief.
Event: Empowered Relief™
Where: Zoom
When: 02.15.23 at 5pm Central Time
Registration: https://www.phoenixrisingwithdrg.com/store
ONLY 10 SPOTS PER CLASS!
Empowered Relief™ is an...
Image Alt Text: Empowered Relief Testimonial: "The binaural audio alone was worth the class. I loved it! And for everyone who can't see a pain therapist weekly, the class gets right to the heart of what they can work on to deal with their pain."
As someone with multiple chronic pain conditions as...
If you didn't make it to the Live webinar on Tuesday, no worries! The recording is now available on YouTube:
Living mentally well with chronic pain conditions
3 years ago today I had neurosurgery.
It feels like yesterday and forever ago all at the same time. I forgot the date was coming up and I am caught off guard. All the feels.
#TetheredCord #NEISvoid #MEspine #RareDisease #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness #SpinalCordInjury
“Self-management is the number one, most important part of the multidisciplinary model because medications may help some, but not completely, and we’re living day to day with pain that goes up and down." (From U.S. Pain Foundation's article bit.ly/3BxCNy3)
Join me tomorrow...
The interesting thing about listening to your body with chronic illness is sometimes it's:
"I acknowledge you and will make some needed accommodations in this moment, AND I'm going to keep pushing because this event/work is important/worth it."
If I always listened to what my body wanted, I...
Empowered Relief™ is an evidence-based, single-session pain class that rapidly equips patients with pain management skills. It was developed at Stanford University.
Here's how you will benefit:
- You will learn about the science of pain and what you can do to help yourself.
- You will gain...
Event: Empowered Relief™
Where: Zoom
When: 09.26.22 at 1pm Central Time
Registration: https://www.phoenixrisingwithdrg.com/store
ONLY 12 SPOTS PER CLASS!
Empowered Relief™ is an evidence-based, single-session pain class that rapidly equips patients with pain management skills. It was...
Join me for Empowered Relief™!
When: Monday, September 26th at 1pm Central Time.
Where: LIVE Zoom class (2 hours and 15 minutes)
ONLY 12 SPOTS PER CLASS!
Register here: https://www.phoenixrisingwithdrg.com/store
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Empowered Relief™ is an evidence-based,...
I am excited to now offer Empowered Relief™ classes!
Empowered Relief™ is an evidence-based, single-session pain class that rapidly equips patients with pain management skills. It was developed at Stanford University.
Here's how you will benefit:
- You will learn about the science of...
Dr. Melissa Geraghty Psy.D of Phoenix Rising with Dr. G
11 May 2022
Drawing on her own experience of rare disease Dr Melissa Geraghty is on a mission to provide mental health support to those with chronic illness and pain to ensure no one feels alone on their RARE journey.
RARE entrepreneur...
Say YES to yourself.
#RadicalAcceptance #SelfCare #MentalHealth #MentalHealthIsHealth #NEISvoid #MEspine #RareDisease #ChronicIllness #ChronicPain #PhoenixRisingWithDrG
The Keyboard Warriors will never Stop—but we can stop Reacting.
I’ve seen a lot of personal attacks in some online communities, particularly in the chronic pain community.
I have been the brunt of this many times when people make assumptions about me off of a few 100 words. In some of...
To the patient who wants to die: a psychologist’s perspective
I’ve been there. In my first two years of severe, chronic pain, I was right where you are at. I felt hopeless, mentally exhausted, and didn’t want to keep living with an extreme level of pain anymore. I felt there was...
For more information on what I do as a pain psychologist, please check out the following link:
I was interviewed by By Radha_Inspire (Digital Editor, Inspire)
I thought my time away from social media would be focused on adjusting to not having my infusions due to insurance issues (still an ongoing battle but I’m not dropping it!), but my body had other ideas.
After experiencing anaphylaxis for the first time as well as a bunch of other...
'I Got COVID 9 Months Ago and Still Have Symptoms'
Dr. Melissa Geraghty
On 12/2/20 at 5:51 AM EST
At the beginning of 2020, when COVID-19 was still only in the peripheries of our awareness, I was recovering from neurosurgery. I have a rare neurological disease, tethered cord syndrome,...
