"I strongly recommend daily journal writing to everyone, especially women in pain. I believe it had the power to heal me."
—Cynthia Toussaint
The Fire Within Blog

For Grace Founder and Spokesperson Cynthia Toussaint shares her unique perspectives on the chronic pain experience!

The Black Hole of Pain

In April I came across a Time magazine article that immediately made me think of persistent pain. This ground-breaking story described how a team of Harvard researchers worked like the...

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Losing One Is Losing Many

I recently lost one of my all-time best girlfriends, and for this woman in pain it was more like losing a family. No, more like a whole community. Joan was born with spina bifida, and...

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Relaxing Into Wellness

Since starting For Grace 17 years ago, I’ve had little success unplugging and getting away from work. That is until last July – and I now find relaxation fairly easy to achieve. In...

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For Whom the Bell Rung

On August 1st, I was in an accident – and my life changed again. I hoped upon hope that my new physical ailments would be temporary, but more than half a year into ever increasing...

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