What an anniversary! Today, For Grace turns 20 as we've clicked off two decades of aiding, comforting and bringing much-needed information to women in pain across the globe. Our many efforts include media outreach, legislative actions and ground-breaking events that have brought to millions the plight of women who hurt more and are helped less. We're especially proud of our work to stridently promote the benefits of Integrative Health and the healing power of self-care. We've been told that nonprofit work is impossible - but that's just the way we like it. Impossible has never been an option. Together, we march forward in search of a Pain-free, Grace-filled tomorrow.

Check out For Grace's April Story of the Month that spotlights woman in pain Patricia Helbig's harrowing battle with childhood and medical trauma.  Time and again, Patricia's chronic pain and physical problems, such as muscle weakness and joint displacement, were dismissed as manifestations of her C-PTSD (Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.) Even after a particularly terrifying episode where she was invalidated and humiliated, Patricia continues to hope that she'll find healthcare professionals who will diagnosis her, instead of "shaming, blaming and gaslighting."      

Join co-hosts Cynthia Toussaint and John Garrett for this month's episode of their live stream, "The Trauma Chronicles" that airs on The Mighty's Facebook pages. TTC focuses on how trauma impacts personal wellness - and how one can recover and move on to the all-important Post-Traumatic Growth experience. On Tuesday, March 29th at 1pm PST, Cynthia and John will interview woman in pain Ingrid Brown about her harrowing medical trauma experience and how she's now on a mission to bring to light how "health care" can go very badly, leaving one with scars, both literally and figuratively. Looking forward to your questions and comments...

For Grace leadership has submitted a comment ahead of the April 11th deadline for the CDC's Revised Opioid Guideline. While applauding the updated version as a much needed improvement to the 2016 original, For Grace keyed on three items that we feel need additional attention: returning to the slippery slope of allowing doctors and patients full reign in using opioids, the need to mandate coverage for non-drug, non-invasive therapies and the danger of forcing "legacy" opioids patients to taper down from well-established, stable dosing. We encourage all who have a vested interest in the plight of pain patients moving forward to leave a comment soon.