"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!

Exploring the Connection Between Chronic Pain and Dementia

Difficulty in finding words – also known as “brain fog” -- started for me 30 years ago after I began taking the medication gabapentin for Complex Regional Pain Syndrome.  While it...

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Jane’s Spark: My 25 years with a World Changer

I was eight years old when I first saw my hero flicker on the movie projector screen. She wasn’t a film star or a famous athlete. She wasn’t a politician. She was a tiny, soft-spoken...

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Remembering My Mother: A Light in the Dark

Despite having great misfortune in her long life, Mom lived it fully and with complete love. Indeed, she was my hero. She was my world. Mom was born on a Minnesota farm, and while...

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The Fine Art of “Knowing” Your Body

Three times in my life I knew something big, tragic and seemingly illogical was going to happen to me. All were trauma and health related, though I didn’t know that when my gut spoke to...

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