For Grace is proud to have consulted on an article in HealthyWomen about overcoming bias toward those with fibromyalgia! After our founder Cynthia Toussaint's stirring piece in HW about pain and cancer, their editorial team asked her to recommend a woman in pain to be featured in September to coincide with Pain Awareness Month. Among others, Cynthia enlightened them to Dr. Ginevra Liptan's journey of overcoming dismissal and worse after developing fibromyalgia in medical school - and Ginevra's inspiring advocacy for those impacted by the disease since then.
Continuing our celebration of September as Pain Awareness Month, For Grace founder Cynthia Toussaint will panel with American Chronic Pain Association director Kathy Sapp and Wisconsin Women's Health Foundation manager Chelsea Tibbets on a live webinar tomorrow hosted by the Pain Awareness Information Network. The focus during this one hour long discussion will be the women in pain experience, their unique care needs as well as the relationship between acute and chronic pain. Register HERE for the event - and we look forward to your comments and questions!
September is Pain Awareness Month in the US - and with that, For Grace's empowering Women In Pain Nation Campaign kicks into high gear. Leading off the month with a special 1/2 hour "Hot Take" interview, Women In Pain Nation leader Cynthia Toussaint talks with California State Legislative Staffer Fernando Rameriz about the steps you can take to effectively connect with your federal, state or local legislator - and how to make the case for women in pain's unique needs. There's no better time than now to get your legislator to take action, so let your voice be heard!
This week a self-penned feature on Maria Shriver's Sunday Paper by For Grace Founder Cynthia Toussaint explores childhood trauma and family dysfunction as the driver for pain and chronic illness. In this stirring, thought-provoking article and photo essay under the Architects of Change section, Cynthia shares how being at death's door with breast cancer woke her to the reality that trauma keeps the score in body and mind - and that one needs to take action to survive, which includes updating lifestyle choices and, in extreme cases, estranging from toxic family members.
