“I’m so depressed. I can’t run because my back hurts.”

"Off-Road Rumble" Juliana Furtado by Mimi Stuart © Live the Life you Desire

“Off-Road Rumble” Juliana Furtado
by Mimi Stuart © Live the Life you Desire

So what I really meant was…

“I need to figure out how to take care of my back so that it heals. In the meantime, there are a lot of others things to enjoy and for which to be grateful.”

by Alison Poulsen, PhD

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