Life with chronic illness | The parts people don’t see
I’m Rob Nunnery. I’ve won 19 pro pickleball titles and I also live with Crohn’s and a colostomy. Chronic illness shrinks people quietly. Plans change. Energy disappears. Bodies stop cooperating. Most of us carry it alone. This newsletter is a record of what it looks like to keep living anyway.
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The Washing Machine in My Head
Published 12 months ago • 2 min read
Hello Reader, In today’s story, an elephant named Ganesha loses his companions and ends up alone, wandering through the forests of Sri Lanka. After months of searching for his friends, he collapses beside a lake, exhausted. A turtle appears and tells him that connection isn’t something you always have to chase from others. Sometimes, it’s already there. Through breath, nature, stillness, and paying attention to everything alive within and around you. It reminded me of what Rick Hanson calls...
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