Freedom To Know Wellness
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Freedom To Know Wellness @FTKWellness is a disability, chronic complex medical+pain disorders and female reproductive health advocacy passion project (blog & podcast)
On Truth and Reconciliation Day, FTKWellness shares the story of Orange Shirt Day founder Phyllis Webstad and the meaning behind the orange shirt. 📣 www.orangeshirtday.org #OrangeShirtDay #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation #EveryChildMatters #IndigenousChildrenMatter #IndigenousLivesMatter
"The Sickling" is a movie addressing Sickle Cell, treatments and the Black Community. Premiering @HotDocsCinema #SickleCellAwareness #StemCellTreatments #BlackHealthMatters boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/websales/pag...
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A story of mine—and many of us living with #Fibromyalgia... Short-term memory issues, losing simple words, forgetting what you were doing or losing your train of thought in the middle of a conversation. #brainfog #FibroFog #spoonielife Thanks to FibroWomen.com for this image. #FTKWellness
If you are a person who uses accessible devices in Toronto (and the GTA), you will definitely resonate with this article featuring disability creative and advocate Taylor Lindsay-Noel in Now Toronto. nowtoronto.com/lifestyle/to... #AccessibilityMatters #disabilityawareness #disabilityinclusion
Why Toronto still isn’t accessible for people with disabilities| NOW Toronto
Why are disabled people still forced to investigate whether places are accessible in 2026? 'Access by Tay' exists for it.
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Happy Emancipation Day! ❤️🖤💚 The work continues.✊🏾 (The goal is that someday we won't have to) #EmancipationDay #MentalEmancipation #Sankofa #HeritageandHealing #FTKWellness
This is a classic but important episode from our "Seniors Voices" series! Sherry Bennett from Let's Talk Cannabis shares her personal journey of using #cannabis to manage #PTSD symptoms. 🎙️ Watch now to learn more about Sherry's life story and the healing benefits of cannabis: youtu.be/3WgRvlNvCMM
New episode: Alison Myrden shares her experience living with #MS and Trigeminal Neuralgia and her fight for better research on cannabis and #psilocybin for chronic pain. We discuss legal access, research barriers, and the future of pain medicine. #MedicalCannabis #ChronicPain
"We're not clumsy—we're sick." Alison Myrden shares how years of being dismissed by the healthcare system became fuel for her advocacy for patients and medical cannabis in Canada. 🎙️ Full episode drops tomorrow. #MultipleSclerosis #MedicalCannabis #MedicalGaslighting
Making Disability & Accessibility the Norm ♿✨ The Disability Pride Flag Red: Physical Gold: Neurodivergent White: Invisible Blue: Mental Health Green: Sensory #DisabilityPrideMonth #AccessibilityMatters #Inclusion
When your podcast guest is the person whose voice helps you survive 3 AM hot flashes 😅 Author & psychotherapist @farzanadoctor.bsky.social discusses somatic tools and her FREE guided meditations on #InsightTimer app. 🎙️Watch the full episode: youtube.com/shorts/GvMN0... #hotflashes #perimenopause
How to Maintain Your Emotional Balance When You're Triggered? @farzanadoctor.bsky.social Provides tips on balancing the nervous system and emotional well-being when managing #chronicillness and daily life. #windowoftolerance #healthyboundaries #mentalhealthmatters #FarzanaDoctor 🎙️🔗Links in Bio
Living with a #chronicillness often means fighting your own body—especially when you’re prone to over-giving. Author & psychotherapist @farzanadoctor.bsky.social breaks down how to recognize and heal these #traumaresponses. 🎙️Listen on #Substack: open.substack.com/pub/freedomt... #SomaticHealing
#Fibromyalgia is known as The Overachiever Disease, we push past our limits until the mind disconnects from the body. Chronic fatigue. Brain fog. Pain so constant it feels normal. Rest isn't a reward. It's how we heal. #FibroWarrior #Spooniecommunity #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth
🎥 Fibromyalgia...What You Need To Know! #fibrowarrior #spooniecommunity Visit freedomtoknowwellness.substack.com for more content on #Fibromyalgia and other chronic pain conditions.
REPOSTING this article for my fellow CHRONIC PAIN WARRIORS. This article discusses the complexity of loving your body while navigating chronic pain. SHARE with anyone this could SUPPORT. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/freedomt... #fibromyalgiaawarenessmonth #fibrowarrior #spooniecommunity
Check out one of FTKWellness's Fibromyalgia podcasts in light of Fibromyalgia Awareness Month: "Managing Multiple Sclerosis with Fibromyalgia" youtu.be/6Wg2glBNEbY #fibrowarrior #MSWarrior #FibromyalgiaAwareness #ChronicIllnessAwareness #SpoonieCommunity
FTKWellness S1:Ep 6 | Managing Multiple Sclerosis with Fibromyalgia w/ guest Dale Nevison
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Cannabis a safe and effective treatment for fibromyalgia, study shows www.leafie.co.uk/news/cannabi...
Cannabis a safe and effective treatment for fibromyalgia, study shows - leafie
A comprehensive review of 12 studies involving more than 1,200 fibromyalgia patients has found that cannabis significantly reduced pain levels and improved sleep, anxiety, and depression symptoms, tho...
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New Substack article "Fibromyalgia Awareness Day - My Personal Story." open.substack.com/pub/freedomt... #spooniecommunity #FibromyalgiaAwarenessDay #Invisibleillness #chronicpain #Canada
Fibromyalgia Awareness Day: My Fibromyalgia Story
Insights, Tips and Support to Aid Your Fibromyalgia Wellness Journey
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When Fibromyalgia and #FND Intersect! FKTWellness's new #Substack article for #FibromyalgiaAwarenessMonth discussing how Functional Neurological Disorder can superimpose on #Fibromyalgia. open.substack.com/pub/freedomt... #Dystonia #SpoonieCommunity #FunctionalNeurologicalDisorder
When Fibromyalgia and FND Intersect (Functional Neurological Disorder)
May Fibromyalgia Awareness Month with FTKWellness
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"What is Fibromyalgia?" May is Fibromyalgia Awareness Month. 🔗Click the link for more details on Freedom To Know Wellness. open.substack.com/pub/freedomt... #fibrowarrior #fibromyalgiaawarenes #spooniecommunity #chronicpain
What is Fibromyalgia?🎗️
Watch now | Fibromyalgia Awareness Month with FTKWellness
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University of Toronto Body Mapping Study @utsc.utoronto.ca Seeking adults (18+) with multiple chronic health conditions (physical or mental) who have had a #pregnancy in the past 10 years. 📲 Scan QR code for details #bodymapping #chronicillness #postpartumhealing #mentalhealth #mindbody
Do Black, Brown and Indigenous women experience more Health Inequity compared to women of other races in North American medicine? Watch the 🎙️Full Episode "Black Maternal Health & Chronic Pain": youtu.be/sVsPQfOlGPc?... #BlackMaternalHealthWeek #BMHW26 #Preeclampsia #MedicalGaslighting #HealthEquity
“Writing Beyond Barriers” ♿️ & “Healing Generations” 🪶 Featuring #AmandaLeduc and #TanyaTalaga. A #womenhistorymonth conversation on #disability, storytelling, and generational #healing. @ftkwellness.bsky.social Watch now: open.substack.com/pub/freedomt... #firstnations
Amanda Leduc & Tanya Talaga: Healing Stories and Disabilities in the Arts
Closing out Women's History Month with a Deep Dive into the Arts and Accessibility♿️
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Catch Up on #HealingStories with Freedom To Know Wellness on #Substack with authors: journalist Morgan Campbell, #MyFightingFamily, and peace activist Amal Elsana Alh'jooj #HopeIsAWomensName #BlackMentalHealth #PalestineIsreal #HealingGenerations #BlackWellness #PeaceInMiddleEast #FTKWellness
Black History, Mental Health Week & Women's History Month! Black Centred #Wellness #Podcast by @FTKWellness Follow on Substack, YouTube and Spotify #BHM #BlackMentalHealtWeek #WomensDay #UterineFibroids #Fibromyalgia #PTSD #Substack
Continue Black History Month with FTKWellness! We revisit this eye-opening, truth-revealing episode. Click to watch/listen. open.,.com/pub/freedomt... #blackwomenshealth #blackwellness #BlackHistoryMonth #blackmaternalhealth #blackmortality #indigenouswomen #hispanicwomen #womenshealthmatters
Continue Black History Month with FTKWellness
Featuring Prolific Black Health & Wellness Podcasts on FTKWellness
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To the many we’ve lost, to those still fighting, and to those who are now cancer-free—cancer has touched us all in some way, shape, or form. We stand in solidarity with you. 💜🎗️ #FTKWellness #fightagainstcancer #cancersucks #wordcancerday #standinsolidarity #cancerfree #wellnessjourney #women #men
New legislation in the state of Indiana, on Health Disparities Maternal Mortality Rates, to protect Black, Brown and all Moms in the United States. This is also important for us Canadians to take note of. #blackmaternalhealth #CulturalSensitivity #health4moms youtu.be/rHB4C2JyeIs?...
New legislation aims to protect Black mothers in labor
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There are more than 100 different forms of arthritis, which can vary in severity, but all significantly affect people's quality of life, including their ability to work. #ArthritisSocietyCanada #arthritis #fibromyalgia #disabiity #FTKWellness arthritis.ca/about-us/new...
New Report Reveals Alarming Misconception About Canada’s Leading Cause of Disability - Arthritis Society Canada
New Report Reveals Alarming Misconception About Canada’s Leading Cause of Disability. From Arthritis Society Canada.
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