Izandra Rudolph-Heard, our new Community Outreach Advisor for Research who is currently pursuing her Masters of Education in Mental...
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Cannabis and Autoimmune Disease. Nurse and Cannabis Health Coach, Christine Lee, BSN, PHN, RN joined MSU to share about...
Nurse and Cannabis Health Coach, Christine Lee, BSN, PHN, RN will share her personal experience with cannabis, an overview...
Lis is back with a second workshop for MSU! Register to join award-winning artist Lisa Sniderman (Aoede), who has...
Join MSU with Lisa Sniderman, creator of "The Grieving Project" on Clubhouse for the next RARE Talk with MSU,...
Register to join award-winning artist Lisa Sniderman (Aoede), who has struggled with dermatomyositis for more than 13 years while...
RARE. Talk with MSU: Grieving Rare Illness - Did you forget to grieve? with Lisa Sniderman, on Clubhouse, hosted...
RARE. Talk with MSU: Self-Advocate or Hypochondriac, on Clubhouse, hosted by This is RARE. How does your doctor respond...
Join us for the launch of RARE. Talk with MSU: The RARE. Journey Begins on Clubhouse, Monday, June 7th,...
The Tiger at the Door: The Relationship between Trauma and Chronic Pain

Learn what trauma is and isn’t, one theory of how it develops, and how it impacts the nervous system,...
Helpful hints (not resolutions!) to start off the new year with a plan to work toward great mental health...
Explaining myositis (Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy) and how it affects our lives is difficult. There isn’t a simple, clear-cut answer...
Living with, and trying to overcome, autoimmune diseases affect all the people we love. Those of us who have...
Chronic Illness, Myositis, and Depression: The following are the comments I gave to a support group about my book,...
Although everyday life seems like a mad dash to the finish line honestly it’s all about staying the course...
11 Ways to Be Intimate When You Have Chronic Illness and Sex Is Difficult

February is the month of love. Chocolate-covered strawberries, roses, sensual massage oils, lingerie, and champagne — we see reminders...
Many myositis patients experience depression as a result of the life changes, the physical limitations, and the emotional strain...