By Lorraine BoissinaultRating: ★★★★★Link to purchase the book Overview “Body Weather” is a powerful, poetic exploration of chronic illness that reflects on the connections between the body and the pla...

Crying over perfume bottle design wasn’t on my bingo card for 2025 but here we are! This is my take on the ingeniously designed Rare Beauty perfume bottle, as a rheumatoid arthritis patient and occupa...

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In 2018, I teamed up with photographer @jesskeenerphoto to create an Invisible Illness Photoshoot – click through the slideshow above to see all ten images. I was inspired by a photo I had seen on Ins...

Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: ave you ever wished you had a community of people supporting you, who just “get it?”  On the five year anniversary of Rheum to THRIVE, members of Cheryl’s program share...

Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: If you’ve ever been told you’re “too young to have arthritis,” this episode is for you! Co-hosts Cheryl & Eileen, both of whom live with rheumatoid arthritis, discuss m...

Episode 1: Rheumer Has It, Episode 169 – Arthritis Life Podcast Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: Welcome to the very first episode of Rheumer Has It! Hosts Cheryl and Eileen kick things off by sharing ...

Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: Getting diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis in your teens or early 20s comes with a whirlwind of changes—and one of the biggest is shifting from pediatric to adult rh...

“I don’t want to be on meds forever—how are you so okay with it?” When I first started posting injection videos, this question came up a lot. Honestly? After taking RA meds for over two decades, they’...

After 15+ years of volunteering with the Arthritis Foundation, I finally made it to my first Pathways Conference—and WOW, what an unforgettable weekend in Chicago! 💙✨ Connecting with my arthritis comm...

The other day in one of my Rheum to THRIVE support group meetings, someone shared an amazing idea: “Cheryl, I wish you could talk to my friends and family about RA so they could really ‘get it!’ You’v...

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Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: When Alice was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, she feared it might take away the things she loved most—especially music. In this episode of The Arthritis Life Podc...

Dr. Jean Liew Favorite album: “It used to be 1989, then folklore; now it’s The Tortured Poets Department.” Many people know Jean Liew, MD, MS, as a respected rheumatologist and a dedicated researcher....

Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: On episode 157 of The Arthritis Life Podcast, Alison shares her ups and downs of living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) as a mom, ...

Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: In episode 150 of The Arthritis Life Podcast, Carrie shares her inspiring journey of living with “difficult-to-treat” axial spondyloarthritis while building a new life ...

Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: In episode 152 of The Arthritis Life Podcast, Cheryl and Stephanie discuss Stephanie’s journey learning to live with endometriosis, cancer and rheumatoid arthritis diag...

Are you struggling to adjust to your “new normal” with rheumatoid arthritis, or a similar condition like psoriatic arthritis or spondyloarthritis? If you answered yes, please know: you are NOT alone, ...

Listen Now: Watch Now: Summary: In episode 150 of The Arthritis Life Podcast, Carrie shares her inspiring journey of living with “difficult-to-treat” axial spondyloarthritis while building a new life ...

Listen Here: Watch Here: Summary: On episode 148 of The Arthritis Life Podcast, Cheryl and Eileen dive into their “It’s Not Just Pain” presentation from the American College of Rheumatology’s annual C...

“Ankylosing spondylitis”? “Sjögren’s syndrome”? These terms may soon take on an antiquated feel not unlike “shell shock” or “consumption,” as both...