Wellness Blog
Breath of Meaning: Finding Hope
explores how tuning into your spirit—through reflection, connection, or simple moments of awareness—can help you notice resilience, compassion, and small joys even in the hardest times.
Summer Around the Table
Summer looks different around the world, but it always comes back to the table. From backyard BBQs to Mediterranean dinners, asados, and night markets, food has a way of bringing us together.
Breath of Meaning: Go with Others
Spirituality doesn’t have to be a solo journey. In Breath of Meaning: Go with Others, CF warrior Colin Butler explores how sharing your spiritual practices—through faith communities, meditation groups, online spaces, or trusted friends—can provide comfort, grounding, and connection.
Summer Independence with CF
Laurel stopped in her tracks the other day when she spotted a small container of enzymes clipped to Buster’s bike. For years, she was the one packing them. Now, he’s thinking ahead on his own. It’s a small thing—but it represents something big: growing independence with CF.
Strawberry Cheesecake Muffins
For those with cystic fibrosis, finding calorie-rich, enjoyable foods can help support nutrition goals, and these muffins deliver a delicious combination of fruit, cream cheese, and comforting homemade goodness. Nicholas Kelly, MS, RD, LD shares this recipe and more in his cookbook, “No Need for Seconds.”
Breath of Meaning: Prayer
Expressing your fears, hopes, gratitude, or grief—through words, writing, or quiet reflection—can help lighten the emotional load of living with CF.
Breath of Meaning: Gratitude
Pausing to acknowledge simple joys—a cozy blanket, a kind message, a cat purring—can help shift your mindset, even on tough days.
Breath of Meaning: Meditation & Mindfulness
Even a few minutes of breathing, body scanning, or guided meditation can help ease anxiety, calm racing thoughts, and give a sense of control amidst the challenges of CF.
School’s Out… Now What? Keeping CF Care on Track This Summer
Without the structure of the school year, routines can slip. Life happens. This season is all about finding balance: keeping up with treatments, staying fueled and hydrated, and still making space for fun.
Summer Activity Safety
Summer is a great time to stay active, but for people with cystic fibrosis, heat and humidity can increase the risk of dehydration and salt loss. A few simple adjustments can help make summer activities safer and more enjoyable.