About this episode

Cheryl Crow reflects on living a normal life with rheumatoid arthritis after two decades and shares insights from her experiences and interviews.

“Can I live a normal life with rheumatoid arthritis?” is one of the most common questions I hear after diagnosis, and it's also the title of one of the very first episodes I recorded back in 2021. Five years later, after living with rheumatoid arthritis for more than two decades, facilitating Rheum to THRIVE support groups, interviewing over 200 experts and patients, and deepening my understanding of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), my answer has evolved.

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