Are you the kind of migraine sufferer for whom excessive sound can trigger or worsen an attack? Take a week off - this column is not addressed to you. "Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast… to soften rocks, or bend the knotted oak." (William Congreve) Hmmm. I...

A municipal free library is an oasis of calm for a migraine sufferer. Does stepping into a library remind you of watching a movie about the undersea world of oceans? Muted sound envelops you as soon as you walk in. It is an escape to a world where healing...

Do you suffer from migraine headaches, and your child does not? I would not find that reassuring. There are migraine pain relief methods and practices that your child can learn that would delay the onset of migraine headaches in adolescence, that would diminish the pain, and may even be...

Consulting a dictionary to find the precise meaning of a word teaches us that words have more than one interpretation! 'Suffer' is just such a word.  Setting aside its New Testament meaning of 'to tolerate,' we will focus on the modern turn of phrase, meaning a 'bad or painful...

That was the reaction of my shiatsu therapist, whom I was calling while in the throes of my latest severe migraine attack. What?! No verbal tea and sympathy?  I was incensed, furious! Gilles was a therapist - he was supposed to be sympathetic! I crawled back into my abject misery, consulted my list...

Lady Luck is not on women's side when it comes to migraines - two-thirds of migraine sufferers are women. A woman's menstrual cycle is one of the major migraine triggers. Today, we're going to ease the finger off that trigger. If you're the type of person who gives and...

Your migraine condition took years to reach the pinnacle of an attack. The same goes for miracles: far from always being instantaneous life-changing events, they, too, can take time to develop fully. Discouragement and despair will con you into believing the lie that this pain is insurmountable, even incurable....

You've worked hard for the past few weeks, implementing every one of my proven suggestions (!) on how to find pain relief - so it's time for a break. When I first introduced this 25-minute practice to a gentleman, after trying it out, he exclaimed, "I feel like I've...

Without a doubt, a migraine lowers your IQ by several dozen points (Exceptions are the extraordinary people for whom pain is a motivator!). Repeated migraines act like a meat tenderizer to your head - it seems when the current migraine begins, it's worse than the last! With a brain at...

Here's my alternative to the musical South Pacific's hit song by Oscar Hammerstein II and Richard Rodgers: "I'm gonna wash that migraine outta my hair." Your brain and body are not light switches that you can turn on and off instantly. Try cultivating a calm routine before you go...