Back in mid-March, as COVID-19 swept the globe, I remember sitting at my favorite cafe in Munich, drinking a cup of coffee and thinking, “tomorrow is lock down and I can’t get coffee.” I never thought I would be stuck in my apartment in a foreign country with only a few months supply of...

Living with a chronic illness, like Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, can cause a lot of physical symptoms and emotional distress. But what we don’t talk about enough is the positive effect of having a chronic illness- the ability for patients to take their experience and become mo...

We all know what it’s like to feel invisible at some point in time—the feeling of not being seen or heard by those around you. Typically, the feeling doesn’t last long-term. But for people living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, the feeling of being invisible is something the...