Nan Hart

This video explores the notion that you must love and care for yourself if you hope to successfully manage your RA with some tips on how to do just that!...

The ability to connect with people, information, organizations, etc. online can be one of the most important things you consider while dealing with RA. It can make your life so...

In this video, Nan discusses how our fingernails are impacted by RA and how to take care of them...

Have you ever stopped to think how important the notion of smallness is to managing RA? As strange as this may sound I am convinced that remembering to keep it...

I have never had an easy time with my hair, but rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has made it even more of a challenge. From the time I was a little girl...

A key way to make it through this very time of year is to pace yourself and here are some strategies for doing just that...

Over these many years of dealing with RA and encountering, working with, and supporting many others with RA, I have come to realize something I think is very, very important...

I wonder if, like me, you ever daydream about what it would be like to have just one day without RA. I found myself, just a few days ago, reflecting...

My first symptoms of RA began when I was 40 years old.  I was officially diagnosed at 42 years of age.  I am now 62 years old.  Aging with this...

One of the most crucial decisions we make is the selection of a physician to treat our RA. This video offers some specific criteria and also subtle nuances to help...

The feeling of heaviness or weight on one's joints is yet another enduring aspect of RA that we have to handle on a daily basis.  Over the years this sensation...

Here in Vermont, fall is just around the corner and with it comes shorter daylight hours, dark mornings and cold weather. I happen to like the cooler temperatures but not...

Here I am 20+ years into RA and I still, quite frequently, cannot tell when I am flaring versus when a treatment, be it medication or otherwise, is no longer...

Despite the fact that I, and many of us, have terrific support, there is still a strong sense of loneliness that accompanies RA.  At first glance, one may think that...

Many of us with RA have other challenges to contend with that are not always so overtly related to the disease. One of those is dryness. I mean dryness of every...

Negative emotions can drive RA down a path we do not want or need! How can we manage them? I have some ideas...

I recently had a discussion with my rheumatologist about footwear and RA.  For most of us with RA, foot pain and general discomfort are part and parcel of the RA...

People often ask me, once they hear I have RA, what exactly does your day look like?  How do you move through a typical 24 hour period? Well, let’s start...

The song "I Gotta Be Me" has been performed by lots of singers since it first appeared in a Broadway musical in 1968, Golden Rainbow, written by Walter Marks.  Everyone...

It struck me recently how much different RA is during the day versus at night for me.  I wonder if this true for others of just one of those quirky...