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4 Tips About Rest for Lyme Patient Supporters
4 Tips About Rest for Lyme Patient Supporters

For Lyme patients, effective rest is necessary and can take many forms; supporters play a critical role in helping us get it.

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5 Tips About Sharing
5 Tips About Sharing

Tips about sharing with Lyme disease patients in helpful and productive ways.

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5 Communication Tools That Can Help Lyme Patients and Supporters
5 Communication Tools That Can Help Lyme Patients and Supporters

People living with Lyme need strong communication with supporters, which means being able to give and receive information in healthy and helpful ways.

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5 Things to Consider About Lyme Disease Stories
5 Things to Consider About Lyme Disease Stories

Everyone living with Lyme or another tick-borne disease has a unique experience and a story that matters.

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Blog for Supporters of People Living with Lyme and Other Tick-Borne Diseases

Generation Lyme's Supporters Blog helps parents, partners, caregivers, and other loved ones navigate their experiences supporting someone affected by Lyme and other tick-borne diseases.

Love Languages & Lyme Blog

Illness can change the ways we give, receive, and experience support. Love Languages & Lyme explored practical ways patients and supporters can navigate communication, connection, boundaries, and care when Lyme and other chronic illnesses affect everyday life.

Love Languages & Lyme
Boundaries & Gifts
Boundaries & Gifts

Setting boundaries around gift-giving is a great way to avoid awkward moments and understand each other better.

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Boundaries & Words of Affirmation
Boundaries & Words of Affirmation

If someone is trying to give you words of affirmation, is it okay to set a boundary around it? Absolutely!

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Boundaries & Quality Time
Boundaries & Quality Time

Setting boundaries around quality time is essential when dealing with chronic illnesses like Lyme, whether you're the patient or someone supporting them.

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Curiosity
Curiosity

Depending on health circumstances, it may not always be the ideal time to ask questions directly.

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Physical Touch
Physical Touch

As a love language, physical touch may shift while living with an illness like Lyme disease.

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Gen Lyme News & Blogs

Updates, announcements, events, and other news from Generation Lyme and our community.

Gen Lyme News and Blogs
Gen Lyme at the 2025 LivLyme Virtual Summit
Gen Lyme at the 2025 LivLyme Virtual Summit

Generation Lyme joins the LivLyme Foundation at the 6th annual LivLyme Summit for a talk about the importance of community.

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Gen Lyme on Love, Hope, Lyme
Gen Lyme on Love, Hope, Lyme

Generation Lyme Co-Founders Jennifer, Brooke and Jesse recently sat down with Fred Diamond, host of the “Love, Hope, Lyme” podcast, for an emotional conversation about the power of community.

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Bridging the Gap Between PhD Research and Medical Practices for Lyme Disease
Bridging the Gap Between PhD Research and Medical Practices for Lyme Disease

Presley Taylor is a passionate advocate for Lyme disease and Generation Lyme contributor sharing insights with patients, families, researchers, and anyone affected by this difficult condition.

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Generation Lyme and Center for Lyme Action Create Community Partnership to Empower Advocates
Generation Lyme and Center for Lyme Action Create Community Partnership to Empower Advocates

Generation Lyme and Center for Lyme Action announce a new Community Partnership to leverage each nonprofit organization’s distinct resources to support current and future Lyme and tick-borne disease advocates.

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Generation Lyme is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization
Generation Lyme is a 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Organization

We are thrilled to announce a milestone in our mission to empower Lyme disease patients and supporters everywhere: Generation Lyme has officially earned 501(c)3 nonprofit status.

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CDC Validates Symptoms of Chronic Lyme Disease
CDC Validates Symptoms of Chronic Lyme Disease

For years, the CDC has been the backbone of a medical establishment that has denied the chronic symptoms of Lyme disease. This week, the CDC publicly changed that stance.

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Gen Lyme Day
Gen Lyme Day

There was no holiday to celebrate the people of the Lyme disease community. So we created one.

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