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Lori Puma works with coaches who have made tough changes to create a better life for themselves. She helps them share their story so that they get recognized as experts and make more money. If you want an honest, behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to turn a passion into an online business, check out The First $20k.

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What to Do When Someone You Love Is Sick and Struggling

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“Love is not what you say. Love is what you do.” ~Unknown

As a graduate student in public health, I spent my days talking about illness and death. Normal lunchtime conversations among students covered topics like: how to define a case of multiple sclerosis, the most effective strategy to stop HIV transmission among injection drug users, and the probability you’d be alive in five years after a breast cancer diagnosis.

None of this talk about illness remotely prepared me for the experience of illness. I was blissfully naive when I started dating a man named Evan with a cough …