About EDS Warrior Life

About EDS Warrior Life

Hi, I’m Joshua, the founder of EDS Warrior Life. I’m 46 years old, a single father of two teens, physically disabled, and someone who lives every day with the reality of chronic illness. This space was created out of real pain, real struggle, real faith, and a deep desire to build something meaningful for others who are walking through similar battles.

I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome in 2022 after fighting for answers through more than 10 specialists. Like so many people in the chronic illness community, I know what it feels like to be hurting, searching, waiting, and trying to explain symptoms that other people cannot see. I know what it is like to live with physical pain, emotional upheaval, exhaustion, and the quiet grief that can come when your body no longer works the way it once did.

EDS Warrior Life was born from that place.

This is more than just a website to me. It is a space built from lived experience for people who are carrying the weight of chronic illness, invisible illness, disability, and the many losses and changes that can come with them. It is for the people who are trying to understand their symptoms. It is for the people who are newly diagnosed. It is for the people who have been dismissed, doubted, or overlooked. It is also for the spouses, parents, children, friends, and loved ones who want to better understand what chronic illness life can really feel like.

I created EDS Warrior Life because I know how lonely this road can be. Chronic illness can affect every part of life. It can touch your body, your mind, your relationships, your work, your plans, your sense of stability, and your sense of identity. It can bring pain, fatigue, brain fog, limitations, fear, frustration, and daily challenges that most people never see. When you are living in that reality, even small moments of understanding and encouragement can matter more than words can fully explain.

My goal with this space is simple. I want EDS Warrior Life to be a place of encouragement, awareness, education, and comfort. I want it to be a place where people feel seen. I want it to offer words that help someone breathe a little deeper, feel a little less alone, or better understand what they or someone they love may be facing. I also want it to be a place where chronic illness awareness products can carry meaning, spark conversations, and remind people that their struggle is real and their story matters.

My faith is also a part of this story. Jesus is my Lord and King, and He has carried me through suffering that I could not have endured on my own. That faith shapes the heart behind this brand. It shapes the way I want people to be treated here, with gentleness, compassion, dignity, and love. While EDS Warrior Life is centered first on chronic illness awareness and support, there is a faith-rooted warmth behind it that is deeply personal to me and woven into why this space exists.

I am not writing from the outside looking in. I am writing as someone who struggles every day. I know what it means to keep going when your body hurts, when your energy is low, when your emotions are heavy, and when the road ahead feels uncertain. I know what it means to fight for answers. I know what it means to keep showing up anyway. And because I know that, I want this space to reflect the kind of kindness and understanding that I believe people with chronic illness deserve.

Here at EDS Warrior Life, you will find educational chronic illness pages, supportive content, awareness-focused products, and a growing collection of resources designed to serve this community with care. My hope is that this site becomes a warm and trustworthy place for people navigating EDS, chronic illness, invisible illness, disability, and the many overlapping conditions that so often come with them.

If you are living with chronic illness, I want you to know this. You are not weak. You are not lazy. You are not failing. You are carrying something heavy, and your experience matters. If this space helps you feel seen, encouraged, understood, or supported in even a small way, then it is doing what I hoped it would do.

Thank you for being here. Truly.

Supporting this mission

EDS Warrior Life is a labor of love, built slowly and carefully on a very real, very limited budget. As a single dad living on a fixed income, I do not have unlimited resources, but I do have a deep desire to keep serving the chronic illness community in a meaningful way. Because of that, a portion of the profits from every sale is reinvested directly into this space. Those funds help keep this website online, support the creation of new educational and encouragement resources, and make it possible to continue growing this chronic illness awareness work over time. When you choose to shop here, you are not only receiving a product. You are also helping sustain a project that exists to encourage, educate, and support people living with chronic and invisible illness, including my own family.

A gentle note

The content shared on EDS Warrior Life is based on personal experience, education, and a desire to support and encourage others, but it is not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. For questions about symptoms, diagnosis, medications, or treatment decisions, please speak with a qualified healthcare professional.