Tag: #chronicillness

Smallest Steps

Smallest Steps

8 years ago, after years of chronic pain leading to a health crisis that terrified me, I got desperate and started making some changes. Facing losing my life catapulted me into taking more responsibility for my health. It could have overwhelmed me but I chose to...
Labs Don’t Show Your Experience

Labs Don’t Show Your Experience

My labs were always impeccable. On paper, I was the picture of good health. Yet, somehow, I kept ending up back at the doctor’s office desperate for help. Some of the treatments ended up leaving me in worse shape than I came to the professionals in. At one point,...
Little Things

Little Things

Overwhelm can pause us. Delay us. Stop us in our tracks. Fear is a liar. You are able to make your life a little less toxic. Right now. With what you know. With what you have. Little things can make a big difference. Toothpaste. Water. Deodorant. Face cream. Shave...
Chronic Illness

Chronic Illness

Common doesn’t mean normal. Yet I hardly know anyone in their 20’s even without some form of chronic illness. I reject the idea that most people will just have to learn to accept and live with chronic health issues even at young ages. Something ain’t right. Could it...
Healing

Healing

It also is not uniform. Every single person will have a path and experience all their own. Each journey toward healing comes with its own unique set of hurdles, setbacks, and paths to traverse. All healing – whether it’s physical, emotional, mental, or other....