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Insights on navigating chronic illness, rebuilding energy, and thriving.
Befriending Chronic Illness
For years, I saw my chronic illness as my enemy. I used up energy battling and suppressing it. What I didn’t know was how much this ongoing battle was draining my mental, physical, and emotional well-...
Wellness Plan, Nutrition, and Life Balance
This time of year, seeing displays of cornucopias reminds me of the many different but related components of wellness we each need to thrive. The cornucopia of wellness for each person varies, however...
Movement for Wellness with EDS and POTS
Movement has been an essential part of my wellness plan. It has become a theme in my journey to just keep moving forward in some way. Finding physical movement has been restorative. Having Ehlers Danl...
Mindset for Movement
A big part of forward movement has been changing my mindset. In the past working full time as a physical therapist, my mindset was to keep working until my body completely fell apart. My body did not ...
From Couch to Kitchen
A friend recently asked me how I got from lying on my couch to having energy to cook in my kitchen. The couch-to-kitchen process has not been far from linear. I faced setbacks I had to navigate. What ...
New Year's Resolutions - Letting Go to Move Forward
This time of year like many, I am thinking about what my New Year's Resolutions for 2022 will be. Looking back on uncompleted resolutions from last year I realized something: I needed to let go to mov...
Using a Food Diary
Just like any other diary, I can now look back and see how my diligence and struggles to keep a food diary led to progress in my journey to heal my gut and find wellness. This tool has helped me make ...
My Journey from Anger to Self-Acceptance with Chronic Illness
Living with chronic illness isn't just a physical challenge; it's an emotional and mental journey too. In this post, I share my personal journey of embracing healing, shifting my mindset, & finding s...
Navigating Brain Fog with POTS: Tips and Insights
Living with POTS and chronic fatigue can present a myriad of challenges, one of the most common ones I’ve experienced in my journey and through working with clients is brain fog...
Navigating Setbacks
Setbacks are frustrating and challenging to navigate. I have encountered many of them along my journey to finding wellness. I learned how to navigate setbacks through changing my mindset, listening t...
Resolution Frustration
Over the last week, I’ve been thinking about how I can better define what progress towards my New Year’s resolutions will look like. Coming from a rehab background, I am very familiar with SMART goals...
Setting Boundaries for Balance
Setting boundaries is a difficult thing to do, even more difficult during the holidays. Setting boundaries is an act of self-care. It's a step in the process of finding resilience for wellness. ...
Tools for Forward Movement: Time Management
It has taken me a while to figure out how to manage my time. As a recovering perfectionist, I tend to get caught up in the details. I get distracted trying to make sure the outcome is just right and l...
Tools for Forward Movement: Part 2 Self-care to Recharge
I like to think about self-care as recharging myself. To use the analogy of an electric car, if I keep driving along and never stop to recharge, my battery runs out and I get stranded. Recharging my b...
Physical Activity for Forward Movement
Figuring out what type of physical activity works best for my body has taken years, even as a physical therapist. To move forward in this area, I learned to listen to what my mind and body need for we...
Relationship with Food
Figuring out how to get the nutrition my body needs to thrive has been one of the most challenging and rewarding parts of my journey to wellness. I often felt like I took two steps forward and one ste...