I really love Elephant Journal and make sure to read their posts weekly. Definitely was $13 WELL SPENT. They have some really, crazy, out there articles that I don’t find on any other sites out there. I read this article right before the beginning of the year and thought it had some great ideas. The …
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So I’m 29, I live in my parents basement at the moment, I’m on disability . . . and I’m the happiest I’ve ever been? If you would have asked me 5 or 10 years ago, I’m prrrrreeettty sure I wouldn’t have told you that. In fact, I know exactly what I imagined. When I …
Some of you may read this and completely relate, others may read it and think I’m completely off my rocker. There was a point in my health care journey where I would cry myself to sleep, wishing I was in the hospital, rather than at home. I didn’t really understand why I’d do this, but …
This post originally appeared as a guest post on Painfully Optimistic! Ross, from Painfully Optimistic, asked me to write a guest post for his blog. He’s a wonderful CRPS advocate who is living a great life, despite chronic pain. Make sure to check out his …
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Take a deep breath and center yourself to be present in this moment. I had two favorite lectures during Medx – Dr. Dan Siegel’s Master Class Workshop and Dr. Bonnie Feldman’s Autoimmune presentation. This post is the first of a few that I’ve written about what I’ve learned from Dr. Siegel. I was accepted into …
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[su_quote cite=”Gary Zukav”]”When you choose the energy of your soul — creating with the intentions of love, forgiveness, humbleness and clarity — you gain power. When you choose to learn through wisdom, you gain power. When you choose to create with the energy of your personality — with anger, jealousy, or fear — you lose …
Last week I had the amazing opportunity to attend a social media summit sponsored by Celgene. They so graciously invested in me, to help build up my medical knowledge around psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and even had one of the co-founders of blogHer give a presentation on increasing social media presence. As many of you …
You never realize what you take for granted until you can’t do it anymore. Although it’s been 2+ yrs I’ve been on crutches, I still get in situations that bum me out. The yoga fest was held at point state park, which is a park at the intersection of the 3 rivers in Pittsburgh. The tents …
The past few months I’ve become pretty obsessed with Gabrielle Bernstein’s message of “Chose love over fear”. I’ve pretty much read all of her books and have been actively working to incorporate her messages into my everyday life. There are so many times I come across a lesson and think, “Wow, has she been spying on …
When I’m in a bad mood, sad or depressed, irritated – you name it! – there are 2 sure fire ways to get me into a good mood. Christmas music and Celine Dion I know, I know. Most people aren’t a huge fan of Celine, but she’s basically my idol. I grew up listening to …