Detoxing – Part 3: What You Use From Your Medicine Cabinet

Think all medications are good for your body? Unfortunately so many medication that we use on a daily basis aren’t good for us. Not only do they end up giving us horrible side effects, but they end up causing so many other problems! When I was in high school I had what s diagnosed as …

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How To Think Positively Meditation

Doyouyoga.com is one of my favorite sites to go to. This month one of their resident experts, Faith Hunter, has been giving a free 30 day meditation challenge. Everyday there is a meditation (approx. 10 minutes) that focuses on different aspects of our lives. Day 12’s meditation was called How To Think Positively. It’s a wonderful …

Detoxing – Part 2: What You Put On Your Body

This post is the second part of Detoxing – Part 1: What You Put In Your Body. Did you know that your skin is the largest organ in your body? Whenever you put something on your skin it’s absorbed into your body. [su_quote]“Our skin, the largest eliminatory organ in the body and our first line …

Turning To The Things That Make You Feel Amazing #MiracleMonday

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 …

5 Ways (Plus A Bonus!) To Recover From A Car Accident Sans Medication

Sooooooooooooooooo I totally jinxed myself. Last Friday I published a post titled “I Wish I Was In The Hospital”. . . And guess what, the next day I LANDED IN THE HOSPITAL! Ayyyyyyyyyeeeeee. I was in a car accident Friday evening, annnnddddd my little Volkswagen Eos was totaled. Some idiot 2 cars in front of me stopped to …

“I Wish I Was In The Hospital”

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 …

Tis The Season: 13 Ways To Enjoy The Holidays Without Getting Stressed Out!

                    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 …

2 Tools To Remind Ourselves We’re All The Same

[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 …