Day 29: Inspiration

I have not been a part of the WEGO challenge this month. I got a late start. Things that I truly like about myself… What a question, I will do my best to answer this question. 1)  I am stubborn. Usually people don’t see this as a good quality, but to me it is an...

Verdure

    Wonderful ideas about how to cook many different types of vegetables Italian style and I thoroughly enjoyed reading the recipes. The recipes wetted my appetite and my passion to cook more with them. One of the things that kind of threw me for a loop was...

Day 27: Writing

If you wrote a book about your life, your community, your condition, or your Health Activism – what would you title it? What about your biography?   I have had this vision of writing a book for a long time. Why am I not writing? Fear, thinking to myself what in...

Day 26: Pain Free Pass

What’s a day that you wish you could have used a pain-free pass (either in the future or the past)?  How would being pain or worry-free impact that day?   If I were to get a golden ticket of not having to wear my trach, not having to sound like dark Vader, not...

Back To Myself

I am finally feeling back to normal. Though I do have tinges of feeling sore and of course my inflammation is not down. My sleeping schedule is back on my track. Sleep allows me to have the energy to wash my dishes, to journal, shower, and basically take care of...

Directing Your Destiny

  A book full of tools to help one manifest their dreams. I thoroughly enjoyed reading every page. A few of the tools I walked away were: What, How, When tool. The what, how, when tool is a concept where you write out your intention, then you explain one step...

Day 23: Technology

“I wish this gizmo could track my condition!”   It seems like every day there is a new device, website, application, or program that is implemented to help you track and hopefully improve your health. Easier said than done when it comes down to the reality of...

Lovability

  Love… That word conjures up nightmares for me. Love, what the heck does it mean? What does it feel like? Is it even real or possible? I want to believe in love. I want to feel love. I want to experience love. While reading “Lovability” I realized that I have...

Burnout Day 20!

    Today’s prompt: It’s the worst. That feeling when nothing seems to be going right for you and you’re not sure when things will turn around. The dreaded, burnout. What does it feel like? What are your burnout triggers?   I want to be negative when I...

Ramblings Of A Sick Woman

  I have been feeling like a big mess the last few days. Ever since my body swelled up like a puffer fish, my right arm huge and my belly huge with inflammation and it is tiring. It is weighing heavy on my body and my mind. I don’t like it. I hate being sick. I...

Get The Life You Want

  “Get the Life You Want” is a book about Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. I enjoyed reading Brown’s book tremendously. I especially love the acronym he uses BOLD B=Breathe, O=Observe, L=Let it go, and D=Do it again. I also liked doing many of the breathing...

Acceptance

  “God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference.” Reinhold Niebhur I saw this quote in a book I am reading and my mind flooded with images and words. I sometimes do this when...

From My Hands and Heart

  Craniosacial therapy is a therapy that I have been interested in pursuing ever since I first started experiencing having an auto-immune disorder. The fact that someone could help find the root cause of health issues and help the patient know and heal the...

Stoma, Trach, and Forceps Oh My

After talking to my sister on the phone this evening I took my trach out to clean it. When I went to insert another trach back in the darn thing wouldn’t go in. I tried several times and it freaked me out. I called my sister in law and asked her to take me into the...

Motivation What Does That Mean?

  Motivation, what exactly does this word mean. We have ideas and our own perception of what motivation is, but truly what does it mean? Is it different for each person? Is it only for a choice few? I am contemplating this word “Motivation” because a friend of...

Improvements That Matter

  Finally my inflammation in my ankle and in my middle finger on my right hand is down and I am feeling much better. I have been resting, somehow when I go into inflammation mode I get tired easily and I have been sleeping a lot. To celebrate this freedom I moved...

Emotional Vampires

I chose to read this book even though it is on the work environment to see what Bernstein had to say about that energy draining people who I know I have come into contact with in my personal life. I now have noticed a huge difference with them gone and I have more...

All Is Well

A wealth of information that I found I needed at this time in my journey to wellness. I particularly liked the section on the throat, since that is where my illness mainly affects me. According to Hay and Schultz the throat deals with communication. Makes sense,...

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