March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, so I thought now would be a good time to revisit this colonoscopy-focused post from last year. If you are due for a colonoscopy, especially if you’ve been putting it off, PLEASE get it scheduled this month. Even those without digestive issues or risk factors should be getting one…
Real talk on alcohol: Is it really worth it?
The great Homer Simpson once said, “To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.” Warning: Do not read if you are not yet open to considering the unhealthy and potentially dangerous effects of alcohol, and are just going to get angry with me for pointing out potential reasons why we should…
How I’ve stayed autoimmune flare-free for 12 years and counting
I’m extra grateful today as I write this post. 12 years ago my hellish year-long Ulcerative Colitis “flare of all flares” was finally wrapping up, and my journey of regaining and reclaiming my health through natural healing, and then learning how to STAY healed, was really just beginning. Here I am all these years later,…
The natural remedies that helped me get through COVID
After we had made it this whole time without catching COVID, my daughter recently brought it home from school. It’s one thing to successfully avoid contracting it while out in the general population as I had done for almost three years, it’s quite another to still be able to fend it off when your kid…
5 FREE ways to drastically improve your health this year
Happy New Year, everyone! I hope your 2023 is off to a great and healthy start! The other day I happened to see an article highlighting a few recent TikTok/Instagram videos that have been taking issue with the influx of “how to have a healthier lifestyle-type” content that comes out en masse this time of…
Diet and Lifestyle has EVERYTHING to do with it
One thing I’ll never get tired of is sharing my autoimmune disease story with people who may benefit from hearing it. My continual hope is that my life’s journey of learning how to heal and stay healed through natural ways will inspire others to realize that if I can do it, they can too. This…
NO-vember: protecting your health this holiday season by just saying no
Once again the holiday season is upon our doorstep – it starts in November with Thanksgiving, AND THEN Christmas/Hanukkah. Don’t try to skip Thanksgiving in my house – I WILL fight you. With all of the magic and merriment, it’s no secret that the holiday season often comes with a boatload of stress too. There…
What I learned from 7 days of guided meditation
Last year, in an effort to combat my persistent anxiety, I started focusing more on learning about mental and emotional health and healing (as my Death Clock post here explains). This new focus has introduced me to many helpful tools, including meditation, specifically guided meditation, a tool that I recently tried out in a renewed…
If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything
“If you haven’t got your health, you haven’t got anything.” – Count Rugen, The Princess Bride We all know our health is important. But only when our health is taken away from us do we truly understand that our health…it’s everything. Even though it was over 12 years ago now, I can still vividly remember…
Being present in a world full of screens
I love to play tourist in my own city. Living in Washington, DC means never running out of cool things to do. I recently visited the Library of Congress (something I’d never actually done despite growing up here), and had a lovely time admiring the beauty and soaking in the history of that remarkable place. …