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Musings on autoimmune disease, life, coaching, and self-empowerment.

Achieving Goals Does Not Bring Happiness Jan 05, 2024

Achieving goals does not bring happiness
Working towards goals does.

Here's what I mean by this:

Assuming that you'll be happy once you reach your goals doesn't seem that far-fetched. ...

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What is Functional Medicine? Jul 19, 2023

Functional medicine - what is it? What is a functional medicine practitioner, or functional MD? What is a functional medicine health coach?

Good questions all!

Functional medicine, generally...

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Being Brave and Courageous. Apr 08, 2022

Being brave and courageous.  What does that even mean, to “be brave”?

I’m not talking about being ballsy or throwing all caution to the wind.  To explain the difference,...

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Change: Why it's so hard, what to do about it. Jan 14, 2022

Change. Why is it SO HARD to change, even though that change may be good for us?  (insert whiney voice here)

It’s that time of year again, where many people make resolutions. ...

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Shame on me, shame on you, shame on everyone... Dec 09, 2021

Shame and guilt.  Have you met these evil twins?  Yeah, they're good friends of mine.  Yours too?  Huh, what are the chances!

A lot of shame comes up for me around the...

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Hashimoto's: Yep, I have it. Or do I...? Aug 31, 2021

Hashimoto's:  I have Hashimoto's.  What does that even mean?

Seems like a silly question, but it inspires the follow-up:  When did I choose to acquire this Hashimoto's thing?

Most of...

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Being Heard with Autoimmune Disease: CQ, CQ, CQ... Aug 10, 2021

"CQ, CQ, CQ..."  these letters ring in my head, a familiar mantra that echoed up from the basement, where my dad's amateur radio shack lived.

I remember his muffled voice coming up through the...

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Self-Care. WTF is it? Jun 19, 2020

Self-care. If there's one thing you should do during the pandemic, it's to figure out your self-care routine.

People are realizing the need for self-care during this uncertain time in our world....

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