Humor
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As someone who is a recovering people pleaser, disappointing people is one of my least favorite things to do. It physically makes my chest hurt to know that I have disappointed someone and/or let someone down. The universe decided to speed up my people pleasing recovery process by giving me illnesses that require me to…
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According to the Oxford Languages Dictionary, healing is defined as, “the process of making or becoming sound or healthy again.” Our cultural perspective of healing is rooted in this definition. We think of healing as a return to. Someone gets a cold, they take meds, and they return to feeling healthy again. Someone breaks their…
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I am the type of person that at the end of every year sits down and reflects on the year. I think about what I want to let go of from that year and what I want to bring into the new year. I used to love making vision boards. I would make one the…
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Yes, you read that title right. There have been many things I’ve celebrated the last two years that I never thought would be cause for celebration, such as being able to remember where I put my purse, being able to stand for more than 10 minutes, and being able to do a load of laundry…
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Last week A+ therapist and I were discussing how living with chronic illness requires one to be intentional in ways that get overwhelming at times and take the spontaniety out of life. If I do my entire morning routine of treatments, red light therapy, stretches, brain games, meditation, etc from start to finish at one…
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In honor of turning 38, which for some reason feels much older than 37, I decided to do a list of 38 things I’ve learned. Some of these lessons are deep, some of them have been hard to learn, and some of them are just funny and ridiculous. That’s me in a nutshell though.. sometimes…
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A week ago today I had the dreaded pink positive line pop up on an at home Covid test. While I was not at all excited to see that dreaded pink line, I was not at all surprised. Covid is running rampant right now. She’s like preschoolers when someone brings glitter into the classroom.. no…
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The above title is meant to be sung to the tune of “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes, Knees, and Toes. “It’s the chronic illness version of the song. When you get sick, no one tells you the amount of gear that comes with being sick. It’s not fun, cute, athletic gear that all the Olympic…
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I had one of those moment’s this morning where the only thing I could do was laugh at the ridiculousness of the moment. My occupational therapist has me doing those brain exercise books or websites each day for 10-15 minutes to help challenge my brain and build new neural pathways. Today, I was working on…
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The above number doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as “525,600 minutes”, but it does fit pretty well the RENT tune if you sing it.. I should know as I tried, several times. Today marks 2 years or 1,051,200 minutes since a bright pink line popped up on an at home Covid test…
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