Last night, I watched Brené Brown’s special on Netflix called the Call to Courage and you absolutely should too. It’s a feature about “uncomfortable” emotions like vulnerability, shame, anxiety, fear, and uncertainty. It’s about having hard conversations with loved ones, colleagues, and strangers.
Read MoreIt's hard to put into words the magic that occurs when beautiful souls come together to raise the vibration of their community and the world but The Good Fest brought this to mind.
Read MoreLast week I wrote about how my experience with chronic illness has made me reevaluate how I define my worth. Instead of measuring my worth by the traditional notion of productivity, I’ve created my own version of success.
Read MoreSure, everyone has an off day once in a while, but when a chronic illness forces you to spend months or years unable to go about normal activities, your perspective begins to change. Similar to a “herx reaction,” a period during which symptoms from Lyme disease get worse before they get better, my evaluation of my worth took a hit before it got better.
Read MoreAs January fades into the distance, I’ve found myself taking comfort in the shades of gray and quiet evenings that are inevitable friends of the wintertime season. While many of us go into hiding during these bleakest of months, burrowing deep into warm pockets of comfort and companionship, over the past few weeks, I’ve managed to find a small ember of clarity in my life.
Read MoreI want to be totally better, to have a clear definition between sick and better. But chronic illnesses like late-stage Lyme don’t work like that. It’s like having a cold that lingers and you think that everyday might be the last day and tomorrow will be better, but it isn’t.
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