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Stress and Suffering: Where it Comes From & What We Can Do About It
I was talking to a friend today about when people we love, or we ourselves, go through times of...
Losing Over 100 Pounds — The Long and Winding Road
"I never planned on being the poster child for losing 100 pounds..." It’s so weird… with all the...
Love Isn’t Always Easy…
People think that love is easy But it’s not. Love is button-pushing Because relationships with people you love Put them close enough to you To push your buttons And aggravate the ever-loving shit out of you. Truly. But it’s not just that… It’s that 'to love' means To...
30 Years to Life: Lessons & Tales from A Crazy Marriage
Life is never boring. Not for us, anyway…Because today, August 6th, Rock and I are married 30 years.We’ve had times when we didn’t know HOW we were going to carry onAnd we’ve had times when we didn’t know IF we were going to carry on.Sometimes, it’s been hairy.We’ve...
20 years and $200K
Friends, What a wild time in our culture… there is so much information out there that it can honestly make your head spin.But it wasn’t always that way...I remember when I was going through a Hashimoto’s misdiagnosis and finally a diagnosis more than 2 decades...
First Things First
Sometimes we forget to put first things first.Or maybe that’s just me…I know times when I’ve put a phone call with a friend, ahead of my child who wanted to tell me about a book he just read.I’ve stayed longer at an event and didn’t want to risk interrupting a...
This is Your Time
Have you ever felt like life was one long trek uphill in the dark with the wind against your body, forcing you to retreat?And have you ever felt those times when it’s like you’re going downhill in the sun, with ease and speed and the wind is at your back?Sometimes...
Losing Weight with Hashimoto’s
Let’s be honest: It’s no fun having a few extra pounds on your body under normal circumstances. The bra feels a little tighterThe sleeves feel a little snuggerThe pants don’t have quite the same giveAnd they ride up uncomfortably into our nether regions Which, quite...
Hashimoto’s: The Power of ‘I Believe’
First of all, for anyone who knows me personally or has read my book, “You’re Not Crazy and You’re Not Alone” you know this: I am not into the whole victim mentality. Now, that doesn’t mean I haven’t acted like a victim Or that I don’t still dip my toes in the pool of...