Friends, I’m feeling so lucky and blessed lately! First off, thank you to HealthLabs for naming this blog a Top 100 Health Blog! I am so flattered to be among such esteemed company! I am number 57 on the list. Secondly, thanks for all who nominated me for a WEGO Health Award! I now need … Continue reading →

My body is my frenemy. My friend, and my enemy. As I have written in previous posts, I don’t necessarily trust it. In fact, sometimes my body causes me a world of havoc. Pain. Sickness. My body has diminished my self esteem almost to the point of no return. It would be easy to hate … Continue reading →

I don’t trust my body. I don’t trust that, while carrying a laundry basket or hamper full of dirty clothes that I won’t fall down the steps. I fear that my knee will give out, that I will trip because sometimes my foot drags due to a limp, that I will get lightheaded on the … Continue reading →

In 1983, I was born prematurely. By the mid-1990s I developed a serious and debilitating autoimmune condition called juvenile idiopathic arthritis. In my teen years I developed bull’s eye maculopathy which is a ring of blind spots in my peripheral vision caused by an arthritis drug. In my early-20s, I awoke with half of my … Continue reading →