Making a Difference by Spreading Awareness
What’s Happening? I am continuing the journey and still working on my goals of getting healthier, finding time to read good books and getting more organized.
Don’t give up on your health goals for 2019 Every year I make goals to lose weight or do this or that. This year my biggest goal is to improve my health. With autoimmune diseases stacking up on top of my weight struggle it is time to walk the walk. I need to stop talking about doing it and actually start doing the work.
August Chronic Voice Linkup I am linking up with the chronic voice community. We are writing about the prompts capturing, financing, controlling, exchanging and motivating. I spent a bit of time playing with graphics in Canva to try to express some of my thoughts via images. I am having trouble concentrating so finding words is difficult. Capturing I have been trying hard to capture the moments. The moments that I am feeling good. I am trying to capture a positive voice instead of spewing negative whining. I am trying to capture memories of those happy moments in life. All of…
In my post on Five Minute Friday I mentioned I had a freebie to announce on Aug 23rd. Here it is Five to Flourish : Simple daily habits to help cultivate a healthy lifestyle by Ultimate Bundles. There is no commitment; this is totally free. (summit is over but here are some more productivity/time-saving helps) Healthy Goals I have mentioned before about my goals that I am working on this year and most of my readers are aware of my health struggles with chronic illness. My goal for this year is to get my health on track and as…
Black, White & Gray or Rainbows of Color
Five Minute Friday: Grief, Guilt and a Heavy Heart Five: Today’s Five Minute Friday prompt is Five. Five Minute Friday is celebrating its 5th birthday.
5 Ways to Deal with Overwhelming Feelings of Guilt For most of my life I have struggled with emotional regulation. A long battle with chronic depression often has me struggling. Though these days the struggle is not as deep as it was once upon a time when I did not think I was going to survive it. Sadly too many people are struggling in silence and this leads to even more problems. I hope that you have someone you can feel comfortable talking to about your feelings. [lwptoc] One of the feelings I often battled when depressed was guilt. More…
Recommended Reading In the last few months I found there was a very supportive group of bloggers who deal with chronic illness on a daily basis. Since becoming a part of that group I have felt more cared for and understood than every before. If you too are struggling I have listed here some great links that I find very informative and helpful. When visiting these other blog links I recommend poking around the blogs. You are likely to find just what you are looking for at one of them. I have listed more than 10 posts of mental heath,…
As an amazon associate, this post has links that I may earn a small commission if you purchase after clicking through these links. Thank you. My 5 Must-Have Natural Remedies in Chronic Pain Relief With severe arthritis, I am almost always in pain. I now have microscopic colitis so can not take NSAID’s for pain relief so had to find more natural remedies. I have had surgery on my hand and a complete knee replacement. I am preparing for a partial knee replacement. After multiple surgeries and continuing pain, I am always looking for relief. Here is how I have…
