My Body Hasn’t Always Felt Like Home

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I live in a body that for much of my life has not felt like home. These days I often don’t recognize it. I’d be lying if I said I never wince at its sight. It doesn’t look like the body that I worked so hard for, so many years ago. The clothing that used to feel most comfortable, no …

6 Years Ago I Celebrated Remission, Then I Crashed.

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6 years ago yesterday – July 1, 2019, I gathered with friends and family to celebrate the end of my Lyme treatment (4-5 years of it at that point) and the beginning of what we thought was remission. 6 months later my life changed drastically in many ways and I experienced a series of overlapping events (about 3.5 years of …

Do it Sick. (Creating an intentional life from exactly where you are)

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This post is all about creating an intentional life for yourself – from exactly where you are right now. Do it sick. Do it lonely. Do it poor. Do it uncertain. Do it with kids. Do it while things are messy. Do it scared. This isn’t about pushing yourself beyond your means – whether that be financially, physically, or based …