Reinventing Yourself After An Autoimmune Diagnosis
Reinventing yourself after an autoimmune diagnosis. How an autoimmune diagnosis led to the reinvention of two women.
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How to determine if you can continue working with a chronic illness
Can I continue working with a chronic illness? When you are newly diagnosed with an autoimmune disease or any chronic illness, many things change in your life. First of all, you probably aren’t feeling your best. There are doctor appointments, insurance companies to call, and medical tests to complete. You may be trying new medications …
65 Self-Care Ideas For Autoimmune Diseases
Most people with an autoimmune disease are go-getters, high-achievers, and helpers. How did I form this opinion? I’ve spoken with over 100 people affected by an autoimmune disease and noticed that high-achieving traits are common among us all. We are go-getters until it catches up with us and gets us. We love to help and …
Emotional support for autoimmune disease
“We couldn’t find anything wrong with you. Your lab work is normal. Set up an appointment to come back in six months.” I remember standing outside my office building where I had gone to take the doctor’s call in private. I just stood there, frozen in time, feeling lost and in a void. After months …
Sleeping Well With A Chronic Illness
It felt wrung out and hung to dry. My arms and legs felt like I was walking through cement. Even though I had slept seven hours and woken up at 6:00 AM but by 9:00 AM, I wanted to go back to bed. I felt awful, and the thought of facing my day and doing …
The Best Diet For Autoimmune Disease
I asked my autoimmune specialist doctor what is the best diet for autoimmune disease. Should I go gluten-free? Or should I go paleo? He said the “best diet for autoimmune disease is to eat healthy, nutritious foods. The same diet I would eat, the same diet I would tell my family to eat. But, unfortunately, …
Autoimmune Disease: The Benefits of Exercise
The look on my face showed the pain. Just taking the three steps into the therapy pool hurt my knees. The instructor asked, “What part of your body hurts?” I said all of it! The gym I just joined had an aqua class called Gentle Joints held in a 90-degree therapy pool. Some people in …
Manage Stress and Live a Peaceful Life With These 7 Tips
Late on a Tuesday afternoon in December, I told my employee the good news, “we got you a raise!” She gave me a cold stare and turned her chair and back to my face. I walked away. Every day at my new job as manager of a toxic department jolted my nervous system and stress …
Autoimmune Disease and Mental Health
Why healing the mind is essential to win the war in your body A moment of awkward silence followed as Nadia asked, “Who has gone to therapy (mental health) since their diagnosis?” Silence. Nadia was hosting a large Zoom meeting of people who suffer from a debilitating autoimmune disease, this isn’t what she expected. Nadia …
Why daily Bible study is the foundation of a healthy lifestyle
Daily Bible study aligns you with God and provides a firm foundation for your mind, body, and spirit. Study this Book of Instruction continually. Meditate on it day and night so you will be sure to obey everything written in it. Only then will you prosper and succeed in all you do. –Joshua 1:8 NLT …
Autoimmune Disease: How to be healthy in six simple steps
If I was completely honest with myself, I knew that I had adopted an unhealthy lifestyle that had resulted in chronic stress, depression, and autoimmune disease. Change is inevitable. Growth is optional. -John C. Maxwell My coaching logs were growing weekly, and I finally realized there was no better way to start the day than …
Am I Good at Heart?
I did a lot of inner work in 2019, and through it all, I ended up with questions about my heart. Am I good at heart? What’s really in my heart? Is it right, good, decent, positive, moral, honorable, true, and sweet? Or is it wrong, bad, critical, negative, judgmental, hardened, and bitter? What I …
One Simple Act of Kindness
One simple act of kindness can create an endless ripple It was a sweltering hot day in August 1984. We’re driving down the road with the windows open singing along to the song from The Police – “I’ll be wrapped around your finger.” There was no air conditioning in her 1970s era Chevrolet Vega. The …
Has God put A Big Dream In Your Heart?
Has God put A Big Dream In Your Heart? Do you have a big dream in your heart that has been nagging at you for years? No matter what you do, or what you try, you always come back to your dream, goal, vision, or idea. Whatever you call it, “it’s” still there. God has …
How to define your business through your brand identity
Defining your brand identity is a piece of cake! I understand the challenges that come with defining your brand identity because I struggled to figure it out too. After some research, I realized that my brand is all about me. I am modestly speaking of course! As a matter of fact, your brand is all about …
How to think about starting a successful business
Are you thinking about starting a business? As I said in my last post, starting a business is like starting an exercise program. If you’re thinking about starting a business, it’s time to exercise those brain muscles by digging deep and answering some questions. Rather than having all those thoughts and ideas swirling around in …
5 Big Things You Need Before Starting a Business
Starting a Business When starting a business, you’ll need a lot of things. However, these five things are not tangible things that you can see, touch, and buy such as a laptop, printer, and business cards. These are the dig down deep into your soul kind of things. In my blog post, Which Came First …
Get Rid Of That Old Website For Good
An outdated website is like an old family photo. You know when you look at an old picture of yourself, and you say: “What am I wearing!?” “Why is my hair so big?” “What was I thinking?” Just like an old 80’s hairstyle, get rid of that old website design for good! As can be …
Which Came First the Brand or the Business?
First, you build a brand then you build a business. I heard this on Jenna Kutcher’s podcast and thought… “Stop, Back up the bus, Beep, Beep, Beep.” This is where I got off course. I built my business first and now am learning how to brand. This is not the recommended course of action, folks. I was so eager to …
Start an LLC in Michigan
Are you confused about setting up an LLC in Michigan? I recently set up my business as an LLC in Michigan. And I found it highly confusing! Not only are the different business types confusing, but navigating the State’s website was like looking for your contact lens at the beach. Equally, no fun. In …