Chronic Illness & Motherhood
Real talk about parenting, working, and building a life while managing a chronic illness: the parts nobody warns you about, the adjustments that actually help, and the reminder that “managing it” doesn’t mean doing it perfectly.
I woke up one summer morning with a swollen ankle and no memory of falling. It looked like a bad sprain. It felt like one too, except nothing had gone wrong. I hadn’t rolled it, hadn’t tripped, hadn’t...
I feel like I have always struggled with my weight, although now I wish I had been more comfortable with myself back then. Now after a Rheumatoid Arthritis diagnosis and three kids later, I was really struggling with...
As people, some of us have this little flaw that makes us think that we have to push our bodies to the breaking point and just keep going. Completely disregarding our personal well-being thinking there are no consequences....
Essential oils are a great alternative; you save on medical bills, hardly any side effects, and essentially help your body to what it is supposed to do, which is to function at optimal level however just like anything else it can be overdone.
So essential oils, they are my friend. My husband had cancer; I have Rheumatoid Arthritis and Endometriosis. We aren’t the healthiest horses in the stable and most wouldn’t put bets on us winning the race haha. Medical bills...
Sometimes life hands you lemons and sometimes… life decides to chuck them at your head to see what you are made of. One of those chucked lemons… more like anvil… was when my husband had cancer. Back story...
Honestly, I struggle with being calm at times, I have struggled with depression, still deal with anxiety…I am afraid I can’t offer a miracle…But I can offer something that can help lift the burden. And the bonus is that it doesn’t cost thousands of dollars or nasty side effects. That brings us to doTERRA’s Balance Grounding Blend.