the autoimmune hippie.

Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. . . Practice resurrection. – Wendell Berry

Miranda Herring

  • Imagine if at least half of your days were truly sick days – as in fever, night sweats, body aches, difficulty walking, overwhelming fatigue. Actual, in-bed sick days. And what if the rest of your “functional” days were all filled with crazy symptoms too? (you just happened to be out of bed for part of… Read more

  • Without getting into the awful details, we had a terrible episode with my son last night. It was unbelievable. Honestly, it has probably been a long time coming. . . But that doesn’t make it any less painful. He is now at his father’s house. And my husband, who worked all day on no sleep,… Read more

  • Today (yesterday, really) was spent working in my office, as well as my kitchen, and reworking my blog, and I also spent some time working on plans for my health coaching programs. With graduation upon me and my practice starting, I have so much (good stuff) to do. One thing I also did – that… Read more

  • May is Arthritis Awareness Month. It is also the Awareness Month for Celiac Disease, Cystic Fibrosis, Chiari Malformation, Lupus, and several other serious spoonie diseases. I’ve written often about my struggles with rheumatoid arthritis and celiac disease and the struggles our daughter is experiencing as well. I’ve shared all the issues we’ve had with doctors… Read more

  • 397 days

    It’s been 397 days since I stopped drinking. 397 days since my cute little sugar skull wine glasses turned into toothbrush and pen holders. 397 days since the rest of the alcohol related paraphernalia in my house went in the trash. 397 days since the whole world changed and brightened and a new life started… Read more

  • dreams do come true.

    I’m just up from a long day of sleep because last night this old lady pulled an all nighter finishing all of my modules for nutrition school. That’s right – I am done. And I am so stinkin’ proud of myself. See, as I was looking through my phone the other day, I came across… Read more

  • Y’all, it was a rough weekend with the situation I wrote about in my previous post and then a really unwelcome health report from a dear friend’s oncologist (that we are praying so so hard about) and then some physical challenges when I was serving at church (when I discovered I can’t even do the… Read more

  • Today one of my closest (I thought) friends did an INCREDIBLY hurtful thing. Without getting into the gory details, I’ll just say that this thoughtless action affects my coaching practice, for which I just launched my first Groupon this week – oh, and I graduate school in two weeks. And, you know, it’s not that… Read more

  • So, my hair has been a thing for me for over six months now. I shaved it last Fall when it started coming out in clumps because of my RA meds: At the time, I tried to convince myself that it would be okay as it was necessary. And maybe if it hadn’t been timed… Read more

  • no more.

    Injustice. I was already just raw with the feeling of injustice from seeing that Colin Kaepernick has yet again been kept from trying out for an NFL team earlier this week. Yes, I know he is choosing to (non-violently) protest (as is all of our right to do). Yes, I know he is aware of… Read more