the autoimmune hippie.

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

well

  • my life in diets (or why ww can bite me with it’s children’s app).

    When I heard that Weight Watchers – excuse me, WW – has a new kid’s app, Kurbo, before I even began researching it, I had some. . . strong. . . feelings. And I was not alone. There was definitely an outcry, particularly in the wellness and body positivity communities, about a weight loss company… Read more

  • on a mission.

    Recently, I have been researching complementary therapies to hopefully improve my health and pain levels – in addition to, not in place of, my traditional medication regimen (though I would love to see that reduced one day – but that isn’t anything I foresee unfortunately). See, with my physicians, it feels as though I am… Read more

  • new year. new things. new business.

    As I mentioned in my previous post, I am starting off 2018 working on some personal health goals. As long-term steroid therapy has not been kind to my weight, it is time to find a way to lose some extra pounds. I am hopeful that it will help my joint pain (at least a little),… Read more

  • new year’s day

    My precious friend Chani and I both managed have to have a beast of a health year, each in our own way, in 2017. She is battling cancer – and fighting like the fierce woman she is! – and she REALLY had to bring it last year. So, just this New Year’s morning, we both… Read more

  • well.

    I really love the idea of choosing a word as a kind of an intention for the year and I’ve been thinking it over for the last week or so and gone through several choices before I finally settled on one: well. I think it encompasses exactly what I intended with my all of my other… Read more