April showers bring May flowers. Spring has arrived and I love it! I hope your Spring has been lovely so far! It’s been a couple months since I have written. Life has been very, very busy and I have been struggling to find life-work balance. While I have been wanting to write this post for… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Let’s Get Personal
Let’s Get Personal: Does Anyone REALLY Get It?
Image credit Welcome to this month’s health journey update! I’m not going to lie — this post was hard to write, for many reasons. The last month and a half have been a real struggle for me. It is really hard for me to talk about this stuff in public, but here it goes. And… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal: The Importance of Getting a Second Opinion
Image credit Hello! It’s been about a month since my last update on my health journey. Things are still moving along, though December was a rough month. I dealt with some depression and overall funky-ness. I fell completely out of my routine, which I think contributed to the overall bummed feeling. We all go through… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal: Health is Not a Destination. It’s a Journey.
I have been doing a lot of reflection over the past year and wanted to share some of that here. It’s been awhile since I’ve done an update on my health journey, so I decided this was an appropriate time to sit down and take a look back on the year. Whenever I get nostalgic I… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal: How Coconut Oil Has Been Helping Me
UPDATE 12/28/12: Since I published this post in October, I have received countless emails, comments, and messages about coconut oil and weight loss and how it is or is not working for them. I LOVE hearing from you, however, I do want to stress the importance of this. Please, please, please do not think that this… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal: An Update on My Healing Journey so Far
Image credit Hi all! It’s fall and it’s my favorite time of the year. The weather turns cool and crisp. The leaves start changing colors. The gorgeous Rocky Mountains start getting some snow on them. Love, love, love Fall in Colorado! This is the time of year that makes me feel re-energized. I try to take advantage of… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal: Hashimoto’s Disease and Dealing With a Broken Immune System
Hello there! It’s been a couple weeks, but I wanted to give you an update of what’s going on in my life. So, we are slowly getting all of the tests done that I need. We have the bulk of the lab work done and back. The last thing I need to do is get… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal: Blood Sugar Control is Vital and How Lowering Your Carbs Can Boost Fertility
Image Credit This is going to be a long post, but I really hope you’ll bear with me and read through it. I hope that the information I share will be helpful to at least one person. Full disclaimer: I am not saying that lowering your carbohydrates is going to magically make you fertile. I’m… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal – Getting My Ducks in a Row
Image Credit Hello again! Just a little update on how things are going! How are you doing? Right now, I’m in a bit of a holding pattern. Last week, I went to the new doctor and got all of my blood drawn (what seems like A LOT of blood). We’re running a variety of tests.… Continue Reading
Let’s Get Personal – Why Start Now?
Image Credit Last week, I gathered my courage and got personal. I shared with all of you that I was simplifying my life, facing adrenal fatigue, and taking a stand for my thyroid. That post took some guts. I’m not one to talk about these types of personal issues with the public. Hell, I barely… Continue Reading