(Video Source: DailyMail.co.uk via The Sanctuary) To be or not to be…that REALLY is the question. What does it mean to be a human being? We’ve talked about this many times whether it comes to shame, anxiety or just being a busy professional or parent: Are you a human being or a human doing? When […]
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Every time I see the acronym MTHFR, I think it stands for a dirty word! (I’ll let you use your imagination…) And it might as well, because science is discovering just what a nasty mother a malfunctioning MTHFR gene can be! This is a very complex subject, which I am going to do my best […]
Continue ReadingBy the time I was physically, emotionally, and financially ready to have a baby, my body had lived on a heavy diet of cortisol and adrenaline for 5 years after a serious accident with a semi-truck derailed my life. Looking back on my life, I basically was unknowingly the poster child for Hashimoto’s disease – […]
Continue ReadingToday, I am a Geisha. My new husband stares at me in awe. “I can’t believe that’s you.” He shows me the pictures on our camera. I am refined, elegant, magnificent, nurturing and genteel. I have always believed I was elegant and nurturing. I have always been a Geisha (just without the uncomfortable shoes). What […]
Continue ReadingToday, I am a Rock Star. On stage, under the spotlight, learning a totally new skill — in front of 200 people. This was one of those moments in life when I knew I was exactly where I was supposed to be. World class musician, Tommy Igoe, was teaching me how to play the drums, […]
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Oh, sugar. Why can’t I quit you! 😉 Actually, I’ve done pretty well quitting sugar — but only after years of trial and error. See, I’d quit for a while, and be so good, and then something would creep up on me… lurking… hiding around an unexpected corner… waiting to POUNCE! Stress. Almost every time […]
Continue ReadingI remember lying on the bed wanting to crawl out of my skin. As I stared up at the ceiling, waves of panic overtook me…but I wasn’t sure why. Prior to becoming hypothyroid, I could handle any stress…every stress really. Whatever came my way, I was able to deflect, like Wonder Woman with her magic […]
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It started like a slow drip from the faucet. Drip, drop, drip, drop. Was it a leak or did the faucet need to be shut off? It wasn’t really water though…it was the slow progression of increasingly losing my hair. At first I noticed it when I’d run my conditioner through my hair. First a […]
Continue Reading“You’ll never change your life until you change something you do daily. The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” – John C. Maxwell Back in July, I decided I wanted to challenge myself to creating a new habit around drinking. Living in the wine country, there are certain times a […]
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