Insurance Woes

This is a full on rant about my last two day with health insurance. It's more of a diary entry so I just thought I better add this disclaimer in case you were popping in for something uplifting. 🌸   Where to begin… A little back story. At the end of last year, I decided …

Are you constantly ‘shoulding’ on yourself?

If you haven’t heard the term, shoulding, you may be thinking - say what, what? For those of you who are unfamiliar, I’ll pop in the definition to the slang term below. Noun. shoulding (uncountable) The cognitive distortion of making statements of what should be true, as opposed to reality. ~ Wiktionary Now we’re all …

I got nothin’😳

Y’all…WRITERS BLOCK. 👀 Not sure if it’s because it’s finally beautiful outside and I desperately wish I was at the beach 😎, or maybe Spring Fever is creeping in, but the brain fog is level 10. I do have a funny video from Instagram to share with those of you who are veteran chronic illness …

New Patient Preparations For People With Complex Chronic Illnesses

New year, new you?! Nah, me neither. Same me, but I’m okay with that. 😊 If you’re a regular around here you already know that I FINALLY experienced the 'final straw' and decided to switch to a new network for a new PCP, and hopefully new rheumatologist (if I ever ask you for anything it …

How will you show yourself some surefire self-compassion in the new year?

Whelp folks, go ahead and pat yourself on the back, we made it! The year was full of ups and downs for all of us, but here we are, facing the new year, hoping for the best. I hope you don’t mind me saying, but I think we are a brave lot. Since this is …