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Health, Mental Health, Physical Health

Six Months Alcohol Free: What I’ve Learned So Far

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Six Months Alcohol Free: What I’ve Learned So Far

Have you ever had something holding you back but never really realized it? Have you ever used something as a crutch so much that it just became a part of your life? Well I've had some experience in that realm, and in my realm, that substance was alcohol. I started drinking at an early age. [...]

Health, Mental Health, Physical Health, Yoga

30 Days of Yoga and How it Changed My Life

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30 Days of Yoga and How it Changed My Life

Has your life ever gotten stagnant or have you end up feeling stuck? You overcome some of your life's challenges and need a new one? I felt that way recently and decided to find a challenge that would fit perfectly into my life. That challenge was 30 days of yoga. Over 30 days I did [...]

Food, Health, Mental Health, Physical Health

I’m Addicted to Sugar: My Battle With Hashimoto’s Disease

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I’m Addicted to Sugar: My Battle With Hashimoto’s Disease

Hashimoto's thyroiditis (aka Hashitmoto's, Hashi's) is an autoimmune disease that attacks the thyroid. This is the most common form of hypothyroidism (under-active thyroid) affecting more women than men. I don't technically have Hashimoto's but my amazing doctor helped me figure out that all of my symptoms were leading to it. Since learning that I could [...]

Health, Mental Health

Chemically Imbalanced

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Chemically Imbalanced

Every year when the weather starts to change my stomach drops. There’s usually a specific day I feel it, and that’s when I know fall is here. It’s right around the time it actually changes seasons and my body knows. I had that feeling towards the beginning of September when I noticed the days getting [...]