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The cost of living in stress, fear and overwhelm

June 19, 2020June 19, 2020

Confession: I am not taking good care of myself and my adrenals are suffering. Remember a few weeks ago how chilled out and relaxed I was? Yep, that is all gone now! And that calm has been replaced lately with near constant stress, anxiety, fear and overwhelm. Every day I wake up stressed and overwhelmed and go to bed even more stressed, fueled by adrenaline. Every day I am running around juggling a million different tasks and to-dos involving work and care-taking. Every day I fall behind with doing basic selfcare things like eating and sleeping because I am running around …

Slow living is healing my body

May 5, 2020May 5, 2020

Life has changed a lot over the past several weeks, hasn’t it? Here in NYC we are still on lockdown in the outside world. For me though, this is just more of the same, as I enter my 9th month of being housebound due to chronic illness. I don’t mind being at home all the time, as odd as that may sound. Do I want to be able to do more outside? Of course! I would especially love to be able to see my family or go on a hike in the forest. But these days with most public places closed …

Quarantine advice from someone 7 months bedridden (chronic illness)

June 19, 2020March 30, 2020

There is SO much fear going around these days with this worldwide Coronavirus situation. I know this is on the minds of just about everyone and we have all been affected, either directly or indirectly, by this pandemic. I feel like those of us with a chronic illness or health problem are especially getting hit hard right now, in part because our physical and mental well-being is already in a more fragile state. And in part because the supplies that we rely so heavily on to keep us going may be in short supply now! For me, having eczema covering my …

16 Things That Are Helping Me Survive Eczema

May 5, 2020January 19, 2020

Today I thought I would share the many hacks and strategies I’ve come up with that have made it possible for me to survive severe eczema on my hands and better manage this debilitating condition. Eczema is extremely torturous to deal with and if there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past 6 months, it’s how to rearrange my environment in order to get by as best I can. If anyone else is wondering, “How do you survive while barely able to use your hands for months?,” here’s the hacks I’ve put in place. Rubber bands on everything The only part …

Eczema Flares and my Session with a Medical Intuitive to Heal

May 5, 2020September 27, 2019

Usually I like to write blog posts that are useful/helpful and contain lots of tips for others on their wellness journey. However, with everything going on with my skin right now, this is not something I can really focus on. So instead, I’m choosing to write personally about what I’m going through. It helps me process things better and is my therapeutic outlet that at the same time lets others into my world. I believe stories hold a lot of power. So at least for the time being, my blog posts are going to be more story-like, chronicling my healing journey, …

Life update – eczema health struggles

May 5, 2020June 25, 2019

I’ve gotten some emails from readers asking about my health after my last post (I know it’s been super quiet on the blog lately – mostly because of various life crazies going on which you’ll hear more about below). Can I just say really quick, you guys are so sweet 🙂 I’m grateful to have such loyal readers checking in on this blog even when I sometimes go months without posting! One thing about me that tends to surprise people is I have no problem dropping pretty much everything else in my life if need be, to focus on health and …