My family loves to eat and genetics means I am predisposed to have a weight problem. Add to that sitting often due to my CP and challenge is a major understatement. I have an extra challenge in addition to those I just mentioned. What is it? When I went for my consultation for my first
Category: My Health and Wellness Journey
My chosen brother/journey partner often says, “There is strength in your tears, Stace.” I used to push back when he said that because I thought I had to be strong, handle everything by myself, keep it in… but then one day thirteen years ago: I EXPLODED. Exploded is written as such for a reason because
I am trained as a political scientist and love studying how governmental institutions are supposed to work versus how those institutions do. Another aspect of studying politics that I am passionate about and find endlessly fascinating is how the people in governmental institutions work with each other within an institution and with those in other
Last year, changed me in a irrevocable ways. One of the most obvious is the change in my relationship with technology. I was not proud or happy with the way I was using technology most of last year. Asking myself what changes I needed to make so my relationship with technology was something I was
If you have been following along with my blog posts since November of last year, you know I rededicated myself to be my healthiest. Last year was the most difficult year of my life and in going through that I did not make taking care of myself a priority for quite a while. In November,
Yesterday was one of the toughest days I have had in a while. That is saying something. Everything, seemingly, that could go wrong went wrong. Yesterday had every single, typical, response from me: frustration, tears, feeling like I was not enough/doing enough, angry at myself for feeling like any of what happened yesterday was my
The more I start to create a life built around intention I realize all the layers that make up an intentional life. The one I want to focus on today is letting go. Letting go can have a myriad of meanings, but I am referring to today is An internal one. I am focusing on
2022 taught me so many lessons and made me grow in immeasurable ways. It was the hardest year of my life personally and the best professionally. People on social media started talking about their word for 2023 two weeks ago. A word that was going to define the new year for them. I have never
2022 was the hardest year of my life in a lot of ways. It was also the best in some ways. Both are true statements. The biggest lesson this year? Both light and dark exist in life and most of the time they coexist. Some of my year I documented here. A lot I didn’t.
Many people with CP have food challenges. By challenges, I mean food texture issues. Am I immune to this CP side effect? Obviously, from the title of this post the answer is no. Thankfully my food texture aversions are mild. Watermelon, okra, oranges, and egg yolks are my biggest ones. I do have an added