What do you do when you are having a bad day? How do you change your attitude to make it a good one? Here are my top five ways to get me on the path to happy? Take a few deep breaths – sometimes taking a minute or two to just breathe can help to clear your mind and put you into the right frame of mind. Take a walk – for when a few deep Read more
Summer is just around the corner or in my case it is pretty much here already. Phoenix has been having some higher than usual temperatures but now that I have the ac on at home I can’t complain. I honestly don’t mind the heat most of the time. I hate being too cold or too hot but if I have the chance I would definitely take a warm summer day over a cold winter one Read more
If I had to give my celiac disease a tagline I guess it would be: Abstain from gluten, from tasty cakes and delectable brownies. Put down the savory bread and pasta too. Although divine on the tongue, gluten is wicked on your digestive system. Yah, I know this is pretty bad but I have never thought about a tagline. I think it is a bit long and cheesy but sometimes I run-on and get a bit Read more
Today’s prompt is pretty self-explanatory, “I feel best when…” and my answer is relatively simple and short. I feel best when… I finish a race, especially a half marathon. There is nothing like crossing that finish line and knowing you’ve completed something amazing. There is a rush of adrenaline. There are crowds cheering. You feel like you’ve truly won (even if you are 1,873 out of 3,917). But you have won. You completed something that Read more
Today’s prompt is slightly more difficult for me to write. My celiac disease diagnosis isn’t even a month old yet. I have only felt marginalized or stigmatized a couple of times. However, I do feel more like I am a burden when I go out to eat or I feel left out at work when food is brought in and I can’t have any. I struggle with going out to eat because I can no longer Read more
It is a little funny that today’s prompt, Day of Rest, falls on my actual rest day from workouts. Although the prompt is talking more about relaxing to relieve stress and my workouts help relieve stress so not exactly the same thing. 😉 Today’s Prompt: Kick your feet up! What is your ideal day in? When you are having a bad day, or a long week – how o you relax, recharge, and reset yourself? Read more
I have two furbabies and I cannot even begin to tell you how much I love these two. They are always happy to see me. Always. Before I was diagnosed with celiac disease I had this fog and feeling of depression. It made getting up and going to work difficult. All I would think about at work was going home and crashing. I had no desire to be at work and it made me miserable. Read more
Today’s prompt is comfort food: We’re not all 5 star chefs, but we all need to eat! Tell how to make your favorite dish. Does the recipe hold a good memory for you? Is it the act of cooking itself that brigs you joy, or the people that come together to eat it? This prompt is hard for me. When I need comfort the last thing I want to do is cook. I want to Read more
I am late to the party by nine days but I have decided to participate in the WEGO Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge. I plan to focus on my workouts (running) and my recent diagnosis (celiac disease). I am starting with April 9th, Challenger. Running half marathons is always a challenge for me. It is all mental, all self-confidence. I know I can do them, even without a lot of training but for some reason when Read more
I am very passionate about running and I am not afraid to show it. I post about running on Facebook and Twitter. I do post run selfies on Instagram. But why do I love it so much? Why do I want to share my love of running with others? I have many reasons for being so passionate about running but sometimes struggle to explain my love to others when asked. Since my motivation is so Read more