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POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 2
in Health · July 12, 2019

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 2

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in Health · July 12, 2019

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 2

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 2

Welcome back to my POTS exercise protocol diary! What is this series? Well, I'm trying a strict exercise protocol created by the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia designed ... Read the Post...

2019 Recent Reads: April-June
in Lifestyle · July 9, 2019

2019 Recent Reads: April-June

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in Lifestyle · July 9, 2019

2019 Recent Reads: April-June

2019 Recent Reads: April-June

Books on books on books! That's right, it's time to talk about what I read in the second quarter of 2019. In these posts, I not only share what I read in the previous 3 ... Read the Post...

Text reads: Buy my ebook for chronic health bloggers, worth $140, but buy for $10! There is also an image of the ebook cover. The ebook is named "Take Your Blog (And Income!) To The Next Level: Resources for Chronic Health Bloggers".
Can Canva Pinterest Templates Help Your Blog? June 2019 Blog Traffic Report
in Writing & Blogging · July 2, 2019

Can Canva Pinterest Templates Actually Help Your Blog?

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in Writing & Blogging · July 2, 2019

Can Canva Pinterest Templates Actually Help Your Blog?

Can Canva Pinterest Templates Help Your Blog? June 2019 Blog Traffic Report

Happy July, friends! Before we get into the July blog traffic report (in which I share my experience using Canva Pinterest templates), I wanted to give you all a heads up that ... Read the Post...

What Every POTS Syndrome Patient Needs for the Summer
in Health · June 21, 2019

What Every POTS Syndrome Patient Needs for the Summer

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in Health · June 21, 2019

What Every POTS Syndrome Patient Needs for the Summer

What Every POTS Syndrome Patient Needs for the Summer

Today is the first official day of summer! If you're someone living with POTS syndrome (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) then you know what that means: HELL. For ... Read the Post...

What Should I Blog About? | Kate the (Almost) Great, Boston Lifestyle Blog
in Writing & Blogging · June 18, 2019

What Should I Blog About?

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in Writing & Blogging · June 18, 2019

What Should I Blog About?

What Should I Blog About? | Kate the (Almost) Great, Boston Lifestyle Blog

Whether you're a beginning blogger or an old pro, at some point you're going to ask yourself, "What should I blog about?" This question can be very general - as in, what type ... Read the Post...

What's in My Bag: A Millennial's Work Bag
in Lifestyle · June 11, 2019

What’s in My Bag: A Millennial’s Work Bag

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in Lifestyle · June 11, 2019

What’s in My Bag: A Millennial’s Work Bag

What's in My Bag: A Millennial's Work Bag

You know, I don't even know if what's in my bag posts are still a thing people want to read, but I guess we're going to find out. Anyway. Now that I've been at my current job ... Read the Post...

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 1
in Health · June 7, 2019

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 1

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in Health · June 7, 2019

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 1

POTS Exercise Protocol Diary: Month 1

As I've talked about on Instagram and Twitter, I am trying a POTS exercise program. It is designed to help POTS patients reduce symptoms and maybe even retrain the heart to ... Read the Post...

How To Get More Traffic to Your Website: May Blog Traffic Report
in Writing & Blogging · June 4, 2019

How To Get More Traffic to Your Website: May Blog Traffic Report

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in Writing & Blogging · June 4, 2019

How To Get More Traffic to Your Website: May Blog Traffic Report

How To Get More Traffic to Your Website: May Blog Traffic Report

Amazingly, it is already June, which means that it's time for the May blog traffic report. I'm pretty pleased with my analytics from May, so read below to see how to get more ... Read the Post...

A Bostonian's Favorite South End Boston Restaurants
in Lifestyle · May 28, 2019

A Bostonian’s Favorite South End Boston Restaurants

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in Lifestyle · May 28, 2019

A Bostonian’s Favorite South End Boston Restaurants

A Bostonian's Favorite South End Boston Restaurants

I have lived in Boston's South End neighborhood for nearly five years now, and it seems like both an eternity and a blink of the eye. In that time, I've applied for, gotten ... Read the Post...

Chronically Ill Tips: What To Do When a Doctor Doesn't Believe You
in Health · May 24, 2019

Chronically Ill Tips: What To Do When a Doctor Isn’t Listening to You

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in Health · May 24, 2019

Chronically Ill Tips: What To Do When a Doctor Isn’t Listening to You

Chronically Ill Tips: What To Do When a Doctor Doesn't Believe You

I have been in pain since 2010 and diagnosed with chronic illnesses since 2010 and man oh man have I spent a lot of time in medical offices and managing chronic illness. ... Read the Post...

How To Support the Blogger in Your Life
in Writing & Blogging · May 21, 2019

How To Support the Blogger in Your Life

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in Writing & Blogging · May 21, 2019

How To Support the Blogger in Your Life

How To Support the Blogger in Your Life

A few years ago, I did a Twitter thread of all sorts of different ways you can support bloggers. In that thread, I just listed ways to help and didn't really give any extra ... Read the Post...

My Current Daily Makeup Routine | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Lifestyle · May 14, 2019

Current Daily Makeup Routine

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in Lifestyle · May 14, 2019

Current Daily Makeup Routine

My Current Daily Makeup Routine | Kate the (Almost) Great

I recently realized that it has been a while since my last beauty/makeup post on here (and Instagram), so it felt like the right time to share my current daily makeup routine! ... Read the Post...

Arthritis Awareness Month | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Health · May 10, 2019

Arthritis Awareness Month

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in Health · May 10, 2019

Arthritis Awareness Month

Arthritis Awareness Month | Kate the (Almost) Great

Every month is Arthritis Awareness Month if you live with a form of arthritis, but for everyone else, May is the month for talking about different forms of arthritis, ... Read the Post...

My Journey to Growing Blog Traffic: April Blog Traffic Report
in Writing & Blogging · May 7, 2019

My Journey to Growing Blog Traffic: April Blog Traffic Report

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in Writing & Blogging · May 7, 2019

My Journey to Growing Blog Traffic: April Blog Traffic Report

My Journey to Growing Blog Traffic: April Blog Traffic Report

As you guys know, I have been on a journey to growing blog traffic for several years now. 2019 has been an interesting one in this journey. I started the year recovering from ... Read the Post...

What I've Been Up To | Kate the (Almost) Great
in Lifestyle · May 3, 2019

What I’ve Been Up To

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in Lifestyle · May 3, 2019

What I’ve Been Up To

What I've Been Up To | Kate the (Almost) Great

Oh boy. So much has happened in my life in the last 2 months. In fact, this past weekend was the first one in five weeks that I was home in Boston! That's how wild things have ... Read the Post...

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