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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot June 1, 2015

May Favorites

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot June 1, 2015

May Favorites

  Disclaimer: Some of the links in this post are affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission if you click on them or buy from them. I also received 2 ... Read the Post...

in Health, Uncategorized &middot May 28, 2015

The 3 Natural Anxiety Treatments I Use

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in Health, Uncategorized &middot May 28, 2015

The 3 Natural Anxiety Treatments I Use

While I wasn't diagnosed with anxiety until March of 2014, I have experienced anxiety attacks since spring of 2012. And I the only times I take medication for it is before ... 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".
in Uncategorized, Writing & Blogging &middot May 26, 2015

What A Book Launch Looks Like + Giveaway

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in Uncategorized, Writing & Blogging &middot May 26, 2015

What A Book Launch Looks Like + Giveaway

As you probably know by now, I'm launching The Essential Grammar Handbook on June 2 (May 30 for members of The In-the-Know People). I've been working incredibly hard the past ... Read the Post...

in Health, Uncategorized &middot May 24, 2015

Spoonie Spotlight: Cory

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in Health, Uncategorized &middot May 24, 2015

Spoonie Spotlight: Cory

Welcome to this week's Spoonie Spotlight. Today I'm featuring Cory! Spoonie Spotlight is my way to use my platform to share the stories of others living with arthritis or an ... Read the Post...

in Health, Uncategorized &middot May 22, 2015

What I Learned from Doing #ChronicLife

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in Health, Uncategorized &middot May 22, 2015

What I Learned from Doing #ChronicLife

A few months ago, the great #ChronicLife experiment was born by the wonderful Britt. She was fed up by self-filtering so many social media posts to hide just how much (and ... Read the Post...

in Uncategorized, Writing & Blogging &middot May 20, 2015

About My New Book

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in Uncategorized, Writing & Blogging &middot May 20, 2015

About My New Book

When I shared the news about my upcoming book, I had no idea what the reaction would be. In fact, I was fairly certain that there wouldn't be a reaction. But I was oh so ... Read the Post...

in Uncategorized, Writing & Blogging &middot May 18, 2015

Does the Creative Have To Be Tortured?

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in Uncategorized, Writing & Blogging &middot May 18, 2015

Does the Creative Have To Be Tortured?

There's this image that's developed over the years of the genius artist - no matter if it be a painter or a writer, any type of artist - that's depressed, melancholy, in ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot May 15, 2015

The Pinterest Outfit Experiment

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot May 15, 2015

The Pinterest Outfit Experiment

Okay, fess up - raise your hand if you love Pinterest and the outfits you find on it, but you don't really dress like that. Anyone else? Well, I decided to try and break that ... Read the Post...

in Health, Uncategorized &middot May 14, 2015

The Complications of Arthritis

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in Health, Uncategorized &middot May 14, 2015

The Complications of Arthritis

May is Arthritis Awareness Month. If you've been following me for a while, you've seen plenty of posts about arthritis and life with it. But today I wanted to talk about ... Read the Post...

in Uncategorized, Writing & Blogging &middot May 13, 2015

Introducing My New Project

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in Uncategorized, Writing & Blogging &middot May 13, 2015

Introducing My New Project

For a few weeks now, I've been dropping some serious hints about what I've been working on. I spent hours writing almost every day, and I'm so excited to finally announce what ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot May 12, 2015

My Go-To Recipes

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot May 12, 2015

My Go-To Recipes

I love to cook, and I love trying new recipes. But there are some that I just can't stop making. So here are the recipes that I make over and over again and just love oh so ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot May 11, 2015

Project Kate Update

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot May 11, 2015

Project Kate Update

I'm having a hard time accepting that it's May and how drastically my life has changed over the past year. One year ago, the End of Course exam had just happened and my stress ... Read the Post...

in Health, Uncategorized &middot May 10, 2015

Spoonie Spotlight: Alison

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in Health, Uncategorized &middot May 10, 2015

Spoonie Spotlight: Alison

Welcome to this week's Spoonie Spotlight. Today I'm featuring Alison! Spoonie Spotlight is my way to use my platform to share the stories of others living with arthritis or an ... Read the Post...

in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot May 8, 2015

All-Time Faves: Music

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in Lifestyle, Uncategorized &middot May 8, 2015

All-Time Faves: Music

I initially started my All-Time Favorites series because I figured some of you were annoyed with seeing the same things loved over and over in my monthly favorites post. Then ... Read the Post...

in Uncategorized, Writing & Blogging &middot May 7, 2015

Behind the Scenes: Writing a Book

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in Uncategorized, Writing & Blogging &middot May 7, 2015

Behind the Scenes: Writing a Book

I have a fair amount of writing projects on my plate. I've alluded to them here and on social media, and, to put it plainly, I'm essentially obsessed with writing books right ... Read the Post...

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2️⃣ I got a hair cut last week and then I looked nice at one point!

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Background: I have tarsal coalition and rheumatoid arthritis and had subtalar fusion in my left foot in 2009 and in my right in 2018. While this was started because of the tarsal coalitions, it is a surgery that can help rheumatoid arthritis, too. 

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