This time of year, my POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome) is really acting up, which tends to lead to talking about POTS. Basically, my POTS reacts negatively to ... Read the Post...
12 Tips for New Health Bloggers
Blogging is a great creative exercise, a great way to help other people, and a great way to make some extra money. Since I've been blogging for a long time - I started in 2013 ... Read the Post...
My Morning Routine for Success
Start your day off with a morning routine for success - whatever that looks like for you! As someone with a day job, a blog, and multiple chronic illnesses, my morning routine ... Read the Post...
So Someone Healthy Has Given You Health Advice
If you have experienced chronic illness or pain symptoms for longer than a month, then you have probably gotten unsolicited health advice, especially from healthy people. And ... Read the Post...
Clothes for the Chronic Pain Warrior in Your Life
Living with chronic pain is hard enough. But something I've learned over the last 20 years of living with it is that certain clothes can make your pain even worse. Whether ... Read the Post...
Getting Smart with an Editorial Calendar for Bloggers + Free Editorial Calendar
Every blogger's style and process are a little different. I’ve previously explained my process for writing a blog post, so I'm not going to get into that, but I do want ... Read the Post...
Living with a Suppressed Immune System in a Pandemic
Friends, we are about a year into COVID-19 being a recognized worldwide problem. And we still have a ways to go ... especially for people with suppressed immune systems. I've ... Read the Post...
Gluten-Free St. Patrick’s Day Recipes
We are a little over a month way from St. Patrick's Day! As we are still dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic, you shouldn't be going out for the holiday, but you might still ... Read the Post...
What Is a Chronic Illness? And Other Frequently Asked Questions
As someone who has been publicly chronically ill for a very long time - since I started this blog in 2013 - I have been asked a lot of questions about chronic illness over the ... Read the Post...
How I Manage Social Media Platforms for My Blog
The thing about blogging for as long as I have is that the way things work has changed a lot. But one thing that has stayed the same is that social media is absolutely ... Read the Post...
Self-Care Tips That Chronic Illness Patients Need
I hope everyone's January and 2021 are off to a good start! This time of year is often thought of as being a time for starting over or starting new habits. I don't know about ... Read the Post...
The Mistakes I Made That Made Me Lose Blog Traffic
Heyo! Like I said on Tuesday, I have a couple of wrap-up posts about 2020 things and then it's onto the future. I think this is the last one about 2020, and it's the December ... Read the Post...
2020 Recent Reads: October-December
Happy 2021! In true tradition, I have a couple of posts to wrap of the previous year, and then it's all about the future. One of those posts is this one where I wrap up the ... Read the Post...
13 Blog Strategies for 2021
We are in that weird week in between Christmas and New Years, and normally it's a week filled with family Christmas celebrations and not wanting Christmas to end. But in 2020, ... Read the Post...
What Is Self-Advocacy? An Answer + Strategies To Help
When I first started this blog, it was partially to have a creative outlet and partially to have a platform through which I could focus my advocacy. I was inspired to advocacy ... Read the Post...