COVID-19 has taken the world by storm. In stressful times such as these, many people turn to food, a phenomenon known an anxiety eating or emotional eating in order to ease anxiety. Foods can be as powerful as drugs when it comes to easing discomfort. Whether you have an anxiety disorder or you’re facing a stressful situation (like being quarantined with your family for an indefinite period of time), it's important to not ingest crap for the sake of feeling better. Causes of[...]
Did you know that March 8-14 is National Sleep Awareness Week? I am fully aware that my sleep habits are horrible. I'm hoping to change that and fall asleep faster with a personalized bedtime routine. Yesterday, I lost an hour of sleep thank to Daylight Savings. Another hour of sleep lost on top of the multiple hours I've been losing to insomnia. So far my efforts to cure my insomnia have been flickering. Sometimes I have success but I'm not able to repeat it. I believe my problem[...]
For the entire month of February, I (and others) focused in on self love via the IWWB Self Love Challenge. Since the month has closed, I thought it'd be nice to do a round up of some of my favorite self love quotes meant for inspiring, boosting and elevating self love. Affirmations and quotes are my thing if y'all haven't figured it out yet. These little one liners have helped me in my self love journey. Hopefully they can do the same for you 40 Self Love Quotes Be your own reason to s[...]
As you all know, I've committed to reading at least one chronic illness related or helpful book per month. This month's book choice was Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson. After last month's lack luster experience with Girl Wash You Face, I decided to switch genres. What's the opposite of self help/spiritual? Autobiographical comedies of course! Comedies are more my speed anyway. Furiously Happy had such rave reviews, I went ahead and put it in my Amazon cart. About the Book Also, since F[...]
I’ve told you all before that I’m a book nerd. Since it’s Self Love February I thought I share some self love books that are meant to help you cultivate the best relationship with yourself possible. Some of you are probably looking at the screen like what? “Self help?? Hard pass. I’m not into that”. I used to think the same way. Hear me out for a second. As we know self love isn’t easy and it’s a constant revolution. Thankfully there are life coaches and best selling[...]
When I was diagnosed with Myasthenia Gravis, one of the first things to go (besides control of my body) was my self love. It wasn’t a conscious choice. Traumatic life events like chronic illness tend to have a negative effect on self love. What is Self Love? Self love is not a state of being like happiness. It’s not simply a feeling. It is a dynamic revolution. It is a necessary foundation for how I treat myself and how I am treated in the world. To me, self love is uncon[...]