When I switched therapists after needing a new perspective, within ten minutes of my appointment with her, she said I needed to be in an “experimental phase” for a little while. I needed to stop searching for my path and get out there and try new things, get an idea of what I like, what […]
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Be Careful of Misplaced Anger
We all get upset. We all get angry. And we all say things we wish we could take back. That is just life. When I am going through an overwhelming or particularly stressful time, anger has always been an emotion that comes out in me. Never outwardly in an aggressive way but internally I have […]
Bank It!

We all have good days and bad ones. Everyone we meet has dealt with disappointments in some form. But for those of us who suffer from any type of chronic illness especially, the highs and lows are all too familiar, all too frustrating, and can sometimes feel incredibly overwhelming and impossible to tackle. Having been […]
IBD is SO Complex
I hosted an informal chat on Tuesday night for fellow IBDers with two of my friends, Sara and Jaime, and there were so many interesting things that were brought to the table that night. One thing in particular that I found interesting and a bit shocking was the fact that the majority of people who […]