• Disturbed – The Sounds of Silence

    Simon & Garfunkel’s famous song has always touched my soul, but it wasn’t until I was watching figure skaters Vanessa James and Morgan Cipres performing to a remake that I fell in love with the depth and sentiment of the lyrics. I am a talker. I love to talk, I think it’s important in any Read more

  • 90 MPH to 0 in 2 Seconds Flat

    I think the most misunderstood component of Lyme+ is the way we appear to be doing fairly well one second and suddenly we are crawling into bed for a week long crash. “But you were doing so well! What happened?” “What did you do that made you get sick again?” “Is she faking it?” All Read more

  • Pressure System Release

    “Every pressurized system needs a relief valve. There has to be a way to reduce the stress, the tension….there has to be a way to find relief, because if the pressure doesn’t find a way out, it will make one. It will explode. It’s the pressure we put on ourselves that’s the hardest to bear. Read more

  • NUCCA – not your mama’s chiropractic

    I’ve been seeing a chiropractic specialist for about 5 years. NUCCA doctors specialize and only adjust the atlas (the first vertebrae at the top of the neck). However they do it in a non-invasive manner that you honestly barely feel. There’s no manual cracking, there’s no twisting of the neck and back, there’s no popping Read more

  • Take Chances – Make Mistakes

    “Take chances, make mistakes. Sometimes it’s important not to be perfect. It’s important to do the wrong thing!….. To find out what’s real and what’s not, to find out what you feel. Human beings are terrible messes.” ~ Portia, Bicentennial Man It’s so true, we humans are a terrible mess. We make mistakes and do Read more

  • Listen to Your Body

    I keep improving – but then something happens, I don’t know what, and I start to feel like I’m going backwards. More pain, cognitive issues like word finding, I feel just yucky all over – I can’t always explain it. I just know I’m not ok and I’m scared that I’m slipping backwards. It’s easy Read more