My journey to good health while balancing a career and life.
The impact you have on others or the world can be large and/or small. The most important thing to having an impact is to be authentic. You don’t know the level your actions, or non-actions, will have on another person which puts a lot of responsibility on you to always strive to make your impact a positive one.
Read More...“If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
It’s been going through my mind for a month or two and it couldn’t be more fitting for how I feel in life right now.
Read More...Last Thursday was my first colonoscopy and endoscopy and it really wasn’t as bad as I was expecting. I was imagining it to be horrifying based on what people told me about the process of cleaning your bowel before the procedure. I’d also had minor scopes done before without any pain relief and it was extremely uncomfortable.
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It brings me joy to help make people happy by doing the right thing for them. If you’re reading this and you need someone to listen, I’m here for you. Even if I don’t know you, I’m here.
Read More...Deep down, I know I really should take the 30 days off to get healthy and it’s sad that I put my career first. Even as I write this, I don’t know if I’m going to take the time I know I need. Part of me wants to prove I can do it all but who am I trying to impress? It’s only me who truly knows the pain and struggle I’m going through.
Read More...The universe works in mysterious ways, though. While waiting for my Postmates order Wednesday, I was searching Amazon for a food competition show and one of the options that came up (because I only searched “Food”) was Food As Medicine which immediately caught my attention. It’s a documentary about the use of food to heal chronic illness and disease. Not even 30 minutes in, I sent a text to my sister and step-mom to check it out.
Read More...When I woke up this morning, I was in a great mood. Had I not done this self-reflection before going to sleep, I know I would have been in a bad headspace today given the spiral of negative thoughts I was having.
Read More...Almost immediately after my first few sips of wine, I could feel my stomach begin to turn. An avocado toast I used to eat regularly (sometimes 2 orders in 1 sitting), I was barely able to stomach half and the BLT, only a few bites. It’s only been a few days of low-FODMAP and my body is already rejecting some of the high-FODMAP foods I love.
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I just made my first low-FODMAP meal at home and I have to say it’s pretty darn good. It took me twice as long to shop at the grocery store to buy a third of the amount of food. In addition to having to read all the ingredients on the package, I kept having to look ingredients up on my phone to see if they were low-FODMAP.
Read More...This past weekend I was at Splash House in Palm Springs, CA and someone asked me (after I told them I don’t drink) what a guy is supposed to offer me if they can’t offer to buy me a drink. No one had asked me that before, and I didn’t really know what to answer. Even as I’m writing this, I don’t know.
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