Shoes are important to your quality of life. Especially if you are dealing with chronic pain that gets worse with impact pain. These are tried and true shoes that do not cause pain and can even help alleviate pain. These are a list of shoes from tennis shoes, slides, sandals and more that are all made with enough cushion to not cause pain.

Event planning is one of my all time favorite passions and hobbies. This is how I planned my best friend baby’s shower and this is when I realized that event planning is something that i love. I love the details, I love the meaning, I love that it makes someone feel loved and cared for. I didn’t realize that event planning was such a labor of love and once I did it myself; I cant go back.

Being vulnerable with someone is vital to the successfulness of your life. However, it is important that you are careful when it comes to who you are vulnerable with. Life is hard and not every person you come across has your best interest at heart and therefore, shouldn’t be privy to your deepest thoughts, insecurities, and hurts. However, these are some examples of green flags. These are good signs that you can trust someone with your struggles and lack of understanding. People who want to enable you not take the fact that you don’t understand and use it to control you.

My husband is someone who is always on the go. He loves having projects. He loves exploring the world around him. He loves building and creating things. He likes to be working on projects bt with my health I often cant keep up. I wanted to share my tips and tricks to meet in the middle so that you and your partner can still spend time together. Supporting each others hobbies and activities is important and vital to a successful relationship.

Finding a Doctor that respect you and listen to you is becoming more and more difficult. I have been able to create a somewhat successful process over the years and I want to share it with you. If this can help one of your appointments go a little better than it is all worth it. I lay out each step and how I go about finding the candidates. I then remind you that this is an interview for them. Doctor’s like to act like they are blessing you with their time but you are paying for them. Make sure you find someone who listens and respects you.

What was your biggest “Ah- Ha!” moment while in Israel? Was there anything that until you went to the Holy land you were unable to understand completely until being there. These tours and time of prayer allowed me to grow deeply in my faith. There is so much we will never understand but I want to learn as much as possible. I am being as vulnerable as I know how to be to share that I did not know the significance of “My God, My God, Why have you forsaken Me?”

You know the things… the things that no one tells you and you just happily find out way too late to even be able to care… well these are the things and how often you really should be changing out your mascara, pillow, toothbrush, and basic everyday essentials. They get gross too and who wants to be getting sick from things like this.. not me!

Having any kind of routine is difficult when you are chronically sick and in pain. However, it is important to acknowledge tings that must be done as often as they can to ensure we get the most out of each thing we do. This is how I prepare for bed to do everything I can to get rest for the night.

What are your life mottos? What statements do you come back to when life is not going right? DON’T WORRY! I am sharing all of my tips and tricks for getting through life as someone who is chronically ill. These blog posts are for everyone though because whether you have a chronic illness or not you have had to face adversity at times. It is hard and it can be awful but hopefully with these tips it cane make life just a little more manageable. Assess, Adapt, Move on or in Michael’s case Overcome!

Flares are inevitable for people with chronic illnesses. We do our best to avoid them but they happen even when we do it all right. THey are usually temporary but that can mean as long as a few days to months. They can also have different levels of severity. This blog post is all about what to say, what to do, what not to say, and what not to do. Its straightforward and honest and I hope it helps!

I had always been told that sleep apnea had a certain criteria that had to be met. You either were overweight, you were older, you had huge boobs, you had other breathing issues, you snored way too much. I didn’t know that it was something that can happen to anyone and those criteria I thought I knew are just a stereotype from the olden days when they didnt know what sleep apnea really was. Come alone with me as a 25 year old figures out what the world of sleep apnea is like and how to survive it.

Chronic illness diagnosis story. It took a long time to be diagnosed but once I was I began a huge rollercoaster of hospital stays and surgeries. I was misdiagnosed for years because teenage girls with stomach pain are usually constipated or have acid reflux or an ulcer. It took forever to be diagnosed even though it is familial. I was super sick and so thankful for some answers.