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Mind Your Words When Talking With Or About Someone with Illnesses You Don’t Understand
No matter what you do or how you do it, there will always be people who will criticize you, speak ill, and share false information about you. It’s been my bread and butter for quite some time, and it sucks. In the early years, I remember being at church gatherings and watching people gossip and…
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May Is MCS Month-Why Do We Call Ourselves Canaries?-English/Spanish Post
May is Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Awareness Month. MCS is also known as Environmental Illness, Toxicant Induced Loss of Tolerance, and Environmentally Acquired Illness. In Spanish, it is referred to as Sensibilidad Química Multiple and or Intolerancia Ambiental. This illness can be brought on after a toxic injury. Many people develop it after one significant exposure…
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Look For The Helpers – Reflections Amidst The Coronavirus Pandemic
I just wanted to take a moment to encourage you during these crazy times that we’re going through. I’ve been trying to write this post for the last two weeks but haven’t been feeling well enough to do so. I had a bad chemical and mold exposure that pushed me over the edge and the…
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A Struggle Endured By Many Yet Understood By Few – Mold Chronicles
Many families won’t have gifts or decorations, or special treats during the holidays. Some won’t even have a home to live in. Instead of searching for Black Friday deals on toys or gadgets, they’ll be searching for a place to pitch up a tent or a vacant room in someone’s home if they can tolerate…
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Meeting Alan Bell – Author of The New Book “Poisoned”
I had the pleasure of meeting Author and Attorney Alan Bell recently. We spoke for quite some time after he signed a copy of my book. He was a prominent attorney in Florida when all of a sudden he became very sick with all sorts of symptoms that baffled his doctors and his family. His story…
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Mothers Day Reflections – When You’re Chronically Ill
Being severely sick no matter what the disease or disability is, can be life-altering. It can stir up anger, rage, hatred, un-forgiveness, and fear or it can teach us to love, trust, pray harder, grow in humility and release all that we cannot fix to the master fixer of all things broken. This last decade…
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There Is Always Someone Who Needs Your Help
There is always someone who needs your help. But sometimes we miss how we can help fill the needs of others because we are too busy. Being busy and stressed out all of the time robs us of our joy and our peace. It also robs us of our health and overall wellbeing. If you are in…
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I miss you dad – Dealing with the Aftermath of Losing a Loved One
Today marks the anniversary date of my dad’s untimely death. He was taken from us due to medical malpractice. The picture above is of a city we lived in and spent many hours together walking through when I was little and once my first child was born. It’s a city that holds so many memories…
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Life is born…and then the days go by so quickly……
This week my baby boy turns one. It seems like just yesterday that we brought him home. Seeing him grow so quickly and missing the days he was just six pounds made me think of everything I write and speak about. Our Life. It goes by too quickly, and we have no guarantees or do…
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Things don’t always turn out the way you plan them
So yesterday I was invited by a local Pediatrician and Holistic MD to start a series of talks at Whole Foods. My first talk was a lot of fun and we had pretty much the whole restaurant full of innocent bystanders who seemed to take interest in what we had to say. But the most…
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Do you really need that?
You’ve all seen it. It comes in hundreds of colors, shapes sizes, and has tons of different uses. Some people buy it to feel better while others buy it because they think they need to keep up with the trends of today. Kids need it and can’t live without it. We train our babies also…
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