All you need is love … at least according to The Beatles and their hit song of the same name. In the autoimmune world, we need more than love to survive, but self-love as medicine may just be the Continue Reading
Pushing Pause
Making The Case For Pushing Pause On New Year's Resolutions It’s mid-January and per usual, I am late to pledge my New Year’s Resolutions to the world (and by world, I mean my blog readers and Continue Reading
Weathering Winter with Raynaud’s
I am not made for winter. Despite the fact that Christmas is in December and my birthday is in February, winter is my least favorite season for one big reason: I HATE to be cold… and I am ALWAYS cold! Continue Reading
BEING BOLD IS BADASS
How and Why You Need to Live Your Autoimmune Life with Moxie CAUTION: Within this post, I make a very candid admission that may be triggering for some. Let’s play a little word association Continue Reading
Simple Ways to Add More Protein To Your Diet: Protein & Collagen Powder
Paleo. Keto. Vegan. Vegetarian. Mediterranean. Whole 30. DASH. AIP. SCD. Low-FODMAP. Atkins. South Beach. Weight Watchers. NutriSystem. Jennie Craig … The list of popular diets goes on and on. Each Continue Reading
K.I.S.S. Your Way to a More Simplified Autoimmune Life
Simplify: It’s our theme this month here at Autoimmune Sisters. By definition, the word means to make something easier or to diminish in scope and complexity. As a recovering perfectionist and chronic Continue Reading
The Three Letters That Inspire Hope
Living with an autoimmune disease or chronic illness can be challenging, to say the least. Some days (or weeks, or if you're lucky, months) are good, but many are a battle. To survive, we live in a Continue Reading
Embrace the Suck
When Having Gratitude Feels Just Too Damn Hard I’m going to let you in on a little secret ... I’m not always as positive and accepting as my fellow Autoimmune Sisters when it comes to living with a Continue Reading
DRINK UP! How and Why to Stay Hydrated This Summer
Anyone who has ever dieted knows that water weight is a real thing. In fact, our bodies are 60% water. Approximately 90% of our plasma (the liquid part of blood that carries cells, nutrients, and Continue Reading
