Health
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How I’m Currently Surviving PUPPP
*Disclaimer: slightly graphic pictures of arms and legs ahead* Mommy blogs saved me big time on this one. When I was diagnosed with PUPPP at 33 weeks pregnant, the only solution I was given by a health practitioner failed me miserably. But a wealth of information about this terrible rash existed on the interwebs from Continue reading
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Rise II: It’s Time To Talk About Depression
Over a year ago, I published a blogpost about anxiety in which I wrote about the stigma surrounding mental illness and described what anxiety is like for those who might not understand it. The response I got blew me away. For weeks afterward, friends, coworkers, volunteers, family, and even Internet strangers told me how they Continue reading
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Rise: It’s Time To Talk About Anxiety
I won’t just survive Oh, you will see me thrive Can’t write my story I’m beyond the archetype [I heard Katy Perry’s song “Rise” around August of last year and it about blew my soul wide open. Every now and then, a song just gets under my skin and become self-defining. To me, “Rise” defines my battle with – Continue reading
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