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RELEASE.
This weekend marks an anniversary for our family. One year ago, my son Dylan’s PANDAS symptoms were at their most acute. It was a horrifying weekend in terms of his illness. Although Dylan had received an anxiety and OCD diagnosis … Continue reading
Posted in Autoimmune illness, cancer, Energy, Family, gratitude, Healing, Health, Motherhood, Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Overcoming Challenges, PANDAS, PANDAS illness, Parenting, Personal Growth, Radiation, Reflections, Release, Strep Virus, Wellness
Tagged anniversary, breast cancer, cancer, challenges, Costa Rica, Family, health, love, mental health, motherhood, PANDAS, PANDAS awareness, PANDAS illness, Reflections, understanding
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Trench Vibe
winter winds whip on the front lines of all things health + wealth + being + nothingness + that which lies within mindfulness on steroids, escaping deeply alert and ever watchful, losing sleep focused when it’s called for: track, weigh, … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, chemo, Daily Life, Energy, Experiences, gratitude, Healing, magic, Motherhood, PANDAS, PANDAS illness, Parenting, Personal Growth, Poem, Release, Retreat, Steroids, Wellness
Tagged cancer, Family, home, love, motherhood, PANDAS illness, poetry, team, winter
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A Storm it was A-Brewin’
We’ve had a fairly peaceful 5 month stretch on the PANDAS front. For anyone who may have missed what that is, it stands for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal Infections. In children with PANDAS, instead of successfully fighting … Continue reading
Posted in cancer, Energy, gratitude, Healing, Motherhood, Overcoming Challenges, PANDAS, PANDAS illness, Parenting, Strep Virus
Tagged Autoimmune illness, cancer, challenges, energy, Family, health, Holidays, mental health, motherhood, PANDAS awareness, PANDAS flare, strep infections, understanding
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Dylan’s Story
Eleven years ago this week, Dylan was born. The birth of our first child rocked our world in all the ways you would expect. One week my primary focus was to close loans in the San Diego mortgage company where … Continue reading
Posted in Autoimmune illness, Healing, Health, Intuition, Motherhood, Neuropsychological Disorders, Overcoming Challenges, PANDAS, Parenting, Strep Virus, Wellness
Tagged Autoimmune illness, challenges, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Family, gratitude, health, love, mental health, motherhood, Neuropsychiatric Disorders, Overwhelm, PANDAS, Parenting, strep infections
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When being “off track” is on track
Ahh, January. Standing in December in the midst of the holiday chaos, January looks so bright and shiny and new. It’s the month that is going to change EVERYTHING. We will set our intentions and create our resolutions. We will … Continue reading
Doing more of the Stuff that lets me BE.
My soul was itchy. When I think about what started my Year of Radical Wellness, that’s the best way I can describe it. There was nothing “wrong” per se. But just because nothing is wrong doesn’t mean there isn’t a … Continue reading
Stepping into my Mom-ness
For those of you who have followed my blogging journey, you know that I started writing blog entries in 2008 (tucked away safely in a file on my computer, for nobody else to see!), a full 6 years before I … Continue reading
A Spring Cleanup of my Life
I’m tired. That’s not an unusual symptom in America these days, but I find it’s always helpful to acknowledge where I am (as opposed to pretending I’m somewhere else, like on a beach in Tahiti). For the past few weeks, … Continue reading
Anatomy of a Dream
I’ve spent a lot of time lately reflecting on what it takes to fulfill a dream. The energy and language of my dreams has changed as I’ve grown and aged. As a child in Plymouth I focused on what I hoped to find … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Life, Reflections, Sufficiency, Wellness
Tagged being in process, creating the future, Dreams, fulfulling dreams, Health & Wellness, motherhood, sufficiency, writing
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What’s one more sock?
I have a theory. I’ve been developing it over the last few years. It’s called “what’s one more sock?” It first appeared in my life as an absent-minded thought at some point after my first child became mobile, sort of a … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Life, Reflections
Tagged all-nighters, being in process, discomfort, holiday madness, intentional living, motherhood, Parenting, Pigpen
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Natural Mama Notes 