If you’ve stayed up late intentionally and felt it the next day, perhaps you thought to yourself, “Hm, maybe I better not do that again because it’s affecting me.” But if you struggle with insomnia, or a child with sleep struggles, or even bad dreams and chronic fatigue despite enough sleep, you are most likely…
Category: Physical Health
Managing Stress Well during Covid19 : My 5 Best Tips
I have a confession. I don’t naturally handle stress well. Some people seem to be able to roll with the punches, but as a highly sensitive person, I often sense tension and absorb it like a sponge. (And I can create plenty of tension myself through perfectionist black and white thinking–assuming things are “all bad”…
DIY Recipe for Neil Medi/ Neti Pot Rinse
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know I like to save money! (If you’re new here, welcome!) I hope to save you lots in the time we’re acquainted…more money-saving DIYs planned for the future, so stick around! Perhaps you ended up with a sinus infection and in your desperation to shake it,…
Work Hazards of a Stay-at-Home-Mom
Ugh. My shoulder and arm hurt. Really badly. I’ve been up since 3 something a.m. because I could no longer ignore the pangs. The frequency and duration of pain has gotten progressively worse since Dec. 9th., the day of my vein surgery when I was bruised up from that (and it was that time of…
More Effective than New Years Resolutions? It worked for me!
Do you believe in making New Years Resolutions? Or do you think they’re for other people because you know you’ll forget about them in a few weeks; or maybe as a perfectionist you know you’ll give up when you can’t meet your expectation as well as you’d like? Even if we all gave them up…
My Varicose Vein Treatment: Full Story
Earlier, I posted my vein story in part. Here is the whole story. I hope it helps inform anyone who is looking for relief of their exhaustion and itchy veins and wondering what vein treatment is like!
The Stork brought me Varicose Veins
I’m in my early 30s, but I’m already taking after my lovely Grandma with her varicose vein issues. She’s had treatment for them, as well as a few other female family members, so I guess it was only a matter of time for me, thanks to my genes. However, I didn’t imagine varicose veins would…