My Keys to Happiness: Faith + Laughter #HAWMC
Today, I’m answering the second prompt in WEGO’s Health Activist Writers Month Challenge: Key to Happiness: What do you think
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Cancer
5 Obstacles People with Rare Diseases Face; Readers Share Their Stories
Did you know that 1 in 10 Americans has a rare disease? In the U.S., a rare diseases is defined
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Resilience: My Family’s Autoimmune/Cancer/Bipolar Journey as Remembered Through Four Pacquiao Fights (from The Huffington Post)
Over the weekend, I had my second Huffington Post article published. You can read it here. I’m very excited about this
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Victim Blaming Happens to Sick People Too
I recently saw an article about the twenty dumbest things said on a popular sports show. I was discussing this with
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Why Are 30th and 40th Birthday Cards So Depressing?
Today is an anniversary date for me. Six years ago, at the age of 24, I was diagnosed with the
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On Friends, NKOTB, Meeting Jordan Knight, & The Power of Words
I haven’t posted in a week because some emotions are hard to put into words. (Bear with me; this is
Read MoreSave the Date; I’ll Be on HuffPost Live Tuesday (09/30/14) 12:45 pm EST
UPDATE: Click here for the replay if you missed it! Also, leave a comment while you’re there. I am very
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Chronic Illness: On the Outside Looking In
Sometimes chronic illness leaves patients on the outside looking in. When I was younger, I sometimes had to leave social
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Just Between You And Me
I wasn’t feeling well today. (This after a very productive Monday and a fabulous Sunday, which I’ll tell you more
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Women’s Health: Join the More Than Boobs Initiative This September
UPDATE: I will be speaking on HuffPost Live next Tuesday (09/30) at 12:45 pm EST discussing the
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