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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The Holidays, Stress, & 5 Ways To Free Yourself From The Illusion of “Perfection”

The holidays are supposed to be a special time of the year (Andy Williams famously sings “It’s the most wonderful

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5 Lessons I Learned from Boxing & Pacquiao on Resilience & Surviving Illness

I’m really excited for tonight’s Paperview Fight, Pacquiao vs. Algieri.   People are always surprised to find out that I’m

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The Truth: Why Don’t Chronically Ill People Speak Up More Often?

When people ask me how I’m feeling and I say “I’m tired,” they assume I’m talking about the chronic fatigue

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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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Illness: Self-Advocacy in Social Settings; What We Wish You Understood

Right now, my right foot is swollen. It’s slowly getting better. I have to admit that yesterday afternoon I feared

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Happy 2nd Birthday! | Top 10 Fashionably ill Articles

Fashionably ill is celebrating its second birthday!  As such, I’m sharing the top ten articles from the past two years.  In

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Stronger Together: 2 Lessons on Community from Chemo & The Twilight Zone

Being sick can be lonely. On top of pain, fatigue, and the mental toll, people can multiply our stress. I

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