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5 Tips for Celebrating a Holiday Alone (Updated Version)

December 23, 2021December 24, 2021 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments chronic illness, COVID, how to, how to celebrate holidays alone, marathon, Omicron, pandemic, Twilight Zone

UPDATED 12/23/21 (Kind of): I originally wrote this article years ago–first in 2013 and later modified in 2017. Now with

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WEGO Health Awards Are Here; Nominate Someone Today

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments Awards, Jessica Gimeno, nominate, WEGO Health, WEGO Health Awards

Hey everyone! It’s that time of the year again known as the WEGO Health Awards!  The WEGO Health Awards recognize

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5 Tips for Celebrating a Holiday Alone (UDPATED)

November 20, 2017November 21, 2017 JessicaGimeno 1 Comment how to celebrate holidays alone, marathon, New Year's Eve, Parties, Thanksgiving alone, tips, Twilight Zone

In time for Thanksgiving, I’m posting an update of my popular 2013 article, “3 Tips on Celebrating a Holiday Alone.”  What

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Favor: Please Vote for Me in 6th Annual WEGO Awards

July 12, 2017 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments 6th Annual, Jessica Gimeno, WEGO Awards

Hi everyone, THANK YOU to whoever anonymously nominated me this year in the 6th Annual WEGO Health Activist Awards!  I

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I Won WEGO Health Activist Hero!

December 22, 2016December 22, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments Hero, Jessica Gimeno, WEGO Health Activist Awards

I just won Health Activist Hero in the Fifth Annual WEGO Health Activist Awards!  I want to thank everyone for

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3 Tips on Celebrating a Holiday Alone

November 23, 2016November 28, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments autoimmune, celebrating, compromised immunity, flu, holidays alone, Jessica Gimeno, lupus, MG, Myasthenia Gravis, Primary Immune Deficiency

In time for Thanksgiving, I decided to re-post one of my most popular articles. REPOST BELOW Last year I spent

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Hear Me Speak Saturday, November 5th, “Breaking Down Barriers in Asian-American Mental Health”

November 3, 2016November 3, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments AAPI, Asian American, bipolar, depression, diagnosis, disability, Intersectionality Summit, mental health

I’m really excited to be speaking at the first-ever Disability Intersectionality Summit this Saturday, November 5th.  While the Summit is

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Favor: Please Vote for Me in WEGO Awards

September 11, 2016September 18, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments

I’m a nominee in the ongoing Fifth Annual WEGO Health Activist Awards in three categories: Best in Show Blog, Health

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Nominations for WEGO Health Activist Awards Now Open!

August 2, 2016September 18, 2016 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments Fashionably ill, Jessica Gimeno, WEGO, WEGO Health Activist Awards

It’s that time of the year again!  Nominations have officially opened for the Fifth Annual WEGO Health Activist Awards. Time to

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Reflections on Being a Health Activist & Fashionably ill Readers #HAWMC

April 21, 2015April 21, 2015 JessicaGimeno 0 Comments

I’m continuing the monthlong challenge of answering one question everyday from WEGO.  It’s Day 21 of #HAWMC.  Today’s question in

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