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My favorite nervous system regulation tools 🫶
Long time no chat, Reader, I've been thinking a lot about the nervous system lately. If you have a chronic illness, it's often the missing piece that comes after you chase all the symptoms and supplements and other treatments. But it can't be ignored. And I don't know about you, but my nervous system has been a bit wired lately. 🫨😬 For me it's part "the world is crazy right now," part "holy shit I'm going to Portugal in two weeks," and as usual, part Lyme and coinfections. So here's what I do...
Remember: ABCC (always be course correcting) 🚀
Hey there Reader, I just got back from a quick trip to Miami Beach last week, which was for the most part, a lovely escape from winter here in the Midwest. 🏖️ Actual footage of me last week It wasn't a trip without issues though. I got pretty sick the last couple days of the trip. It was not fun, and I was completely alone. 😶 I'm still figuring out what it was, but some kind of virus most likely. But it hit me so hard and so suddenly, that I spiralled out for a bit trying to figure out what...
I'm becoming a digital nomad this year? 😮
Hi Reader, Not sure how much I've said about this, but I'm doing something kinda crazy this year. (Crazy for me, anyway 😅) On March 23rd, I'm flying to Portugal and staying for a whole month on the southern coast. I'll be in Lisbon for a few days, and then heading down to the town of Sagres for a full month of mild-warm temperatures, seaside cliffs, possible surfing, seafood, and sunshine. ☀️ I could not be more excited, especially considering it's currently -3 degrees F here today. 😭 To be...
And now... dial it back 😮💨
Hello Reader, I'm back from a much-needed holiday break. I feel somewhat restored, but at the same time, needing even more rest than I got. 😴 It's the January effect -- we get all excited for the new year and the fresh energy it brings and then... we go back to winter. 😅 So what if you leaned into the slowness of winter rather than trying to push forward with your goals? (If you've been rockin with me for a while, you'll know I'm very against pushing forward toward anything.) You can have...
Swipe my favorite goal setting method ✍️
Hey Reader, I'm following up from a couple weeks ago when we did our 2025 reflection questions -- now it's time to look ahead to the new year. FYI, the following questions are a shortened version of a process that I do every year to narrow down my goals and decide what I want to focus on in the coming year. I'll share the full process in a YouTube video coming soon! Your 2026 journal questions: Choose three areas of your life that you want to focus on in 2026. Examples: health and wellness,...
Wow, I can't believe this is happening!! 😮
Hello hello Reader, Writing to you today with some excitement because I'm nearly at 1000 subscribers for my YouTube channel! 🥳 +578 in the last 28 days, isn't that crazy? This might not seem that close to you, but yesterday around this time, the number was 838. Now it's 925. So by this time tomorrow.... it might be over 1000. 👀 Why is this happening now? Two reasons: This Short on my channel about high-dose vitamin D continues to go viral, and started going even more viral once it passed...
It's the final countdown 🕰️✨
It is officially the FINAL month of 2025, Reader, If you're like me, now is when you start doing some reflecting on the past year, and some forecasting into the next year. First on the docket is 2025, How did this year change you? In what areas of your life did you move forward or make progress, and what areas stalled a bit? (no judgement here, it happens to all of us) Did you overcommit or detour too far into certain areas of life (work projects, family obligations, health) that you want to...
New client lead (quick story) ✨
Hey there Reader, Happy Thanksgiving week if you celebrate! 🤎 I just have a quick story for you this week about how I got a warm lead on a new client... without even trying. For those of you who are actively looking for clients, I hope this serves as a reminder that anyone you connect with can become a referral partner, even if that's not why you connected with them in the first place. So last week I was on a quick catch up call with my friend Nikita, who hosts the Business with Chronic...
REFUSE to suffer your way to success 🙅♀️
Hey Reader, I'm working on a new YouTube video that will be posted on Friday (see, I told you, so now I have to do it), and the essence of it is this: There are two ways to reach your goals, to be "successful." The first way is the "do more" approach. Create more, pitch more, write more, connect more, force, hustle, and grind your way to your goal. Do the thing harder faster stronger until you make the money/get the client/make the thing. You are only successful when you reach the ultimate...
Bittersweet news (+ some optimism)
Hi Reader, I'll cut right to the chase -- I am shutting down the Health First Freelancer community at the end of November. Surprised? Honestly, I'm still a little surprised too. This community has been my project for over a year now, and I started it fully prepared to invest the next several years of my life growing it. But a lot has changed in the last few months for me, and I find my priorities changing along with it. So for now, this is the right decision. This isn't to say that I won't...
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