Having been a low-grade insomniac for most of my life, my new unquenchable need for sleep and my inability to function without it has been one of the autoimmune symptoms I’ve had the hardest time coming to terms with. But thanks to project wellness, ... Continue Reading about What I Learned From My Month of Trying to Sleep Eight Hours a Night
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September Wellness Challenge: Pillow Talk
When I was little, I was hyperactive. I had so much trouble falling asleep my parents would give me a cocktail of melatonin, valerian root drops, and, catnip (which apparently has a very different effect on humans than it does on felines). When that ... Continue Reading about September Wellness Challenge: Pillow Talk
What I Learned From My Month of Becoming One with My Cycle
During moon sister month of my project, I wanted to put all the pieces of my lady puzzle together and better understand how I can fuel my life, love, and desires according to my cycle. Part one was learning to chart my fertility, which I started ... Continue Reading about What I Learned From My Month of Becoming One with My Cycle
August Wellness Challenge: Moon Sisterhood
When I was first prescribed the pill at sixteen, I wasn’t yet having sex and I was too young to even begin to understand what was going on inside my body. Like the fifty-eight percent of women who are on hormonal birth control for reasons other than ... Continue Reading about August Wellness Challenge: Moon Sisterhood
What I Learned From My Month of Movement
For July’s wellness experiments I finally kicked my butt into gear and tried to make movement a priority for 30 minutes everyday. I also forced myself to experience some of the city’s hottest and hardest fitness classes in an attempt to feed my body ... Continue Reading about What I Learned From My Month of Movement
July Wellness Challenge: Making Moves
(sorry for the lack of seasonality in these photos...) For the last 5 years, I’ve been on a pretty steady fitness downward spiral. And while in my early twenties I could go a month without exercising and then snap my droopy delts back into gear with ... Continue Reading about July Wellness Challenge: Making Moves
What I Learned From My Month of Banishing Back Pain Through Standing and Strengthening
For my May wellness experiments, I tried to tackle my long, torrid relationship with my spine by strengthening my core and not sitting for more than 45 minutes at a time. I’ve been pretty injury prone for most of my life, including a rather ... Continue Reading about What I Learned From My Month of Banishing Back Pain Through Standing and Strengthening
May Wellness Challenge: Back Health
There are many aspects of my autoimmune disease that have made me feel like 29 going on 90. But more so than the inability to function on less than 9 hours of sleep, having to carry several pill boxes in my purse, and getting winded climbing a simple ... Continue Reading about May Wellness Challenge: Back Health