Healing and Heathens Let me introduce myself.  My name is Erin.  I could tell you a lot about my history, but if you’ve got Fibromyalgia like me your eyelids are…

Sometimes getting out of bed is really hard. It is extra discouraging when we have other things going on in our lives and feel like we’re falling behind. It is…

Obesity and weight loss can be major challenges for those of us who struggle with chronic illness. Unlike healthy people, we can’t just hit the gym harder and work off…

(Note: this is not intended as medical advice nor should it be used as such. It is simply the author’s recounting of her experience with diabetes.) I always roll my…

I have been living with Diabetes Type 2 for over 8 years now, after being diagnosed in 2010 by my family doctor, Karen Badenhorst, while living in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.…

Open Letter to My Baby That May Never Be Just a few years ago you are all I could ever dream about: a house, a husband, a place to call…

You have worked all of your natural adult life but lately it has gotten harder and harder to do those things that you have done your entire life.  Maybe you’ve…

Dysautonomia is difficult to pronounce and even more difficult to live with. Before I can share how dysautonomia has affected my life I should explain what it is. Dysautonomia is…

October is National Spina Bifida Awareness month in the United States.  According to the CDC website around 1500 babies are born each year with the birth defect.  Here in the…

We are in an age of digital connection where everyone declares their own thoughts and happenings while we respond to others with a dismissive click of likes, thumbs up and…