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Posted on February 8, 2020

Available for Purchase: Findin’ Sunshine

Hi, readers! I announced a few days ago that I've written a book called Findin' Sunshine. Hopefully you checked out that post, but you can read it here if you missed it. Today's post is short and sweet because we're going straight into the big news: if you are interested in purchasing a copy of …

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Posted on January 14, 2020January 14, 2020

I’ve Got Some News, Y’all: Findin’ Sunshine

Hi, friends! The last time you heard from me in conjunction with the "Coping with a Diagnosis" section of IBSTakesGuts, I shared my final thoughts on the coping process (click here to read the post if you missed it). I mentioned in this post that, unless something major changed, you wouldn't see any new posts …

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Posted on September 11, 2019

My Full Circle: The Thoughts I Want to Share at the End of “Coping”

I'm in this weird place where I feel like the "Coping with a Diagnosis" portion of my blog is coming to a close, but I don't fully know what to say just yet. I've been grappling with it for several weeks now, and yet the words have been so elusive to me. I know why …

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Posted on August 19, 2019

Finding Your Purpose, Living Your Ministry

Yesterday, I listened to a couple sermons on using what's in your life to minister.  The speaker spent the last 22 years of his life working in Africa as a missionary, but not in the typical sense. This gentleman discussed the people on his team throughout the years and the purposes they served.  For example: …

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Posted on July 25, 2019

The “But Then,” Part

I couldn't get to sleep for a little while last night. I was mulling over a conversation I'd had earlier in the evening with a gentleman who's made a few short but meaningful appearances throughout my story in the last eighteen months.  We hadn't spoken for a bit, and he came over to ask how …

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Posted on July 13, 2019July 13, 2019

Letting Go of Little Hopes

For the past month, I've been struggling with a topic. No kidding - I have seven different drafts in my blog's trash folder right now. The words were too harsh, too negative, too mopey...I don't know what, exactly, but I do know they just weren't right. So here's my best shot at what's on my …

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Posted on May 24, 2019May 24, 2019

Peace in the Jungle

Dreams are really interesting to me. Until last year, I rarely remembered my dreams the next morning. But then life happened. And then the nightmares happened. And then, with a lot of work and effort, growth happened. Whether you believe in "meaning" behind dreams or not is fine with me either way, but I tend …

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Posted on May 17, 2019May 18, 2019

Vacation Time: Living Low-FODMAP on an Alaskan Cruise

Now that we're back from our blissful ten-day trip to Seattle/cruise to Alaska, I've received a load of questions about how my medical dietary needs were met during the trip. As many of you already know, living low-FODMAP can be hard, even when you are able to control your own kitchen, so going on this …

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Posted on May 14, 2019May 24, 2019

So Lucky For It: My Prolonged Exposure Therapy Experience in Alaska

One of the final, major steps in some forms of PTSD recovery is In Vivo Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PET). In this form of treatment, the PTSD survivor returns to the original (or a very similar) trauma site to face his or her fears associated with the trauma location. To give you a little background in …

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Posted on April 28, 2019May 24, 2019

Finding the Flowers: When You Don’t Get What You Want

The journal I used throughout my PTSD treatment has a quote by Henri Matisse on the cover: "There are always flowers for those who want to see them." I chose this notebook because, during that time of my life, I was bombarded by fear, anxiety, panic attacks, flashbacks, and nightmares - not to mention the …

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