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Five Tips to Survive Summer While You’re Gluten Free | Guest Blog by Jamie Costello

July 24, 2018

Summer is here and that means more time in the sun and less time in the comfort of your own gluten free safe kitchen. Eating out and eating with friends and family can be stressful enough without needing to worry about cross contamination and well meaning friends using the right Read More

Losing My Mind: The Debilitating Effects of Memory Loss | Living with Fibromyalgia

June 5, 2018

For most living with fibromyalgia it takes many years to come to grips with the fact that the person you once were eventually dies and a new version of the person is reborn. The checklist of what fibromyalgia steals from you mentally and physically seems to grow longer with each Read More

May Days & Productivity | Living with Fibromyalgia

May 2, 2018

Happy May to you! I don’t know about you but I am more than relieved that we seem to finally finally be across the threshold of the iron clad lock winter 2018 has had our our region. Every year my body laments the inconsistency of our weather patterns here in Read More

Five Reasons You Should Be Oil Pulling (REPOST)

January 11, 2018

Photo credit: Organic Lifestyle I type this long overdue post with a mouth full of fractionated coconut oil and cannot help but chuckle. Coconut oil has had a surge of popularity recently and “oil pulling” is just one of the many ways it can be used in your everyday life. Read More

Five Alternative Therapies for Treating Fibromyalgia Pain | Living with Fibromyalgia

January 4, 2018

The best piece of advice I can give to anyone living with fibromyalgia or any other chronic illness is to take a holistic approach to managing the disease and its symptoms. In my opinion, a holistic treatment approach is the most effective way to manage chronic disease and live as Read More

The First 48 Hours After a Fibromyalgia Flare Up | Living with Fibromyalgia (REPOST)

December 29, 2017

Living with fibromyalgia sucks! There I said it… But it is worth re-typing… Living with fibromyalgia sucks No matter how positive you think, or how mindful you are, there is just no way to dispute the fact that the illness sucks. Backwards and forwards. In and out. Up and down. Read More

What Is A Fibromyalgia Flare? | Living with Fibromyalgia (REPOST)

December 28, 2017

The second most common question that people living with fibromyalgia (or any chronic invisible illness for that matter) get asked next to What is Fibromyalgia is What is a Fibromyalgia Flare? If you know someone living with this illness then you’ve probably heard them tell you on one occasion or Read More