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Healthy Habits, Self-Care

Spring Cleaning Your Vagina: The Do’s and Don’ts of Vaginal Self-Care [According to Experts]

With spring just around the corner, and my lady parts cocooned in their winter fur, I think now is the perfect time to dive into the topic of spring cleaning… our vaginas! Research has shown that hygiene influences the way we perceive ourselves. This means that good personal hygiene can improve our self-esteem and confidence. So, rather than write about…

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Healthy Habits, Relationships, Self-Care

Is it rude to bring your own food to someone’s house: the real answer

When you are on a restrictive diet like the Wahls Protocol, an anti-inflammatory diet designed for people with auto-immune diseases like multiple sclerosis, lupus, or rheumatoid arthritis, then figuring out how to survive social situations can be a real b*tch. Managing dietary restrictions in social contexts can become such a headache that I’ve seriously wondered if I should just stop…

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Chronic Illness - AIP, Healthy Habits

8 things I eat on the Wahls diet when I don’t feel like cooking

Adopting the Wahls diet (also known as the Wahls Protocol), has truly transformed my life. This version of a paleo diet/ketogenic diet has significantly reduced my joint pain, fatigue, brain fog, overall inflammation, and the constant debilitating stomach pain I’ve been living with for more than a decade. For those who don’t know, the Wahls Protocol is an AIP (auto-immune…

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