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WHEN YOU’VE TRIED EVERYTHING TO FEEL BETTER: DR. NICOLE RIVERA

"Our biggest mission is to truly evolve how healthcare is being done by making sure we're figuring out the root cause....We want to look at the neurological system. We want to look at the mental, emotional. We want to look at the DNA. We want to look at all of those different avenues to really truly know what the foundational problem is.”

– Dr. Nicole Rivera

Summary: 

Eva was joined this week by Dr. Nicole Rivera. She was born and raised in New Jersey and her passion for functional, integrative medicine, nutrition, and personalized care knows no bounds. She is owner and founder of Integrative Wellness Group and actively works alongside her husband Dr. Nick Carruthers to provide cutting edge healthcare for those in need. The center is located in Belmar, NJ where they’ve laid down their roots together and prospered.

Dr. Nicole Rivera prides herself in her specialty-- finding the root cause to chronic and mystery-illnesses through unique testing for each patient. 

She is an integrative physician, nutritionist, chiropractor, business owner, and author.

In this episode Nicole and Eva discuss:

-Integrative, individualized health care through functional medicine

-How to find balance in one’s diet and lifestyle, and the Doctor Demartini Method

-The function of ‘why?’ and why it’s important to establish one for working towards a goal

-How stress and emotional trauma can manifest into physical problems

-Finding the foundational problem, and trusting the process of personalized care

Nicole’s links:

Integrative Wellness Group Website

Integrative Wellness Radio

Instagram @integrativewellnessgroup

Eat For Your Gut

Timestamps:

Introduction to Integrative Wellness Center 2:43

Their Mission 6:56

Personal Trainer Story 8:32

Balanced Health 9:23

The Elephant in The Room: Stress 12:04

Where is Your Why? 15:53

Building Trust Through Transparency 15:51

Reaction to Stress 20:03

Human Design 25:19

A Patient Story: Emotions Tied to the Body 27:39 

Emotions Manifesting as Physical Pain 31:36

When You’ve Tried Everything 35:07

Trust The Process 40:02

Core Values 41:27

Ending Mantra 44:42

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Body Breakdowns and Self-Love Breakthroughs: Lisa Pachence

"I want what's best for my clients and for the people that I serve, therefore I want to strive to be as excellent as I possibly can. So, I think that there's some good in survival mechanisms and there's also a way to shoot for the same goal, but from a place that is empowering, has a different story, and a different motivation than from a disempowered place.”

– Lisa Pachence

Summary: 

Eva was joined this week by Lisa Pachence. She is an Executive Life Coach and Career Consultant for big-hearted, high-achieving women who crave extraordinary lives without the exhaustion.

As an Elite Coach for coaches, entrepreneurs, and leaders, Lisa brings deep insights, practical tactics, and masterful partnership to enact transformative life and business changes. 

Lisa is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) and founder of LP Coaching and Consulting, which offers designer programs for Executives, Young Leaders, Business Owners, and Career Changers.

In this very special episode Lisa and Eva discuss:

Feelings of isolation from chronic illness and pain - taking the “Body breakdown” to transformed relationship to self

Victim mentality vs. the responsibility to consistently choose

Guilt vs shame (shout out to Brene Brown!)

Taking control, and regaining a sense of self through coaching

Having patience in the process

+ How our automatic “survival mechanism” isn’t inherently bad (in fact, sometimes it’s necessary) but we can practice choosing more empowering contexts

Lisa’s links:

Coaching with Lisa Pachence Website

@coachingwithlp Instagram

Lisa Pachence Facebook Group

LinkedIn Page

BONUS Interview Questions:

What makes you feel: 

GOOD? Forming or deepening relationships.   

BAD? Being misunderstood, misquoted, scapegoated.   

RIGHT? Standing against injustice.   

ANGER? Seeing injustice or bullying.

JOY? Laughing with a good friend over a shared joke.

What is/are your disorder(s) and or illness/ condition/ailment?
Unresolved back pain for over a decade. Degenerative Disc Disease.

What would you like people to know about your daily life?

I’m somewhat recovered now, but having almost two decades of back pain has completely changed me and my relationship to myself. I have to continuously shed layers of shame, betrayal, and disappointment from years of body breakdowns.

What kind of support do you get from family or friends?
Quite a lot, but my friends and family didn’t understand for years. There was sympathy, and attempts to send solutions, but rarely empathy.

What stigma’s have you experienced related to your health? What do you think would have helped remove that stigma?  
The stigma of “she looks fit, why can’t she take a walk or participate in this easy activity?” The stigma could usually be removed with explanation, but it came with wracking guilt that I was a burden.

What is the hardest and/or best lesson your disorder has taught you?
Patience, inner healing, forgiving myself, and forgiving others.

What is your best coping mechanism or health "life hack"?

Getting OODLES of support. Unreasonable amounts of support.    

What are your top 3 tips for someone who is undiagnosed but they know that something is “off”? 

Don’t give up on the discovery. Keep inquiring until your body speaks to you and points you in a direction.

Don’t stop once you’ve been given a solution, or if a solution doesn’t work. Try it again, or seek another avenue. No one size fits all.

Find a coach, therapist, or community that you can lean on and get advice from. We CAN’T do it alone.         

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Allies and Advocacy: Spoonies Unite

"Chelsea, especially with not having a chronic illness herself. Really did an amazing job of helping me believe that there are humans out there who don't have to experience what we're going through in order to have compassion and empathy and understanding.”

– Cassandra Da’Luz Vieira

Summary: 

Eva was joined this week by Cassie and Chelsea. Cassie is originally from Oxford, England, and Chelsea from Golden, Colorado. They currently live in Wichita, Kansas, and advocate for those with a chronic illness to live a full, thriving lifestyle. Together, with Cassie's real-life experience living with Crohn's Disease and Chelsea's knowledge of coaching, the duo provides resources that encourage a better quality of life.

The fantastic things they offer include a podcast - The Real Life Show: Living with a Chronic Illness, a workbook - Mastering Energy Management, a resource library for all things chronic illness at MyWellnessHub.co, an online community full of educational and supportive resources, and their non-profit, Spoonies Unite, to help provide financial assistance for wellness treatments.

Their mission and passion are to inspire those living with a chronic illness and their loved ones to feel their best. Cassie and Chelsea were also selected by Aerie of American Eagle Outfitters to be part of the 2020 Aerie Changemakers cohort and are so proud to use their many platforms to bring awareness to the chronic illness and disability experience.

In this episode, Cassie, Chelsea, and Eva discuss:

- Comparisons between Spoonie vs. Non-Spoonie lifestyles, understanding limitations and how pain is relative. 
- How to be an ally for your chronically ill friends.
- How to say “no” to unsolicited advice.

Cassie and Chelsea’s links:

https://therealspooniesunite.buzzsprout.com

https://www.instagram.com/therealspooniesunite

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2443751542368935

https://mywellnesshub.co/

What #AerieREAL Changemakers REALLY Are Made Of: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4J29KUzNT8

Holiday Gift Guide: https://marvelous-thinker-3927.ck.page/71c114737b

BONUS Interview Questions:

What is/are your disorder(s) and or illness/ condition/ailment?
Cassie- Crohn’s Disease, Chelsea - none, just an advocate (does have anxiety at times)

What would you like people to know about your daily life?
That it changes based on the needs of that day. 

What kind of support do you get from family or friends?   
Listening on phone calls, being understanding of canceling plans, Chelsea and Cassie hold each other accountable and are always flexible with each other 

How has your disorder affected your relationships?  
Some relationships have ended, some don’t include Cassie’s illness, but being open and honest has strengthened some especially between Cassie and Chelsea

How has your experience turned into advocacy on a larger scale? 

We want to share real stories to bring awareness of the experience of so many which turned into a podcast, an online community, a non-profit organization, and being Aerie Changemakers.  

If you could have a giant billboard, metaphorically speaking, that could get a message out to millions or billions of people, what would it say and why?

Listen to the experiences of others, they are valid.    

In the last 5 years, what have you become better at saying “no” to?   

YES! Saying no to some things means you get to say yes to what really matters to

When you feel overwhelmed or unfocused, or have lost your focus temporarily, what do you do?

Take a break, practice self-care     

Nurturing Relationships through Creative Resilience: Jenni Grover

"There's opportunities to play and find joy and creativity, but we have to really look for them, and that goes for this tiny moment in world history of pandemic, it goes for living life with chronic illness - It just helps us feel like there's more to this life than what's right here in front of us.”

– Jenni grover

Summary: 

Eva was joined this week by Jenni Grover, the founder of the School of Creative Resilience, where she teaches people how to tap into their innate creativity, grow it as a resource, and use it to boost resilience and joy. She currently offers 1:1 coaching, digital courses, in-person workshops, and consulting services.

Jenni’s passion for teaching creative resilience evolved through 15 years of experience as a professional patient advocate. Through her organization, ChronicBabe, she taught sick folks how to craft incredible lives beyond illness... with a focus on resilience. Her website, videos, social media, and speeches around the world—as well as her book, ChronicBabe 101: How to Craft an Incredible Life Beyond Illness—reached countless people. 

For 31 years (the past 18 as an entrepreneur), Jenni has collaborated with hundreds of media outlets and organizations worldwide. Today, she’s happily focused on lifting up others and bringing more creativity into the world.   

Learn more about Jenni and connect:

JenniGrover.com

CreativeResilience.com

Instagram and a more personal Instagram

School of Creative Resilience on Facebook

Take The Daily Creative, a course on creativity

In this episode, Jenni and Eva discuss:

how to be playful and bring lightness to life by bringing creativity to the mundane, the simple day-to-day things 

how relationships play an important role in building up our resilience

how creative external expression of self can be a safety and copy strategy

Jenni’s links:

JenniGrover.com

CreativeResilience.com

Instagram and a more personal Instagram

School of Creative Resilience on Facebook

Take The Daily Creative, a course on creativity

Time Stamps

0:00-intro

4:30- feeling “different”

5:55 - teaching other people how to thrive

7:11- defining creative resilience

11:00 - improv class story

12:36 - what creative resilience looks like for others

14:00 - creative process being like a lifestyle etc.

17:45- being creative and simplicity

18:21 - who is a safe person to show weird creative side to

12:10 - how to establish creative relationships during the pandemic

23:00 being playful

23:54 - therapy and inner childhood

24:50 - bathroom remodel story

26:00- weight of the pandemic and of chronic illness

27:50 - chronic babe

29:20- supportive entrepreneurship

31:25 - quilting about abuse

32:20 - making friends through the pandemic

32:51- friends in person vs over zoom calls etc. when you have chronic illness

34:26 - how you make friends when you have chronic illness

35:16 - intentional commitment

40:00 - does talking about chronic illness make it better/worse?

44:00 - pink hair - 49:00

53:00- chronic illness and possibility

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Intuitive Eating, Body Image Resilience and Self-Trust: Holly Toronto

"You are the number one authority on your body. That's what intuitive eating is about, it’s putting you back into the driver's seat.”

– Holly Toronto

Summary: 

Eva was joined this week by Holly Toronto, a certified Master Level Coach specializing in body image and intuitive eating.

Holly is certified through the Health Coach Institute and has 4 years of experience helping highly driven women stop dieting and build resilience to toxic beauty messages. She uses an intuitive and spiritual approach that guides her clients towards self trust, confidence and Sovereignty over their entire being; body, mind and soul. From this place, her clients are able to make self guided decisions and finally live the life they desire in the body they live in today.

In this episode, Holly and Eva discuss:

stigmas around weight and dieting in the medical world and beyond      

the benefits (and social realities) of intuitive eating

how losing weight through dieting backfires - mentally and physically

Holly’s links: ➡️ Visit

IG: @holly_toronto

Website: www.loveyourbodyhc.com

Intuitive Eating Private Facebook group

BONUS Interview Questions:

What makes you…

Feel good: Watching my dog run around and play   

Feel right: Sovereignty and personal freedom are extremely important to me and built into my life and work.   

Feel bad: Overworking and not listening to my body.          

What would you like people to know about your daily life?

That it's flexible and rooted in listening to my body and what she needs.  

What kind of support do you get from family or friends?

Husband, coaching, therapy  

Has your experience turned into advocacy on a larger scale? If so, in what way?

My experience with disordered eating and body image struggles led me to doing the work I do today    

Personal meaningful quote: “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure." Marianne Williamson

Best Investment: My dog - it's weird to think of him as investment but he's changed my life for the better.       

Habits that help: My daily spiritual practice of prayer, reading and journaling      

It's allowed me to become more resilient and I no longer believe in failure in the traditional sense - only feedback.

What have you learned to say “No” to?: Diets, diets, diets! All the diets!

Also to invitations - knowing that when I don't honor my no that builds resentment which is actually worse for my relationships than not having my physical presence at the event.

Message for all those youngins out there:

You deserve to set boundaries with your work, don't buy into hustle culture to get ahead. I would tell them to ignore that it's all about "hardwork" because I think that leads to burn out and illness.       

Best purchase at $100 or less: It's not $100 or less, but my backyard furniture that allows me to comfortably work outside.

Books to recommend: Intuitive Eating, The Universal Christ, Untamed      

Fun(nny) Fact: I make up songs about my dog.        

Favorite activity: Hosting a group of friends and cooking them an amazing dinner.          

Favorite message to self: I am worthy, enough and valuable just as I am.

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"When people are empowered they often pay the favor forward by positively impacting other people's lives."

– DR. PAYAL BHANDARI

SUMMARY:

Eva was joined this week by Dr. Payal Bhandari, M.D., a leading practitioner of integrative functional medicine and the founder of SF Advanced Health. She combines the best in Western and Eastern medicine to define the root cause of illness. By being an expert of cell function, Dr. Bhandari specializes in cancer prevention and reversal, digestive & autoimmune disorders.

LINKS:

➡️ Visit Dr. Bhandari's site to learn more and connect with her.

And don't forget to check out the SF Advanced

blog

Instagram

newsletter

INTERVIEW BREAKDOWN:

• What is/was your profession?  Integrative Functional Family Physician specializing on cellular health and the impact of the microbiome, nutrient deficiencies, and toxin overload.

• What is your illness(es)? Chronic eczema

• Where do you work/what’s your business? Owner and senior physician of integrative medical center, SF Advanced Health in San Francisco, CA

• What types of patients/conditions do you work with? Patients with either a chronic disease or no diagnosis with debilitating symptoms who have already been evaluated by many different medical physicians and other healthcare specialists but unfortunately are not getting better.

1. What makes your approach to care unique? I give people as much time as necessary to truly understand the full picture and discover exactly where their problem lies on a cellular level. I can then define an effective personalized treatment plan which drives results quickly and empowers the patients to use tools they easily have access to.

2. How did your illness shape your career? The persistence and intensity of my chronic eczema throughout my life has never responded or resolved with all the treatment options offered by conventional western medicine. The debilitating nature of my skin disorder would cause severe itching, skin bleeding, anxiety, and poor sleep. When my youngest daughter also began to develop variants of eczema in the form of idiopathic hives by age 2 and my oldest daughter required an emergency oophorectomy at age 6, I became determined to find real answers. I couldn’t accept that my daughter’s and my health issues were idiopathic (aka., without a cause) as we were always informed by our doctors.

I began doing aggressive research outside of allopathic scientific research, and discovered how intertwined nutrition, gut function, the nervous system, and environmental toxins are with one’s health. I realized that all acute symptoms and chronic diseases are actually caused by cell dysfunction and poor neurotransmitter signaling caused by environmental factors. These discoveries led me to shift my perspective on how I lived my life, cared for my family and patients. 

I began shifting away from being a traditional family physician who just treated patients’ symptoms with pharmaceuticals loaded with side effects or recommended expensive tests and invasive procedures which did not necessary address the underlying cause. I began integrating from many different schools of thought in order to understand exactly how the body functions on a cellular level. I now specialize in discovering the root cause of any chronic condition by blending the best in evidence-based Eastern and Western Medicine. Patients are now given personalized treatments utilizing tools they already have and hence, feel empowered. Significant results occur within weeks.

3. What do/did you do when you don’t know what to do about a patient? I have built an amazing team of healthcare professionals both within my integrative medical center and within the community which I reach out for guidance in helping care of my patients.

4. Are/were you open about your illnesses with your patients? Always! When practitioners connect with patients on the same level, we humanize the experience, and built trust and confidence with our patients.

5. What does “trust” mean to you in the patient-practitioner relationship? Everything! Without trust, there is no confidence, faith, and hence, no relationship.

6. What are you most passionate about in regard to your work/helping people? In touching as many people's lives as possible in innovative ways and transforming their lives. When people are empowered they often pay the favor forward by positively impacting other people's lives.

7. How do/did you handle flares while at work? By staying calm and not getting overwhelmed while also increasing hydration, and decreasing how much food I consumed and eventually eliminating certain foods.

8. How do/did you handle being a practitioner, patient and your personal life? My work has always been intertwined with the rest of my life and who I am. When I continue to embrace how best to care for myself, I give my best to all aspects of my life. When hiccups come along, I have had to take a few steps back and reassess where I needed to own myself in order to get back on the right path.

9. Do you tell your patients what you tell yourself/do you practice what you preach? YES! I can’t recommend treatments I haven’t tried myself. It is the only way I know exactly how to help patients and exactly what is going to help them get better.

10. How do you research conditions? By attending educational conferences, staying in close touch with laboratory and supplement companies in order to understand the latest developments in diagnostic and medication research, being connected to other integrative holistic practitioners, keeping up with the latest research through extensive readings.

10A. How do you convey this knowledge to patients? In the most concise, simple, comprehensive way which connects with each patient

11. How have you found care? Did you find good practitioners? What was your experience like? Through word-of-mouth; My experience has been that people are very open to help and to be a part of a collaborative community focused on taking amazing care of clients and professionals simultaneously.

12. Tell us about a special experience with a patient that you found to be inspiring:  I recently saw a patient with debilitating psoriasis which covered her entire body and causing severe constant itching. It had led to increasing isolation and poor self-esteem. We uncovered the root cause of the patient’s skin disorder and began making some dramatic changes in her diet and overall lifestyle. The patient initially was surprised to lose all of her excess weight and start breathing more comfortably. She eventually saw the rash completely resolve. Her confidence dramatically improved allowing her to begin dating and becoming more physically active, desires she had had for years but found impossible to obtain.

13. If you had one message to send out to every chronic illness patient out there, what would it be? Love is all around. You just have to stop isolating yourself and know that you have never been alone or will be alone on your journey. Hope will always help you find a way to heal.

14. Where can the audience find you in terms of social media, website, etc.? 

Our website

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You Don't Know What You Don't Know: Tami Stackelhouse

Finding your joy and purposefully adding joy into your life is what makes life worth living. It’s why we choose to say no to some things so we can say yes to other things.

– Tami Stackelhouse

Summary:

Eva was joined this week by Tami Stackelhouse, a Fibromyalgia Coach, fellow podcast host & Author. Tami has Fibromyalgia, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, chronic daily headache, migraines among others.

Tami Stackelhouse dreams of a day when all fibromyalgia patients have access to the care and support they need to thrive; she is doing all she can to make that dream come true. A fibromyalgia patient herself, Tami has gone from disabled to thriving. Her compassion, gentle support, and fun coaching style have helped fibromyalgia patients all over the world take back control of their lives.

She is the Founder of the International Fibromyalgia Coaching Institute, creator of the Fibromyalgia Podcast, and author of The Fibromyalgia Coach and Take Back Your Life.

Links:

➡️ visit https://FibromyalgiaPodcast.com and IFCInstitute.com

@fibrocoach

https://www.instagram.com/fibrocoach/

Interview breakdown:

1. How did your illness shape your career?

It was hiring a coach that turned my health around. I was in the process of filing for disability and working with a coach got me to the point I could begin working again. It’s the entire reason I became a coach.

2. Are/were you open about your illnesses with your patients?

It’s the whole foundation of my business. What would I have to teach if I hadn’t gone through it myself?

3. What are you most passionate about in regard to your work?

I am passionate about changing what happens when a patient is diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Right now, we are basically being told, “There’s no cure. There really aren’t very many good treatment options. Here’s an antidepressant and good luck.” Instead, I want people to be told, “Okay, you have fibromyalgia. It’s not a big deal; here’s what we do….”

4. How do/did you handle flares while at work?

I really don’t have flares any more, largely because I’ve designed my life to help me feel my best. Part of this was designing my business to be do-able even when I’m in a flare. At the beginning, that sometimes meant coaching my clients on the phone from bed. Today, it might mean sitting in my zero-gravity chair instead of at my desk.

5. Do you tell your patients what you tell yourself/do you practice what you preach?

I know I wouldn’t feel as good as I do if I wasn’t a coach. Teaching this all day reminds me every day why I need to keep up on my self-care and healthy habits. There are so many times I’m coaching myself as I’m coaching my clients!

6. What is a message you want to leave our listeners with?

Keep your eyes on the bigger picture to find your balance.

Purposefully add in joy into your life — it's what makes life worth living.

7. One action step:

Make a “Joy List”!

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“‘Something that is really heavy and big on my heart is just the fact that wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, wherever you’re at in life that you matter as a person. Whether you’re doing something super small or super big, if you’ve achieved your goals or you haven’t, or if you’re in bed all day or you’re not, you matter so much as a person’” – Allyn Amerongen

Summary: Eva was joined this week by Allyn Amerongen, a wellness coach who specializes in empowering women with chronic illnesses. Together they spoke about a number of topics from negotiating relationships with doctors to the mantras they have found useful during the years.

➡️ visit https://doingitdespite.com/

@doingitdespite

What’s covered

2:59- what do you value most in life?

‘Grace and transparency’

4:21- what makes you feel good?

5:18- what makes you feel bad?

6:04- what makes you feel right?

7:46- what makes you feel anger?

8:51- what makes you feel joy?

10:01- Allyn’s story

17:17- asking about Allyn’s relationships in all this (family, doctors, challenges of romantic relationships)

22:02- romantic relationships discussed

26- doctors

36:51- Allyn advice that you’re worth it

39- Eva advice, it is possible

42:48- doing it despite

50:30- ‘everybody’s got their own shit’

59:35- rapid fire questions

References mentioned in the episode

Tim Ferris questions mentioned at 59:35

Cloe Wade 1:00:25

Where do I begin? Where do I start?

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HOW TO COPE DURING COVID-19: THE JOURNEY OF A PSYCHOTHERAPIST WITH PRIMARY IMMUNODEFICIENCY

“GIVE YOURSELF PERMISSION TO COPE HOWEVER YOU WANT TO COPE…NO JUDGMENT NECESSARY” – JODI TAUB

Jodi Taub is a psychotherapist with a private practice in NYC. She is a specialist in chronic illness and is a chronic illness warrior herself. Her first episode on Invisible Not Broken was called “The Emotional side of chronic illness” (Jan, 2019).In today’s episode, we dive into Jodi’s personal and professional journey as a very high-risk patient with Primary Immunodeficiency.

We talk about coping – both internally and externally - during this acutely difficult time in history, and we cover a number of related thoughts like fear, gratitude, judgment, life-risk, behavior change, trauma, and more.

Emotions are running high, everyone. But we can get through and we can do so together (even when we cant physically be together).

Stay safe. Stay home. Stay well.

(Trigger warning: we talk about PSTD, loss, trauma, war, etc.)

➡️ VISIT HTTPS://WWW.JODITAUBTHERAPY.COM

@JODITAUBTHERAPY (ON FACEBOOK)

Eva’s personal coping tactics:

My coping: Being in control of what you can

· ROUTINE (Stretching and “body-feels” Special coffee; Review “schedule”) for Wellacopia, podcast, chores, workouts

· TAKING WALKS! Avoiding Cabin fever and being present (but safe) outside

· Makeup and dressing - even if no one sees me! Makes me feel good.

· Being in touch with the reality to an extent – read the news every day, talk to my friends about how they're feeling

· Projects I have been putting off (organizing a photo album)

· Meditation

· Writing in my journal

· Games with friends (via Zoom)

· Staying fit (live and recorded online videos)

· Cooking experimentation (made a vegan gluten free lasagna!)

· Conscious time with my husband - #1 coping strategy. Very grateful for his support.

· Watching “Friends” again. Always makes me happy!

· PODCASTS! “Practicing human with Cory Muscara”, “Happier with Gretchen Rubin”,

· Funny things: “coronials”, toilet paper memes, quarentinis

· ZOOM PARTIES!

· Gratitude journaling: toilet paper, comfy clothes, HEALTH HEALTH HEALTH despite being in more pain, parents

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