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Episode 171: How Can we Cultivate Self Love? An Axis to Healing
How can we learn to love ourselves?
Is this key to unlocking health and wellness?
There is a lot of science supporting my health, and yet, I believe that the turning point in my journey toward wholeness happened when...
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Episode 170: How Can We Cultivate Self Love? Gratitude
In the lead up to Valentines Day I want to talk about self-love.
Self love is essential. It is the way home. It is our purest nature
It is the way the way to health and wellness.
While not simple, there is no...
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Episode 169: What is Like to Live with Sjogren's? Overnight Dry Mouth
Dry mouth is worse overnight.
What can we do to curb it's negative impacts on our mouth, teeth, and breath?
My dentist introduced me to a product that helps with dry mouth overnight.
XyliMelts helps curb the effects...
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Episode 168: What is Like to Live with Sjogren's? Dry Mouth and Xylitol
Whether it's digestion, dental health, oral health/hygiene, or our breath, dry mouth takes a toll.
Dry mouth is caused by many things from autoimmune diseases, to medications.
Here are some ways to manage dry mouth...
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Episode 167: What is Like to Live with Sjogren's? Dry Mouth 101
Why is dry mouth a serious concern?
How does it impact dental health?
Why can this be life threatening?
What can be done about it?
Here are some products you may not know about.
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Episode 166: What is Like to Live with Sjogren's? Impact on the Eyes
What is Sjogren's Syndrome?
Tissues need to stay hydrated and lubricated, when they don't it can have serious impacts.
In order to keep our eyes lubricated, eye drops are key. My optometrist recommends using an eye...
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Episode 165: How do You Manage Life With Lung Disease? Managing Fear and Anxiety
chronic illness and isolation,chronic illness and grief,chronic fatigue syndrome,chronic pain,illness and self-worth,chronic migraine,lung disease,pulmonary fibrosis,interstitial lung disease,lung health and quality...
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Episode 164: How do You Manage Life With Lung Disease? Fear & Anxiety
Do you remember swimming a bit too fast?
Do you know what it feels like to exert too hard and not get enough of a breath?
These are a bit of the experience of lung disease.
Being always short of air, unable to inflate...
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Episode 163: How do You Manage Life With Lung Disease? How to Sleep with a Cannula
This was a cannula game changer for me!
I'm a fairly fidget-free sleeper but sleeping with a cannula is tricky.
By putting the cannula behind my head, cinching it and suspending the cord on the headboard, the rest of...
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Episode 162: How do You Manage Life With Lung Disease? Cannula Tips
How do you make it easier to live with a cannula?
Have you considered a child size cannula for smaller nose?
Does your nose or face get irritated from the cannula?
Here's what helps for chaffing.
Have you ever had...
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Episode 161: How do You Manage Life With Lung Disease? Nosebleed Intervention
While I have complaints about living on oxygen therapy, I'm so thankful that there IS oxygen therapy. Without it, I might not be here today.
Getting nosebleeds almost everyday it was difficult and frustrating figure...
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Episode 160: How do You Manage Life With Lung Disease? Nosebleed Pro-tip
With supplemental oxygen came nosebleeds. Excessive nasal dryness, I get nosebleeds.
I had epic nosebleeds and so I have some tools for dealing with them.
As we learned in first aid, pressure staunches bleeding, so...
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