Category: Body
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Summer 2025: Goals to Improve My Future Self
A big birthday is looming, and I’m ready to become a better version of myself. So, Summer 2025 is my opportunity to get healthy. I want to have more energy, less stress, and confidence in my body. My plan will help me to be stronger, healthier, and more in control of my emotions. By accomplishing…
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Twelve Months of Migraines
Twelve months ago, I started experiencing debilitating headaches. Originally I thought it was sinus pain, then a tension headache that lingered. But nothing helped, despite multiple discussions with my doctor, new medications, changes to my diet and lifestyle, and a lot of frustration. Working 10-12 hours a day at a computer became unbearable as the…
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Three Signs of Burnout
The last five months have been difficult. It started with stress headaches at the beginning of November 2022, a culmination of pushing too hard for too long and putting work stress above all else and heightening anxiety that grew by the day. Then, those stress headaches morphed into piercing migraines that bounced between my temples…
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My Brain Hates Me
I have had a headache for four months. That’s not hyperbole. For 120-plus days, I have had some sort of pain in my head. The doctor first diagnosed me with tension headaches, which wasn’t a real surprise given the amount of stress I hold onto. I had a bout of tension headaches in April, so…
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Couch to 5K and Back Again
In 2013, when I met my now husband, I told him that I wanted to run a 5k. I was about 70 pounds overweight but had lofty wishes — not goals, let’s be clear. I wanted to run, but I didn’t put the willpower or discipline behind it. You know that saying, “A goal without…
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