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Unannounced Breakfast Fun with my Gym Girls!

Bychronicradiance November 25, 2022February 26, 2025

Sometimes I forget how far I’ve come since I joined the gym a few years ago. Before the pandemic shut the gym doors, I was there every day but in a much different physical capacity. I would not have even been able to walk across the gym floor with relative ease let Alone stop and…

Gratitude & Growth

Thanksgiving – an Uplifting Moment Starts the Day

Bychronicradiance November 24, 2022February 26, 2025

On this Thanksgiving day, I am completely grateful. I am grateful for the supportive friends that I have, I am grateful for my family, and I am grateful for the ability to spread joy. Two perfect examples of that show the joy that I feel happened today. When I was at the gym, almost on…

Chronic Illness Life

Why Everyone with Chronic Illness should watch Stutz.

Bychronicradiance November 23, 2022February 26, 2025

So I was flipping through Netflix to see what movies were new and recommended, and I was served with an image of Jonah Hill with the title Stutz,Because I am on a never ending quest to improve myself, and give my self tools to empower myself with this shell of MS that I am stuck…

Self-Care & Wellness

The latest addition to my meditation corner

Bychronicradiance November 21, 2022February 26, 2025

So what’s the big deal about? My latest addition is a vinyl lettering project that I just completed yesterday. I love this saying, “have it is what keeps you going. Motivation is what gets you started.”I was looking for something that I could put on my wall beside just a picture. And because this is…

Favorite Finds

Three Great Self-Help/Development Audiobooks

Bychronicradiance November 20, 2022February 26, 2025

I am addicted to learning. When it comes to reading, I can’t say that I’m addicted to that process, because usually my eyeballs are busy with something else. But I can lend you my ears for a few while I’m doing some exercises or some menial tasks like cleaning.I started reading audiobooks again, a few…

Self-Care & Wellness

Why improving your night’s should also include improving your day’s start?

Bychronicradiance November 19, 2022February 26, 2025

Now onto the portion of improving my nights, sleep, and the tail end of it, which is greeted by my day. Let me rephrase that, the end of that is how I greet my day, not how my day greets me. I always have a choice as to how to frame any day I’m given….

Self-Care & Wellness

It happened in 3 days and is now becoming a reality.

Bychronicradiance November 7, 2022February 26, 2025

If I had not planned the move for me to gain access to my clothes, this eihkd never have happened. One of the main Tara sons is because it involves moving very large heavy pieces of furniture to a place where I could easily put away my clothes in a neat fashion to be able…

Self-Care & Wellness

Screeech! Brakes on! Why no more meal prep!

Bychronicradiance November 2, 2022February 26, 2025

So that’s it. I had to put a halt to a process that was just taking way too much time and causing me too much pain. Meal prep. I’m just saying the term meal prep is nothing much. It’s just a matter of chopping some vegetables preparing ingredients for someone to cook later. It’s usually…

Chronic Illness Life

Trust Your Gut – Take a Leap

Bychronicradiance October 25, 2022February 26, 2025

Since I was diagnosed at 36 with MS, my plans changed for the care of my MS. In the beginning, I had a general neurologist, who handled all kinds of neurological disorders, with MS being just one of them. He seemed to have the right answers at the time, as I didn’t really know anything…

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Building on a Hobby with a Praying Mantis

Bychronicradiance October 21, 2022

Having a hobby can be more than just one hobby roll than 21. Recently, my son lost our cat. He didn’t actually lose her, she died. She was 21 1/2. He doesn’t have recollection of her before three years old, but of course, I have the smart phone video to prove it saved neatly on…