Category: Advocate For Healing
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H&W|Living With Chronic Pain — And Still Choosing Gratitude
Chronic pain changes how you move. It changes how you plan. It even changes how you see yourself. But it doesn’t have to change your attitude. Pain may live in the body… but peace can live there too. Saturday H&W — choosing gratitude without denying reality. 🌻
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H&W|Anxiety & Depression
Anxiety doesn’t always look like panic. Depression doesn’t always look like tears. Sometimes it’s the smile you wear while your mind won’t rest. Sometimes it’s being tired in a way sleep doesn’t fix. Today’s Health & Wellness is a real conversation about anxiety and depression — how they show up, how they overlap, and how…
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H&W|2026 Insurance Challenges Especially For Seniors
Health insurance in 2026 feels harder to navigate than ever — especially for seniors. Rising costs, denied coverage, and endless red tape are leaving many people stressed and unsure where to turn. This is a gentle look at what’s happening and a reminder that you deserve care that’s accessible, understandable, and humane.
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ASipOfFlava| Working From My Tower
Working from my tower has been a gift to my body and my spirit. A calm view, quiet energy, and space to notice more — sometimes healing looks like being exactly where you are.
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RealTalk/H&W|What Surgery Fixes — and What Healing Still Needs
Surgery can fix what’s broken — but healing doesn’t stop there. Through lived experience, patient conversations, and listening to my own body, I’ve learned how breath, warmth, gentle movement, and a calm nervous system play a powerful role in recovery. This isn’t about choosing one over the other. It’s about honoring both. Because when we…
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H&W|Learning More About My Tie To My Japanese Heritage
The older I get, the more I realize my body remembered things I didn’t yet have language for. From warmth and gentle movement to creating space and softening tension, this week’s Health & Wellness reflection honors Japanese wisdom, heritage, and the quiet ways we learn to care for ourselves—one intentional moment at a time. Sometimes…
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H&W|The Vagus Nerve
When your body finally feels safe, healing begins. Today we’re talking about the vagus nerve — the powerful mind-body connector that helps calm your system, ease pain, and support true restoration. Learning your body is part of learning how to care for it.
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ASipOfFlava|The Perfect Conversation
Some mornings don’t need answers — just understanding. Today’s Sip of Flava is about being heard, honoring how your body responds to the spaces you’re in, and finding healing in places that feel safe and supportive.
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