Category: Flava Wellness Journal
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ATasteOfFlava|My Body is Struggling 🙁
Sometimes the hardest thing to admit is that your body is struggling while your mind is still trying to stay strong. Today’s A Taste of Flava is raw, honest, and personal. I talk about pain, discouragement, physical therapy, finally accepting that I needed a walker, and what it feels like when you think you’re making…
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H&W|Chronic Pain
When Pain Makes You Cautious to Move I don’t know if this is muscle weakness pain or something more. What I do know is that I just completed two weeks at a new physical therapy clinic with a completely different approach to movement. I started out hopeful. Hopeful that maybe this would be the thing…
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H&W | This Is For Us Mommas
Motherhood does not stop when our children turn 18. If anything… it evolves. Today’s Sunday H&W blog is a gentle Mother’s Day reflection about:🌻 motherhood through the different stages of life🌻 the quiet love of parents🌻 becoming grandmothers and great-grandparents🌻 the emotional weight mothers carry🌻 and why women must learn to care for themselves too…
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H&W | My Hips Are Talking
Some conversations with yourself hit differently. This week, after starting a new approach to physical therapy, I found myself processing more than just pain. I started thinking deeply about mobility, quality of life, possible hip replacement surgery, recovery, and what it means to intentionally support my body instead of simply surviving in it. As someone…
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H&W|Movement
I didn’t realize how important movement was… until I stopped. Pain slowed me down. Winter made it worse. And before I knew it, I was doing less and less—just trying to manage. But what I learned the hard way is this: not moving can make things harder, not easier. Now I’m rebuilding—one intentional step at…
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H&W |Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Card
I almost let my FSA sit unused… until I realized what I could actually do with it. This changed how I support my healing at home.
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