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How faith and cooking helped my recovery from anorexia, and healing from Ulcerative Colitis!
LATEST POSTS
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There is No Listener Like Jesus
So many times in our lives, we’re confronted with situations involving pain: be it emotionally, physically, spiritually, mentally — suffering comes in all shapes and sizes…but all of it valid, and as a general concept: ultimately unavoidable. And I promise that this post isn’t depressing…just hang with me here for a hot sec. I’ve dealt…
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Harrison Butker’s Benedictine Commencement Address
If you’ve been on the Internet today, you’ve probably seen Harrison Butker, kicker for the Kansas City Chiefs, getting absolutely dragged for — according to liberals and feminists — being “misogynistic,” “anti-LGBTQ” and completely “backward thinking towards women.” I want to go on the record here, and say that I stand 100% with every word…
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How Pregnancy Has Rewritten My Anorexia Recovery
After battling anorexia for years, I never imagined I could be pregnant. But by God’s grace, I am. Motherhood has shifted my perspective on recovery. I no longer obsess over my body but embrace it as a vessel for bringing my daughter into the world. Recovery now impacts not only me but my family. My…
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What I Eat in a Day…30 Weeks Pregnant
A 30-week pregnant woman shares her Specific Carbohydrate Diet, keeping her ulcerative colitis in remission for 15 years. She feels great without morning sickness or gestational diabetes. Her nutrition-packed day includes cheesy scrambled eggs, homemade ice cream, carrots, avocados, and a power bowl with salmon. She also shares her workout routine and recipes.
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Childbirth as Redemptive Suffering
Caralyn reflects on her approaching childbirth, expressing both excitement and apprehension about the experience. She expresses her desire to have an unmedicated birth. She also discusses a conversation with a friend who found strength and purpose in offering her labor as a form of redemptive suffering, inspiring Caralyn to do the same.
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Second Trimester Recap Video!
The post celebrates the beginning of the third trimester and anticipation of meeting the baby girl, directing followers to a video that goes in depth on the second trimester experience, encompassing physical changes, nutrition, exercise, cravings, gestational diabetes, useful products, and moving while pregnant. Various helpful links and a recommended book are shared.
*It should have read,”Don’t bottle everything up.”
I forgot to say, I was eight months pregnant when my Dad died. I wound up nearly dying of kidney…
https://youtu.be/CTJuLFwMVP8?si=uh4OpbXSEcbuhPAg Healing Hands by Elton John
Carolyn Sorry you are in pain. For me I had to learn to lean into it. Trying to fight it…
I absolutely love this. I pray that others read and find the kind of peace you have.