I am a board certified music therapist. According to the Music Therapy Association, “Music therapy is the clinical and evidence-based use of music intervention to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music therapy program.” I use music all day at my job to help others…
In December of 2019, Nick and I decided to start trying for a baby. I was working on completing my 6 month internship in Chicago and would come home when I could to visit my husband. Nick was still in Michigan. We had been married for about a year and a half, and being apart…
In October, 2007, I was a freshman in high school. I was probably sitting at my desk doing my homework. My mom came into my room and sat on my bed. She patted the space next to her, beckoning me to come sit beside her. She told me that she had breast cancer. I don’t…
If anyone knows me well, they know that I love watching John Delony on YouTube! If you know me well and you didn’t know that, well, now you know. I am a huge John Delony fan! Dr. John Delony, part of the Dave Ramsey team, is a mental health expert who gives advice and counsel…
Nick and I both love animals. As long as I’ve known Nick, he has always wanted a dog. He begged me for a dog for years. I’ve always liked dogs. And I like cats. My family had both when I was growing up, along with birds, and a short period with hermit crabs. During my…
If anyone knows me well, they know that I love watching John Delony on YouTube! If you know me well and you didn’t know that, well, now you know. I am a huge John Delony fan! Dr. John Delony, part of the Dave Ramsey team, is a mental health expert who gives advice and counsel…
[CONTENT WARNING: Parts of this post may be graphic, discuss menstrual periods, excessive bleeding, and miscarriage.] I have PCOS, or Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. PCOS is a hormonal imbalance caused by an over-abundance of eggs in the ovaries. All of the eggs release estrogen. Because there are so many eggs, there is enough hormone produced that…
If anyone knows me well, they know that I love watching John Delony on YouTube! If you know me well and you didn’t know that, well, now you know. I am a huge John Delony fan! Dr. John Delony, part of the Dave Ramsey team, is a mental health expert who gives advice and counsel…
[CONTENT WARNING: Parts of this post may be graphic, discuss menstrual periods, excessive bleeding, and miscarriage.] In April of 2023, I took a pregnancy test. Nick and I wanted to have mimosas on Easter, but I was wondering if something was going on in my body that maybe I shouldn’t. I felt different. A couple…
It’s no secret that in our society today, people, especially women, are bombarded with images on television, in magazines, and on social media of what the “ideal body” should look like. If we don’t look like “that,” then we are made to feel less than. We then find ourselves trying to find a new diet….