Where do you turn when you need an answer and there isn’t one? Most people would say the internet. But I did that and the answers weren’t there. So I started to write about our life experiences with Type 1 diabetes, Addison’s disease and marriage with diabetes in the hopes of finding someone out there who was also going through the same thing. And then life took twists and turns and I started to write about divorce and diabetes, then the passing of my ex husband at a young age, and then remarriage and blending a family. And I still continue to hope that if there is someone out there who needs answers, hopefully you will find the answers that you are searching for here. I’ve also compiled lot’s of articles written from my work as a full time counselor and as a parent, wife and mom.
ADDISON’S DISEASE
Things I Didn’t Know About Addison’s Disease that I Wish I Had–Topics Covered: Addison’s disease, marriage, relationships
ADHD
ANXIETY
Fighting off Anxiety with Natural Solutions
COLITIS
“Colitis ER Visit Butt Kicker This Weekend + IV Vitamin Therapy for IBS and Colitis Flare Ups?”
“2020’s TOP Healthy and Unhealthy Diets and Are They FODMAP Friendly?”
Following the FODMAP Diet: Weeks 1-4
FODMAP Diet Week 5: “It’s My Birthday and I’ll Pout If I Want To!”
FODMAP Diet Week 6&7. I Want Ice Cream!!
What I Would Tell Someone Newly Diagnosed with Colitis
COMPASSION AND EMPATHY
“Yes, you are Compassionately Insensitive and Here’s How to Fix it!“–Talk Given at Utah Valley University; Topics Covered: compassion, empathy, death, divorce, suicide, connectedness
Unique Ways Churches, Communities and Neighborhoods Can Do During the Pandemic
“What To Do When Your Reputation is Being Hurt By Rumors or Lies” Topics Covered: divorce, friendship, lies, rumors
DEATH
“Cemetary Pint Night” Topics covered: death, children and death, teenagers and death, resilience
“Embrace the Suck“–Topics Covered: type 1 diabetes, children and death, teenagers and death, divorce and death, death, resilience
“Friday Night in the Cemetary as a 30-Something“–Topics covered: divorce and death, death of a loved one at a young age, children and death, anger, grief
Funeral Stuffed Animals–Topics covered: death, children and death, teenagers and death
“Grief at One Year“– Topics covered: grief at the one year mark, children and death, teenagers and death, divorce and death, death, moving on after death
“The Importance of Touch After Death and Divorce“–Topics covered: divorce, death, grief, healing
“Never Underestimate the Power of the Legacy You Leave Behind“–Topics covered: death, death of a parent, family
“The Answers Come in Waves” Topics Covered: death, divorce, parenting, children and death, teenagers and death
“Someone Answers” Topics Covered: Death, grief, children and death, teenagers and death
“Talking About it Out Loud” PODCAST: Topics Covered: death, divorce, remarriage, kids, parenting
“Tips for Teens and Kids Going to a Viewing of a Loved One“–Topics covered: death, grief, children and death, teenagers and death, funeral, parents death
Two Years: Topics: Grief, children and death, teenagers and death, parents death
DIABETES
“A Panic Attack, a Bug and a Hospital–Diabetes Love!” Topics covered: diabetes, type 1 diabetes, panic attack, mental health, physical health, insulin pump, marriage, complications of diabetes
“Anatomy of a Low Blood Sugar” Topics covered: type 1 diabetes, low blood sugar, marriage, relationship, diabetes and families
“Carbohydrate Counting Tips for Restaurant Eating” Topics Covered: Type 1 diabetes, carbohydrate counting, insulin pump
“Cutting Insulin in Half” Topics Covered: diabetes, insulin pump, marriage
“Diabetes and Marriage–When Is it Okay To Say You’re Done with the Marriage?” Topics Covered-diabetes, marriage, type 1 diabetes, divorce
“Diabetes and Technology” Topics Covered: diabetes, technology, communication, marriage, diabetes and travel, trust
“Diabetes Complications are Knocking” Topics Covered: diabetes, complications of diabetes, retinopathy, communication, trust, marriage, gum disease
“Eight Insulin Pump Sites in Four Days” Topics Covered: Insulin pump, family, vacation, type 1 diabetes, diabetes and heat
“How we Handle Well Meaning People Once Again Telling Us There is ANOTHER Cure for Diabetes” Topics Covered: diabetes, type 1 diabetes, marriage, cure for diabetes, diabetes technology
“Talking About it Out Loud” PODCAST: Topics Covered: death, divorce, remarriage, kids, parenting
“The Big D” Topics Covered: insurance, type 1 diabetes, unemployment and diabetes
“The One Thing You Can Tell Your Insurance Company” Topics Covered: Type 1 diabetes, insurance
“Traveling with Diabetes” Topics Covered: marriage, diabetes, travel, type 1 diabetes
DIVORCE
“Talking About it Out Loud” PODCAST: Topics Covered: death, divorce, remarriage, kids, parenting
“The Importance of Touch After Death and Divorce“–Topics covered: divorce, death, grief, healing
PARENTING
5 Things You Can Do To Help Your Kids Understand the Capitol Attack–Topics covered: coping skills, resiliency, trauma, communication
PROCEDURES
“Natural and Organic Clear Liquid Diet Colonoscopy Options”
“Natural and Organic High Protein Clear Liquid Diet Options for Colonoscopy or Surgery“
REMARRIAGE
“Change Can Be Difficult But It Can Be Wonderful Too–If You Allow It” Topics Covered: Divorce, remarriage, blending families
Spring Break Hiking Valley of Fire While Blenderizing–Topics Covered: Divorce and dating, dating with children, blending families
RENAL AND KIDNEY DISEASE
“Complete Renal and Renal Chemo Diet Guide” Topics Covered: Renal disease, kidney disease, dialysis, meal planning, family
SUICIDE
“She’s Gone” Topics Covered: parenting, suicide
