Living WOW Out Loud: Thriving With Autoimmune Diseases

A blast from our past! I LOVE summer! I am definitely a sunshine girl and love the opportunity summer gives for increased outdoor activity. I always feel like I’m waking up in the spring and I’m fully engaged in summer! So at our house with changes in school schedules and activity schedules, it’s the perfect time to lay down better habits because we have more together time. More time for fun and f...

You may be familiar with the game where you draw slips of paper out of a hat with various “have you ever ________________?” questions. I just saw a similar type of activity, a meme that had a list of activities you have done in your life where you score how many of the activities you have done in your life and share it with your friends having them do the same. Why is this activity so fun and inte...

This chapter tells the story of how I learned the power of whole food nutrition. My accidental encounter with Juice Plus whole food supplements was the catalyst to go from a negative health cycle to a positive health cycle.  This was also the lesson that taught me the power of nutrition becoming a self-proclaimed anti-oxidant junky with a secret weapon against aging. This early lesson was pow...

Do you have a detailed understanding of the complex systems of your body? Do you consider yourself the expert in your body? Do you understand the language of your body and how it speaks to you?  Most people I talk with will answer "no" to these questions. Most people rely on an outside expert, often a doctor or specialist, to explain their body to them and very few, including the doctor, can...

I learned a lesson recently that will likely find its way into the new updated version of 8 Lessons Lupus Taught Me: From Surviving to Thriving With Autoimmune Diseases . Because I know you are likely experiencing many of the same challenges, I'm going to share here and now rather than wait for the next book. If you are wondering how this inside work is relevant to a lifestyle program, nutritional...

Bonus Episode 2! This chapter of 8 Lessons Lupus Taught Me: From Surviving to Thriving with Autoimmune Diseases was a foundational lesson that taught me that what I had been taught, both formally and informally, that diseases run in your family due to your genetics was incomplete. The fear of those dreaded family genes is shared in this chapter as the journey begins.  Beliefs and programming...

Episode 3-Season 1-Spring! Why is it that a wellness center that focuses on natural healing with food as medicine spends so much time on mindset? As a speech language pathologist, I was part of a brain injury rehabilitation team that consisted of physiatrists, neuropsychologists, neurologists, occupational, physical, and recreational therapists, and counselors. Each of us brought in our area...

8 Lessons Lupus Taught Me: From Surviving to Thriving with Autoimmune Disease was the story of transformation and the foundation for what is now known as the Living WOW Lifestyle. Although it has been 4 years since publication and what feels like a lifetime of change and chaos with the events in the world since 2020, the lessons and hope found in this book are more timeless and true than ever. Cal...

Episode 2-Season 1-Spring! Autoimmune disease doesn't strike overnight. Although, if you live with an autoimmune disease you know it can feel like you were run over by a freight train overnight and you woke up wondering "what the hell just happened?" Generally, when this happens you run to the doctor because you feel sick. The doctor looks you over and sends you home with medicine based on your co...

Episode 1- Season 1-Spring! Thriving with autoimmune disease starts with challenging your beliefs and uncovering the truths of living on autopilot SAD (Standard American Diet & Lifestyle). Healing is natural and the startling rise in the numbers of autoimmune diseases and chronic diseases in the US and around the world requires us to be accountable for our culture stepping away from that under...

Your host CallyRae shares what the Living WOW Outloud podcast is all about. Living WOW Outloud is a safe space of inspiration and hope, giving a voice to thriving with autoimmune diseases. This is a place where you can come as you are with no label or judgment needed. You'll find a mixed format of variety across physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of lifestyle. Living WOW Outloud is intended t...