Team Vasculitis: Thriving through Life with Chronic Illness

Life is crazy. We never seem to catch up on our to do lists, right? Add in a few kids and BAM nothing is ever without at least an element of chaos! Today I talk about how I handle that and something VERY important I want you to remember! You can always watch the video of this here: http://www.instagram.com/marketlikeamama Go to the IGTV Option. Choose Messy and Mindful Series!

Travelling has a laundry list of stressful aspects to it. When you add complications and considerations due to chronic illness, it can be exhausting just to make a functional plan. Today I share with you my anxiety, my raw honesty about all my concerns about an upcoming trip. Know you aren't alone my friend.

As a busy mom, working adult, and especially as a business owner it can be REALLY difficult to shut off our running to do list. It's so important though! Here I give you a few of my tips and a story about one time I needed to listen to my own advice. Find the IGTV video: http://www.instagram.com/marketlikeamama

Feel like it's been one thing after another, after another, after another, after another and another and another? Man, it's been freaking HARD right now. But my friend. You are getting it done and you're doing an amazing job! Don't believe me? Listen to this episode!

How many things can you look at in your life right now, today and say - man. I remember how scared I was to start, but look at me now? Maybe it's cooking and feeling comfortable in the kitchen. Maybe it's taking up karate as an adult. Maybe it's launching that business you've dreamed of. Whatever it is, sure there are going to be mistakes. There are going to be failures of multiple levels… and of...

Anyone else feel like they just cannot stand anyone else to touch them as their perfect tiny humans climb on you, crawl on you, pull on you and more? Man, it is EXHAUSTING. Then your husband comes up and wants to hug on you and expects you to want to get naked and enjoy it. hahahahaha Right? Well, it is possible. It takes work. Today I talk about the work I did and how it has helped in my relation...

Today I talk about why it is important to not only set and maintain your own boundaries, but to honor other's boundaries without being upset with them. You can watch the IGTV on this episode at: http://www.instagram.com/marketlikeamama

Meet the amazing and fantastic Emily! This woman has been a constant source of inspiration for me for years, and I was BEYOND excited that she said yes to be on this podcast. She shares her journey fighting to stay alive and maintain a high powered finance career while being an amazing wife, step mom AND inspiring others! Emily's Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/eckyne

Okay friend! It's time to get really real. Don't worry, I keep it clean and straight forward. Mostly I talk about hormonal issues and how a few changes made me go from an exhausted... okay, we can have sex if you want but I probably won't orgasm. To trying to jump my husband like when we were first together. Tune in to see what I did to make that change happen. Alisa: here Aviva: here

Today did NOT go according to plan. Welcome to the Messy and Mindful Moment happening in the MESS!  I had a whole plan about what I wanted to talk with you about, and that went out the window when my big girl reminded me that I'm actually doing an awesome job! Here's your Monday morning mindset moment! 

Women can have everything. They just can't have it all in the same season.  Words I live by. I have had some crazy seasons. Once that stripped me bare to my soul and I had to fight non-stop to get back from. The biggest lesson I have learned is that when your current season comes to an end you feel it deep in your heart. When you feel that - don't wait. Don't pause. Don't worry. JUMP into the next...

Meet the amazing Jessica This badass woman decided she wanted to do better. She wanted to give her daughter more. She wanted to give her a parent that could support her and lift her to her best self, not one that perpetuated the difficult moments. Through her own journey she realized how intensely our own trauma affects our children and found her calling in helping other parents heal and break the...

Anyone who has ever been in charge of a child long enough that they had to provide a meal has experienced the struggle. Don't worry. You're doing so much better than you think you are, if you want reassurance and a few pro tips. Today's episode will give you both!

In the hard times, you take  a deep breath, and just do the damn thing. Does it absolutely suck? Of course. Do you fall apart and cry in the stress overload? Yep. Do you make it through like the badass champion you are? ABSOLUTELY! If you need a reminder of the warrior you are. This episode is for you!

Looking for a raw, vulnerable episode? That's today's episode. Today I share with you about my dad. About losing him, about how it changed me, and about how it's okay to still be broken by a loss; even 20 years later. *WARNING* I cry. My husband literally said, "you were crying so much." As he overheard me recording. But this hard truth is important. I want you to know you are not alone.

Meet Cassie! This brave, strong, incredible woman has been fighting for her life since she was a teenager. Dealing with onset of a rare disease well on a mission trip, and all of the extra challenges it added to her life head on. She has come out stronger and more brave, and says, "I have Vasculitis. What's your excuse?" Even through all of that, instead of it making her angry and bitter, she is w...

I have zero idea on how to take on a system and get changes like staffing made. You have to start somewhere though, and my complaints as well as other's are brushed off and filed away as "responded to." When it comes to health care, challenges with access to care, doctors who will believe you, and the right medications will literally end up costing people their lives.

Do you practice gratitude? Are you teaching your children in an intentional way or just leading by example? A few years ago I decided to be very intentional and it has been REALLY paying off. Tune in today to hear what we do, how we do it, and what research we did in our journey. The Whole Brained Child by Dr. Dan Siegel Emotional Intelligence Info: here Gratitude for older kids and teens: here

Today I want you to meet Sara! As like so many others I have had the honor to speak to about their journeys with Vasculitis, her story is fully of similarities and major differences. She not only battled this disease, but necratizing facitiis as well! Find Sara at: Instagram: here Website/blog: here

Talk to one another. Even if it's uncomfortable. Remember that what you say, no matter how clear you try to be, may be misinterpreted by the receiver, and be prepared to talk it out for clarification. Over communication is better than lack of communication. Always. Warning: I drop one F bomb. You'll understand when you get there.

To be vulnerable is to be courageous, because vulnerability stands defiantly in the face of fear, accepting the uncertainty of possible attack or and being totally compromised.  To refuse or deny your own vulnerability is to close yourself off to life and all of its opportunities out of fear, not strength. Brene Brown TedTalk Gareth Cook's article: here

Meet my amazing friend Courtney! This lady has been fighting for a diagnosis and has been left to find her own answers. So she decided to become her own nutritionist and do her own deep dive into her symptoms.  She is a true warrior! Find Courtney on: Instagram: here Podcast: here

When was the last time you trusted yourself? Having low self esteem can actually hurt you in more ways than you are aware of. It doesn't just affect your relationships, and your job, but it can also affect your health. The challenge is that issues with confidence and self esteem are most often deep rooted in our identity from some kind of trauma. Which means the work it takes to even first decide...

Once you become a parent, summer can easily go from one of the most magical and exciting times of the year, to one of the most stressful, exhausting and seemingly never ending. Now, I can't promise if you do these things it won't ever feel those ways, but it will feel more manageable most of the time. Tune in for tips to make summer more fun for the whole family!

Meet the amazing Alisha! From coaching women how to find their inner fire, to chasing kids and encouraging us to find the Magic and Madness in Motherhood, I promise you'll love this awesome Mama as much as I do! Find out how she manages and what she does to be the Expert Hot Mess Mom! Find Alisha: Instagram here Website here