When I was 8 years old, I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. How many times have I said this, or written this, or shared this misleadingly simple fact about my life? And yet, while it’s an easy shorthand to explain my Crohn’s journey, my diagnosis wasn’t the beginning of my story. No, my story of… [Read More]
A Woman’s Worth in Healthcare
I’m excited to bring y’all a guest post on a topic near and dear to my heart, gender inequality in healthcare. Caitlin Hoff has shared some disturbing problems regarding women in healthcare. Caitlin works as a Consumer Advocate specializing in areas of drug safety, consumer news, and legal cases surrounding problematic consumer products, drugs, and… [Read More]
How to Follow a Colonoscopy Prep Diet Without Starving
Colonoscopy prep is hard enough as it is. Consume a bunch of laxatives and then poop pure liquid for hours. But then you also have to follow the colonoscopy prep diet! Clear liquids aren’t exactly the most filling of foods. I’m here to help. This extensive guide to the colonoscopy prep diet will help you… [Read More]
5 Ways to Improve Your Body Image and Self-Esteem
Today’s guest post comes from Ellis James Designs! I’ve worked with this company a few times before to review their gorgeous travel cases, so I was thrilled when they asked if they could submit a guest post for my blog. Ellis James Designs creates luxuriously glamorous bags, organizers, and travel accessories to fit you and… [Read More]
“How Long Do You Poop After Colonoscopy Prep?” (And Other Questions)
I never expected my all-time most popular blog post to be about colonoscopy prep. And yet that post officially has more than twice as many pageviews as my second-most popular blog post. Apparently the Internet likes it when I talk shit about… well, very liquidy shit. So I am back again to give honest answers… [Read More]
Confessions of a Depressed Flower Child
When I was still a university student, one of my sorority sisters started a Facebook group: Half-Assed Hippies. This was back when Facebook was still relatively new, back when Facebook groups were limited to students at your own school. Furman certainly had an interesting mix of students. A private liberal arts school in South Carolina,… [Read More]