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5 Take Aways From Conquering Personal Challenges

Traveling has always been one of my favorite things to do. Ever since I was young, I’ve always enjoyed seeing new places, cultures, and things. From exploring America, laying on the beaches of the Caribbean, safari-ing (is that even a word?) through the African bush, riding camels on a Tunisian beach with Arabic speaking natives, …

2016: A Fantastic Year In Review | A Highlight of the advocacy events, speaking engagements and successes I had this year! | itsjustabadday.com

2016: A Fantastic Year In Review

This year has been an interesting year. I’ve had some really high highs, and then I’ve had some struggles along the way. But, when you really put it all into perspective, this year was fantastic. I became a God Mother, I experimented with raw vegan, I spent quality time with family, saw the Pens win …

Comparing SFO Travel Stories. It's Important To Reflect on Where You've Been & Where You're Going | Changes in my travel since I last traveled to SFO with mobility issues. |itsjustabadday.com

Comparing SFO Travel Stories!

On my last trip I posted about how it was the first time in 3 years I had driven myself to the airport. I hadn’t had the ability to wheel my own baggage in, but as I’ve progressed off of crutches, that ability is coming back full strength. For my trip to San Fransisco, for the NPF …

#MedxMonday – California, The Autoimmune Patient’s Heaven?

Going out to eat is kind of a stressful event now a days. Autoimmune patient food choices can be verrrryyyyyyy limited. I get kinda creeped out when reading menus where ONE of the dishes will be “all natural, no hormone” chicken. Sooooooo does that mean all the other chicken options are not natural and use …

#MedxMonday – Traveling with Disabilities

Today I’m starting a weekly post series called #Medx Mondays! Since I experienced so much during my trip to Palo Alto, I decided to chop up my take aways in, as @AuntieStress said, ‘bite size chunks’. So, drummmmmmm rollllllll please . . . My family is completely amazing. They’re so supportive and honestly would do …