During Nursing school, we had one semester and clinical rotation in mental health (more familiarly known as \”Psych.\”). I was assigned an in-patient mental health facility in downtown Chicago, where we spent a couple days a week talking to patients and nurses, and figuring out the floor. This was honestly the rotation where I was […]
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This past year, I\’ve made it a goal to read more. Super non-specific on the number, type, and length of books because honestly, I\’m just taking it one day at a time here, and if it\’s not going to catch my attention, I\’m not going to muscle through it for the sake of finishing. There
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I am currently reading through this treatise of a book entitled Called to Care: A Christian Worldview for Nursing. I\’m actually not a huge fan of it so far (probably just because of the sheer length of it), but it does have some beautiful moments. One particular sentence, though, struck me particularly hard: We will
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This season in which you find yourself may puzzle you, but it does not bewilder God. He can and will use it for his purpose. Max Lucado, You\’ll Get Through This In looking for content to challenge my knowledge and understanding, I had been reading through two books, the first on a Christian worldview of
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Although I\’ve been wanting this blog space to be one where I could plan, teach, and share the things I have learned or want to learn as I try to delve more deeply into the realm of stewardship of faith and health, I find myself despairing of actually being able to do it consistently. I
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In February of 2019, I accompanied my grandfather to a doctor’s appointment at a hospital in Chicago. (It’s strange to think of it now, but it was only a year before the pandemic.) He had been experiencing increasing abdominal discomfort for the past several months, and though we had a sense of what we were
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John 10:10 \”The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full\” (emphasis added, of course) These last few weeks, I\’ve been struggling. I\’ve been struggling to stay motivated at work, at home, with my husband, with my kids, with my
This week is the start of the No Sugar challenge for my husband and me. It has only been a few days but I am already learning so much, including how to deal with the sadness of having no added sugar, because there is added sugar in EVERYTHING. Veggies straws? Sugar. Crackers? Sugar. CRAISINS?! Sugar.
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I\’ve been wanting to explain how I approach certain topics related to health and wellness. I want to outline my priorities, because it will inform (I hope) the way I write as a whole and where I want to be as a person. A fellow named Aaron Baart recently wrote an article entitled \”When Cultural
A Sweet Fast… A Sweets fast? (I\’m sure there\’s a better way to say that…?!?!) Read More »