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A Friend’s Book Recommendation
I talked to a friend that I haven’t talked to in a while. I asked her how tracking her menstrual cycle was going because we had talked about the book Taking Charge of Your Fertility a long time ago. She highly recommended a new book: Making Babies: A Proven 3-Month Program for Maximum Fertility.Per the book’s recommendation, she went to a fertility acupuncturist, which “totally changed [her] cycle, cleared up [her] headaches, etc., etc.” Although I’ve always been a little skeptical of acupuncture, I do have a particularly long cycle (ever since I went off birth control years ago), and I would be interested in getting it back … Read More
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Mini-Retreat
Matt is going away for the weekend, and I’m seizing the opportunity to plan a little retreat for myself. By “little” I mean that I’m not actually going anywhere. But I am planning some retreat-like activities for myself.And boy could I use a retreat. January was an insanely busy month at school, and February is turning out to be very similar. I’ve also been sick this past week. It doesn’t help that I have major events scheduled six out of seven days next week. Oy vey.
But rather than look at the events as obligations, I’m going to look at them as opportunities. Even though it will be physically … Read More
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Constipation
Sorry for the rather blunt title.In fact, this post is going to be rather blunt. Definitely feel free to excuse yourself now, if you don’t want to hear a candid discussion of my bowel movements (I don’t blame you!).
I need to figure out a way to get my bowel movements back on track. A while ago, I was going Number Two (well, I figured I might as well throw in a euphemism) every single morning before work. Like clockwork. And that felt really right for my body.
But now I’m much more inconsistent, and I’m thinking it’s because I changed my breakfast routine. I used to eat Organic … Read More
