• Disengaging is a healthy thing

    I had an epiphany yesterday. I realized that the last few arguments, two doozies and one tiff (yes that is what we called it as we were apologizing, šŸ˜†), I’ve been involved in were made worse because I refused to disengage. The two ā€œdooziesā€ have both thrown my world into a spin-out. I remember my

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  • Migraines are such a pain …

    One of my reader’s commented on migraines and yet again I’m just not in the mood to talk about #16 and the use of EVOO, so let’s talk about migraines. Migraines are a type of throbbing headache that reoccurs and last anywhere from 4-72 hours, that may sound like it isn’t a big deal, but

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  • Not a ‘Soapbox’ I swear…

    The 15th of the 27 evidenced based healthy tips talks about not smoking, not using drugs, and only drinking alcohol in moderation. I hesitated on writing about it, as I hate(d) people getting on a soap box about something I already know. The thing is smoking, drugs, and alcohol, are REALLY bad for your health.

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  • Time to get moving!

    Time to get moving!

    Today I want to circle back to the 27 evidenced based healthy tips https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/27-health-and-nutrition-tips Let’s talk about getting moving. Exercise is one of the most beneficial things you can do for your total health, you don’t even have to join a gym. In fact, I have two dear friends that I would call ā€œGym Ratsā€

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  • Process vs Progress

    Process vs Progress

    Yesterday’s topic kept me thinking and chewing on it. I struggle at times with letting way too many people’s opinions matter to me. I tend to allow them to ruin my day, my week, my whole identity. While looking at just who are truly my inner circle, I began to unpack that concept. As I

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  • The New Journey Takes Flight

    Let me introduce myself, I’m Tiffany Raikes MSN APRN FNP MLT-ASCP. If you don’t understand that alphabet soup, that’s okay. What it means is that I’m a Family Nurse Practitioner who has been learning and growing in medicine for the past 35+ years. I started in EMS with my local Rescue Squad as a teenager.

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