When the Basics are Too Much
I often tell clients to give themselves credit for what they accomplish and grace for what they don't. A chronic illness introduces...
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- Oct 13, 2021
- 1 min
Thalassotherapy and Why I Love It!
Every year we head to the ocean for at least a week. It's never long enough and I always shed tears when we leave. It's the only time...
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- Jun 30, 2021
- 4 min
Lipedema Awareness for our Daughters
It’s incredibly difficult to be a woman with lipedema. The only thing harder is being a woman with lipedema who is also a mother with a...
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- Jun 23, 2021
- 3 min
The Best Lipedema Therapy
You can't dig too deep into information about lipedema without someone mentioning therapies. At first, you read that surgery is the only...
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- Jun 16, 2021
- 3 min
The Question
June is Lipedema Awareness Month and what kind of health and wellness coach would I be if I didn't talk about nutrition for lipedema...
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- Jun 9, 2021
- 3 min
Never Doubt the Baby Steps
My response to women who tell me that they've only done this small thing, that they've only hit this one goal, that they've only eaten...
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- Jun 3, 2021
- 4 min
Overweight and Anorexic?
We’re bombarded by so much conflicting information as we try to figure out what to eat to manage Lipedema. Anti-inflammatory, RAD,...
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- Jun 2, 2021
- 3 min
You Are a Grown Woman
The day I said the phrase, it was somewhat out of exasperation. With a lot of compassion and understanding, but with some exasperation. ...
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- May 26, 2021
- 4 min
Forging Your Path
There is a truth that accompanies having a little-known disease that makes it even more difficult. Being alone. Let's look at that...
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- May 19, 2021
- 4 min
Food Sensitivity Testing
In the Facebook group I admin that is focused on using nutrition to manage lipedema (link below), we are constantly questioned about how...
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- May 12, 2021
- 1 min
Beyond Gluten
I read a post by Dr. Amy Myers recently that made a lot of sense to me. It's nothing I haven't heard before, but it was a good reminder...
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- Apr 28, 2021
- 2 min
Perfectly Imperfect
When did we decide we have to do it all? Lipedema is a word that gives so many women a sense of relief because the disease explains so...
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- Apr 22, 2021
- 2 min
Still a Warrior
Sometimes a few years can feel like a lifetime. Nine years ago today I earned this medal at Warrior Dash. Three miles, leaping over...
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- Apr 21, 2021
- 3 min
The Usable Hours
I posted on my Facebook page this week about a woman whose doctor asked her how many usable hours she had in her day as a result of...
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- Apr 11, 2021
- 1 min
Electrolytes Anyone?
Electrolyte imbalance can play a role in anyone's feeling of wellbeing. Those of us with lipedema, and comorbidities like Hashimoto's,...
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- Apr 7, 2021
- 3 min
It's Not Always Lipedema's Fault
So, you have lipedema. Or maybe you're just pretty sure you have it after hours of research and that huge sense of relief after...
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- Mar 24, 2021
- 1 min
Why I Do What I Do
Angelique is The Lippy Butterfly on Facebook and a regular panelist on The Lipedema Channel monthly roundtable on YouTube. She also...
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- Mar 10, 2021
- 1 min
Getting on My Last (vagus) Nerve!
The vagus Nerve may not be something you've never thought about much. We hear a lot about other body parts when we have chronic illness...
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- Feb 11, 2021
- 3 min
Collagen...What's it To You?
Bone broth and collagen in my coffee? Six months ago I would've had that same look on my face that's on yours right now. Struggling...
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- Jan 26, 2021
- 5 min
My Aha! Food Sensitivities Moment
This will start sort of in the middle of my journey, because looking back I can tell that this wasn’t the beginning, but this is where my...
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