I often tell clients to give themselves credit for what they accomplish and grace for what they don't. A chronic illness introduces...

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...

You can't dig too deep into information about lipedema without someone mentioning therapies. At first, you read that surgery is the only...

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...

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...

We’re bombarded by so much conflicting information as we try to figure out what to eat to manage Lipedema. Anti-inflammatory, RAD,...

The day I said the phrase, it was somewhat out of exasperation. With a lot of compassion and understanding, but with some exasperation. ...

There is a truth that accompanies having a little-known disease that makes it even more difficult. Being alone. Let's look at that...

In the Facebook group I admin that is focused on using nutrition to manage lipedema (link below), we are constantly questioned about how...

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...

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...

Sometimes a few years can feel like a lifetime. Nine years ago today I earned this medal at Warrior Dash. Three miles, leaping over...

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...

Electrolyte imbalance can play a role in anyone's feeling of wellbeing. Those of us with lipedema, and comorbidities like Hashimoto's,...

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...

Angelique is The Lippy Butterfly on Facebook and a regular panelist on The Lipedema Channel monthly roundtable on YouTube. She also...

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...

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...

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...

Pain. There's almost always the pain. Or the fear of pain. Or the anticipation of pain. Most women with lipedema live with pain on a...