wellness coach

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...