A couple of nights ago Jennifer and I were talking on the phone about the courses we will be offering very soon. She brought up an incredible subject: Accountability. Staying accountable to yourself even with your disorder, whether it be PMDD or any chronic disorder.
I thought this video would explain it a bit better than me just posting.
Unfortunately, I did not put on my little mic when I recorded it and it’s much easier to hear it very clearly if you put on headphones. It’s very quiet, …

Acquiring a chronic health condition isn’t easy. With it comes loss and with loss, the process of grieving. Stages of grief may be:
Disbelief (shock that the loss has occurred)
Denial (refusing to accept the loss)
Bargaining (making deals with deity, doctors, etc. )
Guilt (If I had done ______ maybe this never would have happened to me.)
Anger (towards the loss, illness, deity, etc.)
Depression (may run throughout the entire process until the loss is accepted)
Acceptance and Hope (Life has changed but it will continue and be meaningful. Acceptance doesn’t  mean you have to like …

I hear this a lot, as a matter of fact if I’m totally honest, I hear it from my own thoughts too.
Am I deserving of X?
He deserves so much better.
My kids deserve a better Mom.
You get the picture.
With PMDD out of control feeling deserving of someone that is good for you does raise a lot of questions, at least internally. A disorder does not make you undeserving of someone’s love. You do deserve to have an incredibly happy life, be a Mom if you want, have an incredible …

Some of you were asking for a chat, it is now added.
Enjoy and can’t wait to chat with some of you.
Soon we will have scheduled chats w/ specific topics.
Stef, PMDD Advocate

            This morning I read the words: If I created my week with my body as my ally, taking into consideration its needs, I might… (Jennifer Louden’s book The Life Organizer).  Being in a place where I view my body as my ally and not my enemy has taken me years to experience. Illness has highlighted a sense of my body as enemy, and illness has brought me to feeling my body is my ally. It has not been an easy path to this position and arriving here has been …