The smell of grills firing up, the sound of coolers being stocked with ice, and suddenly everyone's planning their three-day weekend. Memorial Day is right around the bend, bringing with it the unofficial start of...

The flowers are blooming, the allergies are starting, and now all of a sudden my social media timeline is filled with colored ribbons and hashtags. May isn't just about spring blooms and Mother's Day brunches...

Mother's Day is near, and as social media fills with pictures of moms managing stylish brunches and family hikes, many of us in the chronic illness community are quietly thinking about how we're going to...

April rolls around annually as IBS Awareness Month, and it always has me thinking about diagnoses, doctor visits, and those gut feelings (yes, literally) that something just doesn't seem right. For all of us, IBS...

International Women's Day, marked every year on March 8th, offers a time to commemorate gains achieved by women and look back on work still to be done. It's a day to recognize strength in every...

The first time a doctor told me "it's probably just constipation/gas," I nodded and went home, thinking they must be right. A few doctors and many years later, I finally got my Crohn's diagnosis at...

I'll never forget the day my doctor finally put a name to what was happening to my body. After years of being told it was "just constipation/gas" or "all in my head," having a diagnosis...

I believe your heart deserves extra love, especially while living through life with chronic illness. And because I understand the daily challenges that come with managing complex health conditions, I want to have a real...

Written by: Amanda Phillips Living with a chronic illness or being thrown into the chaos of a cancer diagnosis, one knows how much life may change. Been there, done that, and though the journey is...