MY CHRONIC PAIN JOURNEY On June 25, 2009 at the age of 19, my life changed with a bang. Literally. What was a normal drive to school turned into a nightmare that would change my life forever. I will never forget the moment my life flashed before my eyes. I was rear ended with such force that my car jolted…
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MEET HOLISTIC JAZZ Holistic Jazz is a glimpse into one girl’s life experiences of being dubbed a medical mystery. Through her trials and tribulations with chronic illness and pain, she strives to find healing through all that holistic jazz. She shares with you a glimpse into the highs and lows of her ongoing journey. She is a woman finding her…
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PART IV: MY HEALING JOURNEY Although I had been trying to recover from mental illness, disordered eating, chronic illness and chronic pain for many years, I was never able to deal with the root cause of these problems. I had tried every remedy under the moon to no avail. My symptoms were all treated in isolation with a bandage approach….
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PART III: NAVIGATING THE REAL WORLD My breakdown, the one where I hit rock bottom happened a few months after I graduated from university. It didn’t help that I had no idea what I wanted to do with my career and couldn’t for the life of me get a job. No one, not even my family, understood the severity of…
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PART II: THE WOES OF EARLY ADULTHOOD As I celebrated a milestone in my life, I was torn between feeling free and lost. On one hand, I was excited to get away from everything that had transpired throughout elementary and high school but on the other hand I feared leaving the comfort and safety of my teachers who had become…
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