FEM EFFECT is a project dedicated to connecting women on all platforms through inspiration and empowerment. No conversation is off limits. Let’s march this movement forward and help each other progress with personal, powerful acts of connection.
How this blog came to fruition:
As a sufferer of chronic health conditions, I would weave through online forums at 3 AM, desperately searching for personal experiences from women who share my ailments. Over and over again I came across devastating stories of pain. Too many women are fighting silent battles everyday that many others remain unaware of. I want to change that. I want to help myself regain control of my life alongside the rest of you. So, I thought, we should do this together. We should share our stories. We should offer advice from experience and bring the personal-life back into whatever it is we google in the midst of panic when sleep escapes us. BUT, we should do this with stories of healing, meditation, love and above all, success at conquering impossible odds. And this, my friends, reaches far beyond the realm of health.
Here’s where you get to know me, and if we have any of these conditions in common (or not!), let’s connect. Maybe we can help heal each other.
Bile/Acid re-flux after gall bladder removal
IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome)
SMA Syndrome (Superior Mesenteric Artery Syndrome)
Pre-diagnosed Endometriosis, undecided on key-hole diagnostic surgery
And here’s what I do to stay aligned:
Eliminate inflammatory foods (wheat, most dairy, most sugar)
Talk to myself, take really deep breaths
Cry a bunch, practically every time I see a doctor
Laugh a bunch, because too many doctors have seen my vagina
TMI all over my boyfriend, my mom and anyone who asks really
Search for answers, connection and hope
I’ll write more in depth about my experiences with each of these things in time, and I hope to meet, learn and grow with some wonderful humans in the process. Please reach out to me if anything here has struck a cord with you, or if you would like to share some words of wisdom with the world.
Healthiest wishes to you all,