Abigail Marie the Chef with IBD
Professional Chef with IBD helping you navigate food, lifestyle, new IBD research, and patient advocacy.
As with any chronic illness, there are many misconceptions out there, some more common than others. Over my last eight years of having Ulcerative Colitis, I have heard many of these and do my best to correct them. Some I have heard more often and am aiming to debunk these for myself and the IBD … Read more
Functional medicine has been on the rise in the last decade, and for good reason. Maybe you have even heard of it, but aren’t quite sure what it entails. Well, functional medicine is a patient centered approach in which the root cause of disease is actively sought out then and addressed. It is commonly used … Read more
Radical acceptance is a distress tolerance skill used to stop pain from becoming suffering. It is the ability to accept situations of the past that are outside of your control without judgment, thus reducing the suffering caused by pain. It has its roots in Buddhism and DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy). This particular therapy was created … Read more
Living with a chronic illness can bring lots of different things with it, but more often than not chronic fatigue is one of them. It can make daily activities like showering or driving to work difficult and exhausting. While many people don’t think twice about the energy daily activities take, those of us with chronic … Read more
Chronic illness can bring many things, but one most people don’t think about is medical trauma. Just because you haven’t experienced a war zone, attacker, or sudden car crash doesn’t mean you haven’t experienced trauma. Trauma comes in many forms, and one that is getting more recognition as of late is medical trauma. Trauma as … Read more
Living with a chronic illness is tough, no doubt about it. Over the last seven years my chronic illness of Ulcerative Colitis has changed almost every aspect of my life. Chronically being ill takes a lot out of you not only physically but emotionally as well. One of the toughest lessons for me to learn … Read more