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Greetings!
I'm so excited to be able to offer two special goodies in this month's newsletter! Two companies are offering special discounts just for YOU, my awesome readers. One is in this month's tip. How cool is that? Included in this newsletter are two posts I wrote around Invisible Illness Awareness Week (IIWK11), September 12th-18th. The Fibro Facts this month includes a video made for IIWK11 by another gal with fibro. It is absolutely AMAZING. Please, take the time to watch it!
Enjoy September's Hope & Healing newsletter! Don't forget, there's two special discounts in here, just for you! 
PS... Think of one woman who told you recently, "I'm tired of taking so many medications!" and to her. She'll get a kick out of it, I'm sure! Receive this from someone else? Sign up for your own copy here. |
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Healthier Home, Healthier You
THIS SUNDAY, September 25th, 3-5 PM
 I'm so excited to be able to partner with one of the People I Love to Work With to bring you this event! Missy Baxter will be sharing how a healthier home can lead to a healthier you.
Chemical sensitivity is often one of the symptoms that fibro folks suffer from. Shaklee's cleaning products are free of all those nasty chemicals and perfumes and they really work. At our event, Missy will even be collecting any toxic cleaners you wish to toss and dispose of them for you properly.
Visit this page to see all the details on the event. |
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30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know: Fibromyalgia
Posted September 12, 2011
In honor of Invisible Illness Awareness Week 2011, I wrote this blog post using a "fill in the blank" form provided.
As far as invisible illnesses, I actually live with a few. Things are mostly under control now, but back in 2008 I actually filed for Social Security Disability. To make things easy, this post is about my fibromyalgia. Some of my answers might surprise you!
This article also includes links to several other blog posts written for IIWK11 that I thought were exceptional and wanted to share with my readers. If you have the time, click through and check out some of those articles as well.
Read the full article here...
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Celebration of Hope
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"Until you get your own hope,
find some people who you can
borrow theirs from.
~ Mary, Why Cherry Blossoms...?
Sometimes, hope is in the small things, and sometimes, the small things are actually BIG things.
This month I want to celebrate with Aviva who won the drawing for a BookBuddy (see the Special Discount article below).
When Aviva and I talked about her winning the drawing, here's what she had to say:
"I found [the Amanda Crawford Designs] website about a year ago and really wanted a BookBuddy. I just never actually spent the money to get one. Winning this is such perfect timing too! My hands and wrists have been bothering me so much lately that I've been wearing braces on them."
Aviva also sent me an email that pretty much says it all:
I'm SO excited!! Oh, but you made my day! My week, even! Heck, probably even my year! I never win anything! :) Woohoo!!! Thank you!
Aviva said that she will be blogging about her BookBuddy and sharing how she has fallen in love after she receives it. If you didn't win and want your own, be sure to see the 15% off gift below!
Do you want to see some of our past Celebrations of Hope?
Each newsletter features one celebration. See the past issues here:
May - Tamara - IBS, eating habits
June - "Hope" - diabetes
August - Coyleen - energy
Do you want to start your own journey of hope?
Take a health assessment here. Then, schedule a complimentary consultation with me. You can have the same results that these gals have seen; I can help.
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55 Pills for My Fibromyalgia? A Day?
Posted September 19, 2011
When I wrote the blog post 30 Things About My Invisible Illness You May Not Know (above), one of the questions I answered was about how many pills and vitamins I take every day. The answer was "55 + sublingual sprays."
This is the story about what I take and why.
Read the full article here...
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Special Discount! 15% off just for you at Amanda Crawford Designs
After I wrote my review of the BookBuddy, Myrna, the owner of Amanda Crawford Designs, told me that she would give 15% off to YOU, my clients & newsletter subscribers!
Here's what Myrna, a fibro gal herself, said:
"Let's do more to help our friends that are going through these difficult problems. I will give an additional 15% discount to only your people who go to our website, www.amandacrawforddesigns.com, and order any BookBuddy or any other item they would like, using the "Tami sent me" special code. This discount is only offered to those guests who you send and is not available for the general public. Maybe together, Tami, we can bring some comfort to all our friends." Read the BookBuddy review here...
Visit Amanda Crawford Designs...
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Thanks for reading this issue of Hope & Healing! I'd love your feedback on what you thought.
It would really help me if you would: To hope & healing,
Tami Stackelhouse
Certified Health Coach
Helping women with fibromyalgia find hope and freedom (971) 832-9322
www.MyRestoredHealth.com
   
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Upcoming Events
| Sunday, Sept 25
at 3 PM: Healthier Home, Healthier You; Missy Baxter; Creating Healthy Families, LLC. | Saturday, Oct 15 from 1-4 PM:
Fibromyalgia Treatments; Cheryl Hryciw, MS, FNP; Portland Fibro CFS Group Meeting
| Monday, Oct 24
from 6-7:30 PM:
Presentation and Q&A on FMS and CFS/ME; Jacob Teitelbaum, MD; Portland Fibro CFS Group Meeting
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Tip of the Month
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Do you have clothes that you don't wear because they don't fit quite right or are uncomfortable?
When you have fibromyalgia how your clothes fit can even send you into a flare. Something rubbing you the wrong way could make your pain levels go through the roof.
A simple alteration might be able to fix an area that's causing you problems.
If you've been losing weight and aren't all the way to your goal yet - consider alterations to get you by between sizes. This could save you some of the cost of new clothes.
Plus, when was the last time you tried something on that fit like it was made for you?
Little alterations can make the difference between liking what you're wearing and feeling okay - and feeling GREAT and LOVING IT!
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Fibro Facts
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Fibromyalgia: What It Feels Like
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During Invisible Illness Awareness Week, I came across a video that totally rocked my world.
I have fibro. I KNOW what it feels like. This is RIGHT ON.
The video was made by Kim Arthur, "Fibro Queen Kim." She says on her website, The Fibro Queendom:
"This video was created to help others who do not live with the condition of Fibromyalgia to better understand what it feels like.
"In order to accomplish this, I related sensations I feel with Fibro to sensations those who don't have this condition may have felt at some point in their lives.
"It is my heartfelt hope that this video will help other members of the 'Fibro Family' to express what it is like to their friends, coworkers, and family members."
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Learn the four simple steps to becoming a Health Coach
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One Health Coach has said our health care system "isn't about health, isn't caring, and isn't a system!" If you have fibromyalgia and spent the typical three+ years with three+ doctors trying to get a diagnosis, you know what they were talking about!
Would you like to be part of the solution? It's so rewarding helping people transform their lives by helping them change their habits. I would love to show you how easy it is to become a Health Coach.
Step 2. Contact me to learn more, including what steps 3 & 4 are! |
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Helping women with fibromyalgia,
tired of being held prisoner in their own bodies, find hope and freedom.
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