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A Childhood of Eczema and a Doctor I'll Never Forget
I survived over forty years of managing food allergies and eczema. Here is my first experience as a baby and the doctor who came to my rescue when I lived in Virginia. Continue reading
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Chronic Inflammation: A Worldwide Epidemic
Why are my summer allergies so bad? Is there actually a way to drastically reduce hay fever allergy symptoms for good? Yes! But don’t say I said it was going to be easy. Its not. But its definitely worth it. Birch pollen allergy can cause oral allergy syndrome when you eat Mediterranean, Mexican or Italian cusine… Continue reading
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Allergies, Hormones and Miracles
It happened to me. It took about seven years of allergy shots, but for several years, from the age of fourteen until about age twenty, I was able to eat soy sauce and my favorite cuisine at that time, sesame chicken and shrimp fried rice. But there was a slight catch. Slightly different reactions that I didn’t understand,… Continue reading
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Without The Labels
I’m going to share a journal entry with all of you. An entry from April that very much relates to the topic at hand… Journal entry – 4/12/2018 The missing puzzle piece. These past two weeks brought me back to the very place I was trying to escape. I had already been there.… Continue reading
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Contact Me
If you would like a product reviewed, feel free to contact me.Due to my numerous multiple allergies, I will have to speak with you to find out the source of ingredients on a case-by-case basis before you send me anything. I also should note that just because you send me a product does not mean I will like… Continue reading
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I'm Back
If you told me I’d be back, I wouldn’t have believed you. I was done with allergies. By ‘allergies’ I mean the gamut of allergic diseases I had to live my life around. Food allergies, hay fever, eczema, contact dermatitis, oral allergy syndrome and cholinergic urticaria were words I never wanted to speak about again.… Continue reading
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The End (Rebirth)
Some of you have been reading my blog since the first year Maya’s Happy Place was born back in 2009. All of you showed me how connected we are and took away the painful isolation of feeling like a ‘girl in the bubble.’ A couple of you called me out on my sense of entitlement and lashed out in anger at me after… Continue reading
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6 Life-Changing Energy Techniques For the Immune System
Do chakras really exist? According to Ayurvedic medicine and Chinese Medicine, they do. Leave it to those smarty-pants Asians to know something we don’t. In China, energy is known as chi or qi. In Japan it is known as ki. In Hindu, it is called prana which in yoga, it is the breath or life… Continue reading
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Review: Enjoy Life Pizza Crust With Gluten-Free Dairy-Free Soy-Free Basil, Mushroom and Onion Pizza Recipe!
For some, the bond between children and grandparents is unlike any other. My mini-fridge from my attempt to move out of my house last year is now in my bedroom due to family cross-contamination reactions and a certain senior family member (bless his heart) eating my food… Continue reading
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Trauma, Abuse and Pain: The Immune System Connection Part I
I recently talked about myself being an empath since birth. I no longer see medical treatment as the one and only answer to health issues. I now realize that working on the mind and emotions has everything to do with how healthy we are. So now that I’m back to working on myself, a cleansing… Continue reading
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