What Doesn’t Kill Me

11/21/2024

Being authentic means showing our tarnished bits, our mistakes, our crazy thoughts, our real feelings it’s not about impressing others or making them feel less. We are just doing our best and that is ENOUGH!

08/08/2024

Excited to share my next 20 minute podcast episode of holistic nurse practitioner Marla Ririe detailing how she went from chronic pain levels of an 8-10 down to a 1-2. It's filled with great suggestions, advice an hope.

Part 2 of holistic nurse practitioner Marla Ririe sharing her empowering journey from brokenness to wholeness. Suffering from Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos, chronic migraines, POTS, MCAS and psoriatic arthritis Marla fought back and reclaimed her life. In this 3 part series Marla shares her journey and....

07/30/2024

After living 45 years with a chronic illness and chronic pain, I have come to learn these truths:
- you will get sick of your story and yourself
- OTHERS will get sick of your story too
- you will expect impossible things from yourself
- you will expect even more impossible things from friends and loved ones
- friends and loved ones will offer both helpful and hurtful advice you never asked for. This is how they show their love and support while trying desperately to help you. Their intentions are good and pure.
- God did NOT give me what I can handle.
- There is no FAIR in life - s**t happens!
- You will wonder WHY this was given to you. Stop asking that question. You will never know why!
What are your truths??

07/29/2024

How does someone go from daily chronic pain levels of an 8-10 down to a 1-2? How do you go from a feeling of constant pain, fatigue, depression and an overwhelming feeling of brokenness to wholeness and health? Listen to this episode to hear Marla's amazing journey. Hope is our greatest gift. Marla gives us hope!

Holistic nurse practitioner Marla Ririe shares your empowering journey from brokenness to wholeness. Suffering from Hypermobile Ehlers Danlos, chronic migrai...

07/11/2024

Guilt and chronic pain go hand and hand. Am I doing enough to heal myself? Should I take more vitamins? Am I getting enough sleep? Am I a total burden to my loved ones? Do I complain too much? All of the guilt and shame eats away at us as much as the pain does. The constant advice and suggestions from others feeds into our guilt. Remember while there are many thing that MAY improve our health FEELING GUILTY OVER WHAT WE AREN’t doing is only making us worse. Be open to new treatments, appreciate suggestions - one of them may work, but feel comfortable saying to others “ right now I’m on a new treatment break but I will keep that in mind when I’m ready to try something new”. In the end it is your pain, your body and your journey only you can decide and judge what you want to try and not try.

07/08/2024

What does it feel like to experience intense never ending pain? Listen to this short clip on how it feels. https://youtube.com/clip/Ugkxz_5H6pYJ-XKbvCAxr3uL6B3Y7fn-FWU7?si=YiJHAb3kNPv51Utt

07/07/2024

Chronic pain can cause so much justifiable anger. Don’t let anger and pain consume you. Instead, channel these emotions into a renewed sense of purpose and drive. Seek out support, practice self-care, and find ways to reconnect with the world around you. You are stronger than you think, and there is hope for a brighter future.