IntentionallyStacie (2025)

05/03/2025

Medicaid Cuts Would Be Devastating—Here’s How You Can Help

In 2005, I had to file for bankruptcy because of medical debt. I know firsthand how brutal the system can be for those of us with chronic illness. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) made it illegal for insurance companies to discriminate against people with pre-existing conditions—without it, millions of Americans (including me) would be left without options.

Now, Medicaid and the ACA are under attack again. If these cuts go through, people will lose their coverage, face financial ruin, or worse. This isn’t just a policy debate—it’s life or death for many.

Here’s what you can do right now to make your voice heard:

✅ Sign my petition via Resistbot to send letters to lawmakers automatically.

📞 Use the 5 Calls app to quickly contact your representatives and tell them to oppose Medicaid cuts and any attempts to repeal the ACA. It only takes a few minutes! 5 Calls - Protect Medicaid

We can’t afford to stay silent. Share this post and take action today. 💙

28/02/2025

We’re already doing No Shopping on Feb 28.. why not take it further?
Let’s hit them where it hurts. No spending. No scrolling. No distractions. Just power in numbers. Are you in?

Leave X and join BlueSky

26/02/2025

On February 28th, we show them who really holds the power.
For one day, we turn it off: no shopping, no fast food, no spending on non-essentials.
Only support local, small, and DEI businesses if you must.
It’s time to disrupt the system and send a powerful message. Are you in?

14/11/2024

Amanda Zurawski developed life-threatening sepsis in 2022 after her amniotic sac ruptured at 18 weeks, but Texas abortion laws prevented doctors from intervening while a fetal heartbeat was detectable. She eventually received care, but only after her condition worsened, leaving her with long-term health issues. Zurawski and other affected women later sued Texas to allow exceptions in life-threatening situations.

10/05/2024

Human Design is a self-empowerment tool that combines ancient wisdom with modern science. It offers a personalized, energetic Soul Blueprint based on the alignment of planets at the moment of your birth, recognizing the uniqueness of each soul.

This is different from astrology, because it highlights the uniqueness and depth that Human Design brings to understanding oneself.

Human Design provides a language for what we already know about ourselves and others, and one of its components is the Nine Centers. These are:

1. Root Center: Associated with ambition, stress, and basic needs, it governs life’s stability, timing, and security.

2. Sacral Center: The seat of creativity, passion, and vitality that drives our desires and fuels our life energy.

3. Spleen Center: Governs survival awareness, fears, and instinctual intuition. If you have it defined (colored in), you have consistent access to survival instincts. If you have it white, you take on the fears of the collective and those around you and amplify them. You are meant to become wise in your white centers.

4. Solar Plexus Center: Focuses on emotions, feelings, and sensitivity. This is our nervous system. If you have it white, you take on the feelings and emotions of others and amplify them. Defined or colored in, you have your unique internal wave of emotions.

5. The Identity Center: Represents self-love, authenticity, direction, and the ability to give and receive love.

6. Ego/Will Center: Embodies confidence, determination, self-worth, and willpower.

7. Throat Center: Associated with communication, expression, and manifestation, it governs how we convey our truth to the world.

8. Ajna Center: The center of intuition and insight guides our perception and understanding, offering clarity and wisdom.

9. Crown Center: A pressure center that pushes us to think and ask questions. Connected to spirituality and higher consciousness, it represents our connection to the divine and universal intelligence.

Visit www.soulmapbydesign.com to get your unique Soul Map or Book a 1:1 Human Design Reading or Mini Reading.

29/02/2024

Part 1
In 2002, 8 months after my 3rd pregnancy, I began experiencing debilitating symptoms. At that time, my ex-husband and I, along with our three sons, were residing in Santa Clarita, California. Doctors conducted a series of tests, initially suspecting female-related issues.

Eventually, in January 2003, I underwent an appendectomy. Coincidentally, the same day I went in for surgery, our house entered escrow with a three week close date.

Despite the challenges, we managed to pack up our entire lives, and our belongings to relocate back to Kansas City just three weeks after my appendectomy surgery, a feat that added significant stress to my recovery process.

Upon our return to our hometown of KC, my health challenges persisted. Over a year, I underwent extensive testing, including female testing, ultrasounds, CT scans, MRIs, small bowel follow-through, colonoscopy, x-rays, numerous ER visits, and blood tests.

I saw several specialist doctors and was initially misdiagnosed and treated for interstitial cystitis and IBS, I couldn’t accept that these conditions explained the intense gnawing, burning, stabbing pain I was enduring deep inside my abdomen that radiated into my back. The pain was ruthless and was taking over every aspect of my life and soul.

My overall well-being was compromised, marked by severe bloating, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, fever, hot flashes, sweating, and excruciating gnawing, burning stabbing pain in my epigastric area.

It felt like someone stabbed me with a hot knife above my belly button up under my sternum and twisted it around radiating into my back, the pain was relentless. Despite frequent visits to the ER and doctor’s visits, my tests mainly yielded typical results, adding to the frustration. Not once did doctors check my amylase/lipase.

Thank you for reading, please follow along to read the rest of my journey with pancreatitis and life without a pancreas.
Xo,
Stacie
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13/02/2024

Source and picture credit: St. Vincent’s Hospital Heart Health
Music Inspo

It’s surreal to reflect that six years have passed since the day I nearly succumbed to a broken heart, just one day before my dad’s final birthday when he turned 71 on Valentine's Day.

Instead of receiving a joyful birthday call from me, he was informed that I was being intubated. 🥲

However, I’m eternally grateful that, just nine weeks after being discharged from the hospital, I was able to visit him and say our final goodbyes. ✨💜

I feel incredibly blessed to have witnessed my three sons, mature into remarkable young men and embrace the joy of becoming a grandmother.
✨🦋

11/02/2024

As “Feeding Tube Awareness Week” ends, my struggles continue, but I am reminded of the strength and resilience required to live with a feeding tube or TPN and to weigh the risks and benefits of such life-sustaining interventions continually.

It’s a delicate balance between embracing the medical technology that keeps us alive and navigating the severe complications that can arise.

This past week serves as a reminder of the community that surrounds me - a community of warriors who face similar battles, where our scars are symbols of survival and our stories are interwoven with resilience, hope, and the relentless pursuit of a better quality of life.

As I ponder my next steps, I draw strength from this collective spirit, knowing I am not alone, regardless of my chosen path.

Xo, Stacie
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15/01/2024

The only thing you have control over is how you respond.
xo,
Stacie

14/01/2024

Unlock the power of Human Design to make your journey with chronic illness easier.

✨Discover self-awareness, self-empowerment, and a deeper understanding of yourself and others.

✨Find your unique gifts, align with your inner compass, and make decisions confidently.

✨Let Human Design guide you in interacting with the world and create an ideal environment for your growth.

To get your free Energetic Blueprint, details in Bio or visit
www.soulmapbydesign.com to get your Free energetic Blueprint.

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08/01/2024

Human Design has been an invaluable tool in my journey with chronic illness. It has helped me become more self-aware of who I am and how I am designed to interact with others in the world.

It has taught me how I use my energy and how I am designed to make decisions. My energy type is a pure generator, which makes up approximately 37% of the population. My open aura naturally attracts things into my world, and I respond with my inner compass gut instinct.

On the other hand, my mom is a projector with emotional authority, which means her decision-making process differs significantly from mine. She used to say, “You make decisions with your heart, and I make decisions with my mind.” She was right that I make decisions with my Gut instinct, not my heart.

Did you know some of us are meant to make decisions with our hearts?

My mom has emotional authority but uses her mind to determine when she isn’t on a high or low emotional wave. We are designed to make decisions differently, so there can be confusion in parenting and relationships. Society often teaches us to make decisions with our logical mind, but in reality, each of us has our unique inner compass to help us make decisions.

What is your Energy Type?
How do you make decisions?
If you don’t know and want to find out, you can use my Free Chart Generator tool on my website, www.soulmapbydesign.com
You will need your birthdate, time of birth (which can be found on the birth certificate or baby book), city/state, and province (timezone).

For help decoding your design, check the details in my bio or book a reading with me. Feel free to reach out with any questions.

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