If You’re Not Sure You Can Do This…
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by Callie, Callie Dixon
7M ago
You can.  You don’t have to believe me.  I didn’t believe myself, and yet I managed to find myself on the other side of illness, divorce, and all kinds of heartbreak.  But it isn’t the other side of it where the magic happens – it’s in it.  In the deep dark trenches of it – where the learning, healing, and becoming exists. Four years ago, I recorded a video of myself having a complete “momma lost her shit” moment.  I was sobbing – unsure how I was going to keep up with the house, the divorce, the kids, and planning for the future – let alone attending to the crippling ..read more
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For the past 6 months, I have been working on get...
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by Callie
1y ago
For the past 6 months, I have been working on getting my certification as a forest therapy guide through the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy.  As one of our final assignments, we were tasked with a “harvest project”.  It was supposed to be something harvested from our training through ANFT and it could be literally anything.   When I considered what it might be for me, I thought about a new website – organized – with all the new walks I was offering, but, I just haven’t had the time to devote to this – it’s coming, just not quite yet.   And when I think about how ..read more
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Don’t Avoid the Hills
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by Callie
1y ago
Living is a precarious predicament.  We didn’t ask for it.  We have no control, or at least minimal control, over when it will end.  And yet, here we are, responsible for all the in-between of it.  I’ve given more thought to how I live my life than what I assume the average person does.  This isn’t intended to be an arrogant statement.  If anything, it’s quite the contrary, and yet I’m not ashamed to say it.   Lately I’ve been riding my bike quite a bit.  I’m trying to prove to myself that I am capable of most definitely not dying from riding my bike up ..read more
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Anything is Possible: Recovering from Neurological Lyme and Providing Hope as a Pelvic Floor Therapist with Denise Nichols
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by Callie, Callie Dixon
2y ago
Denise Nichols is a pelvic floor therapist, an occupational therapist, a pelvic rehabilitation practitioner, the owner of Motivate Health, Inc., author and coach of “Your SelfCare Matrix”, and a neurological lyme survivor.  She started her influence as someone who provides hope to others through the business she created, but then she had to provide that same hope to herself to journey through her own very scary health journey. In this episode, we talk about all the things that we NEED to start talking about as women – all the things discussed in hushed voices in the corner – things we sh ..read more
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Create Space to Move Forward
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by Callie, Callie Dixon
2y ago
If your world is spinning, you’re desperate to heal, or you simply just want to know what to do next, you must first create space: and it’s start literally. This episode explores literal spaces I made as I decided to leave my ex husband, and how integral they were to actually giving myself the figurative space to determine what was best for my future. We all need a space of our own: somewhere safe – somewhere truly “us”.  And we all need to be held by something – especially when recovering from trauma or while experiencing it. Check out this episode for how to create a space of your own ..read more
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How MS inspired an Entrepreneur: A.S.H. and Her Journey with Chronic Illness
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by Callie, Callie Dixon
2y ago
I ran into A.S.H. at a local festival.  Her tent was full of beautiful herbs and fruits and I was told I HAD to try this iced tea that literally was bubbling and steaming.  It was delicious!!!  And then a few weeks later, I started talking to this amazing human and realized she also had struggled with chronic illness – to the point she had been told she may not walk again.  Not only did she seek out herbs that helped her heal, but she decided she wanted to share these remedies with the rest of the world and started her own tea company.  Check out A.S.H. in this episod ..read more
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For Paul: Interstitial Cystitis Healing Guide
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by Callie, Callie Dixon
2y ago
This episode is in response to an email I get over and over.  This time it was from Paul.  But it’s been from many others.  It’s for the me I was when chronic illness had made me believe I didn’t have a reason to live anymore. It’s for those of you stuck in that dark place, looking for some hope and light and needing someone to tell you how to get there. Today is VERY Interstitial Cystitis heavy.  I explain the disease and all the things I did to heal.  I have had an “IC first aid” blog post for years, but just realized I had never made the audio/podcast version.  ..read more
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Living Well After Acute Myeloid Leukemia, with Adrian Lemberger: Part 2 | 
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by Callie, Callie Dixon
2y ago
Adrian is a rockstar – and not just because he is a talented musician, but because he has experienced just about the most difficult challenge one can face in life, and he survived.  So many don’t.   My friend Alicia, interviewed on this podcast (you can listen here), did not survive, and she hated when people said that it was a “fight against cancer”, because, this ultimately implies some win and some lose.  Alicia did not lose.   Adrian has not lost or won.  Anyone who faces cancer, I have found, offers us insight on life which we simply overlook when life is comfort ..read more
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Living Well After Acute Myeloid Leukemia, with Adrian Lemberger: Part I
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by Callie, Callie Dixon
2y ago
Meet Adrian Lemberger.  Father, musician, and survivor of Acute Myeloid Leukemia.  Adrian shares his story with us, as well as how Graft vs. Host disease, resulting from stem cell treatment (which saved his life) impacts his daily life.  Adrian’s story of one of reslience and bravery and creativity and love and I’m just so happy to know him. Links referenced in interview: Acute Myeloid Leukemia @EvenThievesBand The Young Man in a Hurry Link to Coaching   The post Living Well After Acute Myeloid Leukemia, with Adrian Lemberger: Part I first appeared on River + Quill ..read more
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My Kids’ Perspective on Chronic Illness and Divorce
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by Callie, Callie Dixon
2y ago
They aren’t just along for the ride – They are a major reason FOR it.  Taking a break from social media helped me realize the people in my life who deserved more of my attention and my kids were at the top of the list. I write about chronic illness and have begun to discuss my divorce, but I wondered, what did they have to say about it?  How did THEY feel?  I could write for hours about what I THOUGHT they had experienced, but why not just… ask them? SO – this episode is two of my three children discussing the past five years.  It hasn’t been an easy five years for my fami ..read more
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