I’m Brandi, mom to four beautiful kiddos living in my native home state of South Carolina. I’m a certified Fibromyalgia advisor, fibromyalgia advocate, and bookworm.
In addition to blogging, I’m also a fibromyalgia writer and advocate. It’s through living with fibromyalgia, chronic pain, anxiety, and depression that I’ve learned how strong I am. It’s partly the reason I’ve learned to be straightforward about life – there’s no time to waste on false perceptions.
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Why this blog?
On March 25, 2018, I became severely ill for nearly a year with various health issues. For weeks I was confined to a bed and my doctors had no idea what was wrong with me or what triggered it. I had countless tests, scans, and other medical procedures only to have each one fail to tell me what was happening to my body.
Since providers were failing to listen to me and virtually gave up on me after coming up empty-handed, I took my health into my own hands. I dove into research and discovered how the body worked – from the brain to the gut to various body systems – in an attempt to find the origin of these issues.
This is when the seed of wellness was planted, and I fell in love with wellness, striving to become as healthy-ish as I could reasonably become. I learned how magnificent the body is and how outside factors – such as the foods I was eating, the products I used on my body, and even the air outside – was affecting my body and the way it functioned.
Small changes over time added up to make BIG changes in my health and overall quality of life. And not just for me, but for my family as well. My life is vastly different than what it was in March 2018. I am stronger, healthier, wiser, and thriving.
More than ever I want to share my journey of wellness through all of my ups and downs, and to share my knowledge and experiences. And, most of all, show how you can be healthy(ish) without breaking your bank account, become overwhelmed with hard to find ingredients, and love your overall well being.
I’m a sock collector!
I love to collect socks and magnets! And not just any socks or magnets, but ones from various places or unique ones. I don’t know how the sock collection started, but here it is anyway. The magnet collection started back when I was in the Navy and a friend visited a few places across the pond bringing me back a magnet from each destination. Since then, I get magnets from all over!
I like big books and I cannot lie!
I’m an avid reader of all sorts of genres. My favorite author is Greg Iles. He’s an incredible writer, and I got to meet him once at a book signing. Check out my book reviews!
Au Revoir, Mom, and Pops! Hello, World!
When I was 17, I enlisted in the Navy and served eight years. My mom was completely against it just as my dad was, but my dad told my mom, “You can either sign the consent now with our support or she’ll do it when she turns 18 without our support.” That was enough for my mom to sign her precious baby girl away to the Navy and out of her care. My mom cried nearly every day I was in boot camp, but I didn’t find out until years later. She was (still is) my biggest supporter – until my husband came into the picture and somehow he managed to tie with her.
