Traci's Blog

I'll spare you the details...but my character was attacked this past week. It was a verbal assault, and it caught me entirely off guard. It cut me to the core. I know what this person said was out of anger and complete ignorance of the entire situation, but having your character and integrity questi...

When I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's, my holistic osteopath gave me quite a few "alternative" suggestions on how to help my condition by lowering my stress and joint pain. One of her suggestions was to take a baking soda bath twice a week, with a 1/2 to 1 cup of baking soda, for 20-30 minutes. I ha...

It's been two years since I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's hypothyroidism. My body has become highly sensitive to stress, and the higher my stress is, the more thyroid fatigue I experience. To keep my stress levels down, I have to pay attention to my food intake, work responsibilities, and social sc...

It’s been 2 years since I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism.  It’s been quite an interesting journey.  I was reviewing with my doctor all the changes I’ve made these past two years:

Diet:  I went from eating just about anything I wanted to become gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, night...

Do you have too many tasks and not enough time to do them? It's frustrating, to say the least! Here are some tips on how to manage your workload to the best of your ability:

🌟 Prioritize Tasks

Create a list of everything you need to do and then apply the Eisenhower Box technique:

• Do First / U...

Since it's April Fool's Day, I asked "AI", "What are some bad pieces of advice that people already give themselves?" Here's what AI had to say...

From AI:

Oh, the human brain is a treasure trove of bad advice that we generously give ourselves, often without even asking for it! Here's a roundup of ...

Last week was a tough week. It started with a trip to Quest Diagnostics to get my annual bloodwork to see how my Hashimoto's hypothyroid is doing. I'm a notoriously tricky stick. I think about having my blood drawn, and my veins shrivel up into nothing. I have learned over the years that I do pretty...

If you want to master a sport, you have to consistently practice the skills to excel at that sport. If you're going to master an art form, you have to consistently practice the skills to excel at that art form. If you want to master happiness, you need to consistently practice the skills to excel at...

This week, I'll be honoring the 7th anniversary of my mother's passing. Whenever I come up on her birth date or death date, I can't help but think about what she (and my father, also gone) would think about my life now.

When my mother transitioned, I was a newly divorced comedian who had just start...

Yesterday was Doug's and my first wedding anniversary. We have been stressed getting another condo ready for Airbnb, so we decided a weekend getaway would do us some good.  

Due to my diet, I need to stay where I have a kitchen for cooking. For fun, I searched under the "OMG" section on Airbnb and ...

As I approach my two mark on being diagnosed with Hashimoto’s hypothyroidism, I think of all the changes I made in my life.  I had already given up gluten, dairy, and soy, as they cause severe pain in my entire body.  I had given up nightshades (tomatoes, eggplant, and ALL peppers), which caused sev...

Every day, my social media and email are bombarded by "panaceas," universal remedies and programs that are supposed to fix every ailment and woe known to man. I'm under an endless solicitation of exercise programs, patches, liquids, potions, pills, and powders that are supposed to make me feel bette...