Hi! I’m Jill and I’m glad you’re here.
I write about body image, eating, mental health, physical health, and things like puppies and motherhood.
I am not a doctor, dietician, or mental health professional. Nothing I write is medical or health advice. Please talk with your health care provider (find one you with whom you can speak candidly!) about your health and well-being.
Latest from the Blog
Compensation
“Huh! That’s a new one!” Dr. Rachel slips the pillowcase from my forearms and invites me to stand up straight and try the exercise again at a new angle. “Let’s try it again with your arms parallel against the wall, but no resistance against the pillow case”. I try again, still unable to complete the…
Remember that you are dust
Today is: Ash Wednesday My 45th birthday Two days since getting the call from the breast oncologist’s office to say that the lab results of the MRI biopsy of my left breast were benign Remember that you are dust. Ash Wednesday has perplexed me since I was a kid. I appreciate the solemnity, the congruence…
Polyps
“Did I talk to you while I was waking up? You look familiar.” Danica the post-procedure nurse smiled at me and said “Oh yes! It sounds like you had a great dream about Alice in Wonderland!” “I’m reading the book to my daughter.” I gurgle, still shrugging off the last vapors of anesthesia. “Did you…
