Just Josie

It’s been about three months since I started a plant-based, gluten-free diet, and I could not be happier with the results! If I could have anticipated the far-reaching effects of changing my diet, I would have done it so much sooner.

I have been practicing yoga for about 3 years now, and for the longest time, I only practiced at gym classes. I often find it hard to wake up early to rush to the gym for a morning class, so I have started incorporating at-home yoga into my daily life.

As promised in my post “Super Healthy (and Delicious) Breakfast Smoothies” from a few weeks ago, here is a list of all of my favorite superfood powders. I love adding at least one of these powders to my breakfast smoothie every morning, and on some mornings (like today), I add up to five different superfood powders!

Being diagnosed with a chronic illness has varying implications depending on how old you are. Because I was diagnosed at 15 and my amazing friend Nicole was diagnosed at 25, we wanted to discuss our range of experiences as a result of being diagnosed with lupus at different ages. 

Lupus, like many other autoimmune diseases, is an invisible illness. Consequently, one of the most common phrases I hear is, “But you don’t look sick.” Our society has conditioned us to recognize sickness as an outwardly identifiable characteristic; however, this is not always the case.