National Health Blog Post Month

Earlier this week, the National Psoriasis Foundation, with whom I am an volunteer mentor, posted this:

Calling all bloggers and aspiring bloggers: It's National Health Blog Post Month! Let's make sure everyone knows about psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis! If you feel up to the challenge, sign up and blog about your experiences with psoriatic disease. It's a great way to tell your story - and teach others about these diseases.

I love being apart of the NPF and helping as many people as I can. Not to mention I love blogging about my experiences, whether it's health updates, psoriasis tips and advice or just the adventures Chris and I have here in Seattle. So I LOVE this challenge and encourage any bloggers, aspiring bloggers/writers to take up the challenge as well.

I am three days behind, so I will post all four posts today to get back on track :)

This is part of the Health Activist Writer’s Month Challenge Prompts.
Nov 1: Titles of my future book. Say you’re writing a book about your life, community, condition, or Health Activism. Come up with 5 working titles and a quick book jacket synopsis.

Not a lot of people know this but I have always dreamed about writing a book about my life, corny, yes I know. I've thought about writing it about my life and being a twin; about planning a wedding and all the things people don't tell you; my life-long battle with psoriasis and my parents health conditions; becoming a health consultant..... But with all the silly books and reality TV show books, why not me? To come up with a title is kind of hard but here goes:

1. It Takes Two, Babe

You can choose your friends, but you definitely can't choose whether you're going to be a twin or not. Live their journey with them through birth, elementary school-college, boyfriends and bad jobs, fights and first time big-girl jobs and moving and marriages with an everlasting bond that can never be broken.

2. Your First Dress Is The One: What They Don't Tell You About Planning Your Dream Wedding, Secrets Revealed

Yes, it's true. I heard everything in between from "the first dress you try on will be the one" (it really was); there will be things that go wrong (my ring bearers didn't have a pillow while walking down the aisle!) to many more. These are real secrets, revelations and pet peeves from brides planning their dream wedding. Some names have been changed to protect the innocent or guilty—however you read it.

3. Overcoming Battles, Being Patient

My 76 year old father overcame a triple by-bass at age 70 and prostate cancer(1999) and was in remission for 10 years, then it came in 2009 and is still in treatment but doing great; my mother battled through Uterine Cancer at age 60 and won; I have been a long-time sufferer of psoriasis, an auto-immune disease that appears as red, scaly flakes on the skin, and has no cure; my mother in-law fought through a triple by-pass. Through everything I have learned that things could always be worse and that nothing helps cure anything better than patience, friends and a good laugh.

4. Healthy Food, Healthy You

Eating healthy isn't just about, you guessed it eating healthy, it's about wanting to eat healthy and change your life for the better. Receiving my AFPA Health and Wellness Certification has given me the strength and motivation to want to help others change their life for the better. Healthy food equals a healthy you, and I equip you with the simple knowledge it takes for you to understand the simple equation of your life.

5. The One Year Itch, Surviving a Marriage The Right Way

I don't have to tell you the divorce rate for you to understand the sanctity of marriage. I have been married for a year now and it has, by far, been the best year of my life. We always heard it's the one, third or seven year itch that's gonna test your marriage. Well, the one year didn't get us so bring it on three and seven! I'll give you our advice and tips on having the best marriage you can have while surviving the ups and downs life throws at you.

This post was written as part of NHBPM – 30 health posts in 30 days: http://bit.ly/vU0g9J