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Chronically Beautiful exists for the purpose of raising awareness for Chronic Lyme disease, infusing love into the lives of those who are suffering on any level, discovering beauty wherever it may be found, and ultimately reaching to God to find hope for healing!
"We can do hard things!"
Three years ago I was diagnosed with Chronic Lyme Disease. After insubordinate amounts of pain and suffering, today I stand to share a worldwide message that healing is possible! Throughout my journey, with the help of my determined and supportive parents, and a loving God that guided my healing journey, I learned that my body is capable of healing itself, by itself. Now I stand and share my story with you in hopes to bring hope for healing to those who feel like all is lost. There is hope and happiness ahead.
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Hi There! Nice to Meet You!I'm Chronically Claire - Lyme disease warrior, Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, woman farmer, baker, singer, writer, blogger, business woman, and so much more! I take pride in my identity as a daughter of God, and I have a passion for helping others and infusing love into everything I do. I also have a passion for health and wellness and I believe that as human beings, our bodies have the power to heal themselves. I have a deep love for food, goats, and wholesome laughter. I seek to find beauty in the world around me, and I seek to continuously find joy and then share that joy with those around me, despite how difficult my outer circumstances may be. I hope that as I share my story and knowledge with you, I can bring hope for healing and hope for a brighter future ahead!
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Chronically BeautifulChronically Beautiful is my outlet, my story, and my source of hope for healing as I fight and heal from my chronic Lyme battle. There are thousands of people throughout the world who suffer from this debilitating disease on a daily basis. Chronically Beautiful is my cry for help and hope through love, spiritual support, beauty, inspiration, and more. We all need support and love through difficult times and my plea is that we Lyme warriors stick together in the fight for healing. I hope to inspire everyone around me through my writing and give you a belief that we all have a reason to fight. My message to you is that there is always light at the end of the tunnel, no matter what you're going through. And there is always beauty to be seen, even through the darkest of times.
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Chronically DeliciousMy love and passion for food, and my quest to only consume the most nutrient dense food I can find is manifested through this blog! I love baking, cooking, and eating all kinds of the most nutritious and delicious food! This blog will feature all of my favorite tried and proven recipes, and all recipes published will be original and made with the most fresh and organic ingredients. The special element in my food is that because refined processed sugar feeds cancer, bacteria, and toxins in the body, all of my recipes are made completely refined sugar free! All food photographs featured on this blog will come directly from my kitchen and will be made with love!
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Chronically HealthyI'm here to help you! In my journey to health and wellness I have been blessed to be enlightened on so many practices that can enrich human life and help us to reach healing and happiness to it's full capacity. Health is not a destination, it is a journey. That journey is different for everyone, and we all need sources to be able to learn, grow, and increase our knowledge and abilities. My hope through Chronically Healthy is to be able to empower you to learn how to help your body heal itself. These articles will contain information on various methods of diet, detox, and restoration of the body. I will also be posting recipes for organic beauty and hygiene products, and anything that I personally have found that can decrease toxins in the body and increase purification and healing. |
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Our gift-shop is all about trading beauty for ashes. I seek to further my gift shop because I believe that the chronically ill can do anything they set their minds too. I set out to make my dreams happen, and nothing can stop me now. When we pity the ill, we take away their power, but when we realize that they are capable of many great things, we empower them to fulfill their dreams despite their disabilities.
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I suppose that somewhere in my adolescent heart I believed that such perfection could exist. As I grew older I subconsciously held my expectations high and my hopes even higher that someday my Hallmark life story would become a reality. Let's just say I put the word "hopeless" in the term "hopeless romantic." I aimed high and hard for that reality. My perfect reality. My perfect lie. I'm sure you can imagine my shock when life didn't turn out the way I thought it would. Now, don't get me wrong; for I do not solely blame Hallmark movies for cultivating my perfect lie. I have found society, social media, social norms, and the status quo nurturing this perfect lie more often than not. |
After one is shattered by the pressures of trauma and illness, one must choose the proper way to move forward. And through that process, there will be days when one can feel perplexed as to what "moving forward" can even begin to look like. So how does one compile all of the magic and the pain? How does one process the Olympic moments with the pitfalls and darkness? Perhaps the beauty of life is that we are not required to live it all at once, and we are not required to live it all by ourselves. |
There are times when winter is reminiscent of being swallowed by a deep black hole. And if we're not careful, we may forget the light that's right behind the cloud cover. I hold deep antipathy for darkness, and I often look up at the sky in the wintertime wondering if the bleak gray of winter will come to an end. It's common to hear talk of "winter depression" or "seasonal depression," but I almost never hear talk of what it's really like, or what it even really is. I wish I could say that wintertime was merely a battle with sadness, but I've found it's often much deeper than that, and the PTSD that comes from long months of illness is as real as the PTSD that comes from fighting in a war. In all reality, this is a war for those of us who push through winter with chronic illness, one heavy step through deep snow at a time. |
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My family is a HUGE fan of Mexican food! Tacos, burritos, and enchiladas are a staple at my house, but every now and again it's nice to have something different, and so the Mexican Italian Casserole was born! This casserole is super versatile, meaning that if you're gluten free or you would rather have rice instead of pasta, you can easily do so. This recipe is also super simple, and completely organic for all of my chronic illness warriors that have sensitive stomachs like I do! So if you're a fan of Mexican... or Italian... than this is the casserole for you! |
This chocolate cake was a hit for my whole family and it's completely organic, refined-sugar free, AND vegan! Yep, that's right! No animal products in this cake! I also have found in my healthy baking pursuit that it's really difficult to make healthy cakes that aren't super dry, but I've FINALLY mastered a refined sugar-free recipe that is super moist and very fudgy on the inside! Even the glaze is sugar free and it adds the final finishing touch to this beautiful cake! I also used cacao powder in this recipe instead of cocoa. Cacao is considered a super food and helps boost your mood and your immune system! Eating chocolate in the right amounts can be good for your body! What a relief!! |
I am so in love with these cookies! Perfect for any holiday or family get together! These cookies are completely sugar free, organic, and free of harmful additives and chemicals. They are made with whole wheat flour and they still melt in your mouth! They're also sweetened with Lakanto Monkfruit sweetener which is full of nutrients and approved for all kinds of healthy diets! |
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Lyme spirochetes are spiral shaped bacteria that can drill into any part of your body and infect any organ system, including your nervous system. When Lyme infects the nervous system this can be known as a neurological disorder that can cause many symptoms such as anxiety, depression, nerve pain, unpredictable rage, etc. Since we're all biologically individual and different, this infection of the nerves can affect each person differently. For me I experience intense anxiety, and although it has improved greatly since I was first diagnosed with Lyme, it is still a struggle and I have been on a long journey to find things to help remedy my pain. |
I've been experimenting with lotion recipes for years now, and THIS ONE is my keeper! It's so hard to find homemade lotions that aren't overly greasy and absorb into your skin easily. But this recipe my friends, is perfect! I use this lotion on my face in the morning and at night. And I use it for dry skin and skin lesions brought on by Lyme. It's very gentle on your skin, and it smells SO GOOD you'll be tempted to eat it! |
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The Chronically Care Project!
For the year of 2019, Chronically Beautiful is giving away a fleece blanket every other week through Instagram and Facebook giveaways to those who are in need of some extra love! Love and care are basic human needs that we so often forget to give freely to others. As a chronic illness warrior, I've become acutely aware of the emptiness that is often accompanied with life's adversities. This project is to remind everyone that YOU ARE NOT ALONE. YOU ARE CARED FOR. And YOU ARE LOVED! The goal is to send love to others all over the U.S.! Click on the button below to find out how you can enter to win a handmade, Chronically Beautiful fleece blanket!
