Encouragement

Video 1 Transcript

I know that you may be feeling really discouraged if you are watching this video right now and maybe you've just been diagnosed or maybe you've been battling this for years and you are just feeling overwhelmed that life is never going to feel different and better and I just want to offer some encouragement. I validate that this journey with lupus is unknown and sometimes you're taking the best care of yourself and you're still feeling horrible and sometimes your labs are horrible but you're feeling pretty good and people don't always understand and so I just want to encourage you that lupus for me personally has been a great teacher. I've learned a lot about my body and my heart and my relationships through this journey and it's been a great gift for me but at times it's been overwhelming, frustrating and sad. I've been sad that I want to do more and I don't always feel like I physically have the strength to do more and so I promise you that you will have better days if you're having a hard time now.

Video 2 Transcript

So I'm often asked by people that are surprised that I deal with lupus, how I write books and speak all over the world and do the media work that I do. And I'm here to say that there's been seasons of my life where it's not been that way. I've done a lot of medicine over the years and had times in my life where I wasn't able to contribute or show up in my life in the way that I wanted. And so my encouragement for you is this, that this is a long marathon, you're not running a sprint. And so you're going to be learning about lupus and how it shows up in your life and what tools are most effective in helping you create health and well-being and balance. And so don't give up because there are times in my life where I've had to pull way back and just focus on the most basic parts of my life. And I promise you will also have seasons of health and strength where you can show up differently.