Empower Your Inner Architect: Building a Life of Epic Wellness

I realize that THBT has been all “crickets” the past couple of weeks. I know that you all understand how overwhelming life can get. Yet, with that oppression has come some great THBT material. I am calling on all prayer warriors to do your thing—and please ask that my husband doesn't change the locks. My husband really shouldn’t be angry with me. After all. The last couple of weeks have really been all about him, and rightfully so. He’s been dealing with back pain from a herniated disc for a couple of years, and he was finally able to surgically address that with a procedure called a laminectomy. In short, a part of the bone on the spine is removed to make room for the disc herniation so it no longer presses the nerve against that part of the bone. It’s a pretty intense surgery, so he’s going to need quite a bit of recovery time. But the first week? Boy, was that fun… My hubs has a high tolerance for pain. This also means that it takes a little higher dose of pain medication to...

Last week, I started to move in the direction of summer parties and picnics, so I hope you won’t be too disappointed if I backtrack just a little. I apologize for the morbid segue, but I had several personal reminders this week of a particular condition that can lead to cardiovascular-related death, and it is one that most people will “sleep right through” if it’s not brought to the forefront. You KNOW I can’t explain the pun without a story… My husband returned from a two-month work trip this week. It is always so nice to have him home after a long absence. Truthfully, it is always an adjustment too—I like to go to bed early, he goes to bed a little later. I’m a breakfast person and eat lighter throughout the day, and he tends to skip breakfast and focuses more on big lunches and dinners. Oh. And I had to move my home nebulizer (more about that in November when we discuss respiratory!) from his nightstand so he would have room for his CPAP machine. Some of you have heard of a CPAP, ...