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Extra veggie chicken noodle soup 🍲

8 cups chicken bone broth
1 8-10 oz package or GF egg noodles or frozen grandma egg noodles
2 T olive oil
3 cloves garlic
1 small onion
2-3 carrots
3 stalks of celery
2-3 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
1-2 cups chopped mushrooms
1-2 cups chopped asparagus
1-2 cups chopped broccoli
1-2 cups chopped cauliflower
1 zucchini chopped
Season salt
2 T nutritional yeast
Italian seasoning
Rosemary
Salt & pepper

Lemon + parsley toppings

Cook onion + carrots + celery in the olive oil and garlic until starting to soften.
Then add the bone broth + noodles + veggies + seasonings + chicken until
Noodles are fully cooked.
Serve hot with fresh parsley + lemon on top!

I have been grateful for my body lately, which is different after being so disappointed in it for long... Why can’t it get pregnant? Why do my arms give out when I am holding my baby? Why don’t I feel strong anymore? Why can’t I eat what makes me happy? Why is it always causing me so much pain? On and on…

But just in the last 2 months I have had

bad endo flare ups
Nausea
Insomnia
Bladder spasms
Fatigue everywhere
Extreme bloating
Constant back and neck pain
Numb arms
Panic attacks
Depression
Extreme diarrhea to
Extreme constipation
Kidney stones
A Bad cold
New endometriomas growing
And more…

I have taken so many meds (which I don’t normally do)

Advil
Ibuprofen
Zofran
Morphine
Lexapro
Hydrocodone
Flowmax
Teradol
Miralax
Smooth move tea
Constipation suppositories
Rectiade
DayQuil
NyQuil
Sambucol
And more…

And guess what. I am still standing.
I have been working out 2-3 times a week, chasing my toddler, shooting and editing 60+ shoots, many holiday parties, multiple trips, cooking cleaning, appointments, taking care of myself when I can.
I am grateful my body got me through alllllll of that the last two months. And all it’s gotten me through the last 6 years.
Grateful + tired.

I literally feel like a weight has been lifted🤍

The weight of the last year, month, week…the mental and physical load has been too much. I have been wanting to chop my hair for a long time and kept putting it off. I almost canceled this appointment multiple times because I felt like this was too much of a splurge right now, but Kyle said no, you need + deserve this. (Kyles texts after I sent him the pics) 😢🤍

So grateful I went today, happy for this simple change. I also was super attached to my long hair and was worried I wouldn’t pull off this short hair. But a change was needed🙏🏼

We all deserve a little self care sometimes 🤍🤍

you are amazing!