#107. My Crohn’s Disease is scaring me and affecting my business

Lately, my chronic illness has been scaring me more than it has in a long time. In this episode, I share with you why and how that is affecting my business.

People who are sick and successful are just made differently. Do you agree?

It takes a lot out of a person to do regular everyday things. On top of that, being a mom, wife, and an entrepreneur while dealing with a Crohn’s flare, I am finding myself constantly fatigued, burnt out, and ultimately just tired. I love what I do, and I’m very passionate about my business. The illness doesn’t change that, but it does make it much harder to run than when I was in remission.

December 2022 was plagued with illness for us. We had a fever for what lasted about 2 weeks. Thankfully, we were healthy during the holidays but eventually got sick again. I feel like I haven’t given any updates about my Crohn’s disease in a while, especially about this most recent flare, so that is what this episode is about.

I will share with you what’s going on in my mind daily, why I’m so scared of my Crohn’s disease, and how it’s affecting my business.

Being sick and successful doesn’t mean that every day is easy or glamorous. There are many extremely tough times and battles to be fought too. I want to share both sides of that with you authentically.

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00:01:11 - Quick rundown of what happened in December

00:01:46 - What I will share with you today

00:01:59 - Here’s how you can show your love for the podcast!

00:02:33 - My words for 2023

00:03:04 - I made a sick and successful Tiktok! Follow me there!

00:03:10 - Should I continue with Youtube? Help me decide!

00:03:23 - What it’s like to have a Crohn’s disease flare, with many other side effects like erythema nodosum, and extreme anemia

00:04:29 - Going from multiple years of flare to many years in remission, and then a flare again -  “When you do that for years, you forget that there’s normal. Then, when you have normal for a little, you hit remission.”

00:05:20 - My Crohn’s Disease now

00:06:28 - Why the future of my Crohn’s is scaring me

00:08:19 - How my Crohn’s disease is affecting my business

00:11:06 - What I plan to do this 2023

00:11:47 - I’d appreciate if you do this

00:12:32 - We are a completely different breed

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