Welcome to CULTIVATING HEALTH, HAPPINESS & JOY
Resources, thoughts, and more all designed to help foster the growth of better health, increased happiness, and more joy in one’s life.
Cultivate More Happiness
We believe that happiness is created and that for most happy people happiness not an accident.
And understand that medical issues, genetic mutations, and more can have an impact on one’s outlook in life.
But we don’t believe it is a roadblock that can’t be overcome.
We share resources to create more happiness, despite life and medical challenges.
Cultivate Better Health
Health is so important! We’re dedicated to bringing you news, information, advice and tips to lead a healthy lifestyle.
You’ll find…
- Research we’ve found related to various medical conditions that we are dealing with (in case you or a loved one are dealing with them too)
- Tips and tricks for increasing health, particularly research we’ve done on our own journey to restoring health.
- Info on what it is like living with a variety of medical conditions
- Our favorite remedies (some of them homemade)
- and more!
Cultivate A Richer Life
And we share some of the things we do to live life more fully, including the things we do to create more happiness in life. It could be hobbies, restaurants we love, travel we’ve done, or photos and stories of our pets.
Welcome to Cultivating Health and Happiness! We are so glad you stopped by for a visit.
How about we show you around the site a little? After all, I hope we’ll be friends and you’ll hang out at our house here often..
We believe it living your best life, despite whatever challenges are going on in life.
And yes, we get it, there can be a lot going on!
We are proof of that.
Cultivate More Happiness
Five Benefits of Solitude
In today's overly connected 24/7 society, it can be difficult to find quality time with your spouse, kids and friends — let alone yourself. But carving out some quiet “me” time should be on everyone’s priority list, and even a few...
Canyon Villas at Coral Ridge
The town homes at Coral Canyon are one of our favorite places to stay. I have stayed here for 21 days over the past few years. The place is spacious with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, a large pantry, and plenty of kitchen space. It sleeps 8 comfortably. And it well...
A Southern Utah Road Trip Tradition: The Creamery in Beaver, UT
I rarely eat ice cream. After all, it contributes to inflammation. And it is nowhere on the list of foods to eat when one has autoimmune conditions. But I do have ice cream occasionally as it adds to my happiness factor. I generally save my ice cream splurge for...
Cultivate Better Health
Build life enriching experiences and cultivate thoughts that lead to greater happiness.
Frequently Asked Questions About MS (Multiple Sclerosis)
When I was first diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis I had some many questions. Here are a few of the most important ones, with answers.What is multiple sclerosis? Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disorder in which the healthy tissue in the central nervous system...
My Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis
“You definitely have multiple sclerosis,” the doctor said.” It didn’t come as a surprise. We had suspected it for months. In fact, my neurologist referred me over the local multiple sclerosis specialty clinic after seeing my symptoms. But still, there is something...
Cultivate Joy
12 Gratitude Practices to Cultivate More Health, Happiness and Joy in Life
Participation in consistent gratitude practices pays huge dividends when it comes to creating more health, happiness, and joy in one’s life. Seriously – the results from these gratitude studies are pretty amazing. Science shows that gratitude is required for true joy!...
Gratitudes Impact on Health Happiness & Joy
Gratitude can make a positive and significant impact on your health, happiness, and joy. That is what study after study shows. It can help us make a transition from happiness to joy and from unhealthy to healthy. Gratitude is such a powerful emotion. It is difficult...
From Our Founder
LIVE YOUR BEST LIFE
This website is designed to be a place where we talk about resources to increase health and happiness, despite life’s stuff. Here is where we are starting to record research we’ve done or found related to various medical conditions, tips and tricks for increasing health, what it is like to deal with a variety of medical conditions.
We’ll also share different parts of our lives, including the things we do to create more happiness in life. It could be hobbies, restaurants we love, travel we’ve done, and more.

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Let us know what you're currently struggling with, what successes you have had in treatments, or anything else we can help you with.