Anxiety Around Eating: When It Becomes a Problem
Vigilance is necessary. But when does careful become anxious? And what do you do when food feels scary?
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The Grief of Gluten: Processing Food Loss
Why losing bread can feel like losing a friend, and how to mourn what you've lost so you can move forward.
The Celiac Household Divide
Managing a home where some people have celiac and others don't, the practical and emotional challenges.
Friends Who Get It (And How to Find Them)
The value of friendships that accommodate your celiac, and how to cultivate them.
Marriage and Celiac Disease
The partnership of managing a chronic illness together, what helps and what hurts.
Raising an Independent Teen with Celiac
How to help your teenager take ownership of their celiac management, and let go as a parent.
Hosting GF-Safe Gatherings
How to throw a party, host a dinner, or plan an event where the celiac can actually eat.
Explaining Celiac to Young Children
How to help kids understand why you (or they) can't eat what everyone else eats.
When Your Spouse Doesn't Get It
What to do when your partner doesn't fully understand, or support, your celiac needs.
Navigating School with a Celiac Child
Lunch room, class parties, field trips, and the constant vigilance, a guide for parents.
Grandparents Who Keep Forgetting
When the people who love your kids can't seem to remember they can't eat bread. How to handle it without damaging relationships.
Dating with Celiac Disease
When to tell them, how to handle restaurant dates, and what it means if they don't take it seriously.
When Your Spouse Doesn't Get It
Navigating celiac disease when your partner doesn't fully understand, or doesn't seem to care.
Holiday Hosting: Making Everyone Safe and Happy
How to host gatherings where the celiac can actually eat, without making everyone else feel like they're at a hospital cafeteria.
The Teenage Celiac: Navigating Peer Pressure
When fitting in matters more than anything, helping teens manage celiac disease without losing themselves.
Raising a Celiac Child: Ages and Stages
How the challenges evolve as your celiac kid grows, from toddler tantrums over food to teen independence.
When food restrictions make fasting difficult
Considering health, prayer, and penance when the demands of a gluten-free diet make fasting difficult.
Gratitude in a changed daily life
A reflection on giving thanks for ordinary kindness and nourishment while making room for loss.