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In today’s digital world, it’s easy to feel like just another data point for massive corporations. That’s why I’m launching Bean Media & Development LLC, an independent studio dedicated to creating…
Daily Routines & Real-World Strategies for Living Well with Crohn’s Disease
Living with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis means navigating a condition where stress, diet, and daily pacing directly impact how you feel. While medical treatment provides the foundation, your…
The Future of Crohn’s Treatment: 2026 Medical Breakthroughs to Watch
Welcome back to the Healthy Crohn’s blog. Navigating Crohn’s disease often feels like chasing a moving target, but the latest advancements in gastroenterology are giving us entirely new tools to…
7 Days of Gentle Dinners: A Low-Residue Plan for Crohn’s
Living with Crohn’s often means dinnertime comes with a side of anxiety. When you are in the middle of a flare or just trying to give your digestive system a much-needed break, figuring out what to…
The 2026 Breakthrough in Crohn’s Treatment: Why Selective IL-23 Inhibitors are Changing the Game
If you or someone you love is managing moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease, you already know how exhausting the journey can be. Finding a treatment that brings true, long-term relief often…
The Ultimate Tool for IBD Management: Healthy Crohns Is Now on Google Play
Navigating Crohn’s disease or colitis requires more than just willpower. It requires data. We know that feeling your best often involves a “DIY” approach to managing your lifestyle alongside your medical treatment.
Living with IBD: New “DIY” Tools to Add to Your Treatment Toolkit
We often hear about the big medical breakthroughs for Crohn’s and colitis (like the new JAK inhibitors and biologics), but what about the things we can control at home? Managing IBD is rarely a…
Navigating Crohn’s: Eating Healthy When Your Gut Says “No Thanks”
Living with Crohn’s disease can feel like a constant battle, especially when it comes to food. What works one day might trigger a flare-up the next. But focusing on healthy eating can significantly…
A New Year, a New You
As we begin a new year, it’s important to take proactive steps in managing Crohn’s disease. Reflecting on the past can provide valuable insights into what has and hasn’t worked for managing the…
Remarkable Fast Recovery After Surgery: My Healing Journey
Well, it has been 2½ weeks since surgery. Healing has been fast. Doctors are puzzled by the fast recovery I am having. I have been without pain since the second day after surgery and have not been…
Finding Yourself
This year has been a tough one so far. In four months I have been hospitalized three times, one of them for emergency surgery to remove parts of my colon and large intestine because my biologic…
Time Heals All Wounds (That’s What They Say)
There are many things the title of this post could apply to, but sometimes, no matter how much time you give something, it will never heal. It may lessen or slow down, but it will never go away. As…
Time Catches Us All!
So after 15 years of working on myself and taking care of myself, I find myself in the hospital twice in two weeks. But this time is different: I was hospitalized for 9 days due to emergency surgery.…
Slowing Down
Today we run everywhere. We rush to work, we rush to get things done on time, we rush even the things we love to do so we have time to rush to something else. With the hustle and bustle of life, we…
Why H2O?
We all know we should stay hydrated, but we also know it’s harder than it seems. Every day I wake up telling myself I will drink 8 cups of water. But I struggle all day long: remembering where I put…
Stress Out!
There are many things in life that we really need to watch and work on. Stress is the biggest one for people with Crohn’s, because stress leads to a lot of things that go against the body’s healing,…
Making Your Own Food
I have heard that cooking your own food takes too much time. Do me a favor: go look at the ingredients in your packaged food and tell me whether you know all of them. Soup is easy and needs few…
Food Doesn’t Have to Taste Bad!
After 11 years of being diagnosed with Crohn’s, I’ve been on many diets. Most diets are plain, with no taste. I found foods that I can eat and foods that I cannot, but that does not mean the foods I…
Welcome to Healthy Crohn’s
This blog will help people with Crohn’s and colitis live healthier lives, even with an IBD.