Here’s 5 Reasons Why You Need To Be Your Own Best Friend

Hey you fabulous person you. Go ahead, pat yourself on the back because only you can fix your uncomfy situation, and by being here, with a like-minded person going through the same things, is step one. For reals friend, you’ve already recognized that your situation is less than ideal, so you went searching on the […]
When You Quit Trying to Control, You Can Begin Living

Will it ever be easy? Letting something go? Whether it be a person, place or thing, even a pet, it’s hard to let things go when they constantly weigh on you. So instead, we grab onto the control button because it’s the next best thing to determine our fate. Or is it? Even though we’ll […]
Sleep Deprivation: The Enemy of Productivity

You do it, I do it, we allll do it. Way too often. Sleep is something we’re quite literally well, sleeping on as a society in the modern world, and it’s causing us all an array of preventative health issues. Boo to that. Isn’t it time we started prioritizing our health in the most simplest […]
Discovering How To Have Gratitude For Any And All Of Life’s Bounties

Hello my friends! As I was in the Lowes parking lot today, I had no intention of coming out with anything but a few cases of water. You see, I missed our last water delivery, so I’ve been needing to pick more before the next drop off. (I know I know, #firstworldproblems). However, I ended […]
Calling All Overthinkers: What Is Your Status Quo?

I learned something today. About myself and about other people as well. I decided to choose self growth over making money, and that was a huge milestone in my step forward. I didn’t realize it until I was standing here, eating an apple, filling my water bottle, and not rushing around because at that moment […]
You Say Fatty Liver, I Say Eff That.

So guys. We’ve talked about getting older. We’ve raved about the benefits and boo-hooed about the bummers along the way. We have also discussed how we get tripped up in so many ways when it comes to preventing bad health because every doctor we go to just wants to treat it with Advil or Pepto […]
Focusing On Letting Go Of My Past Self And Trusting The Process Of The Present (Including The Launch Of My First Book)

Years ago I thought I was ready for children. I was going to have 4, maybe 5 and it was going to be freaking GREAT. I “knew” I’d be an awesome mom because well, everyone around me was so sure of it, of course! Funny that most of those people are no longer in my […]
Figuring Out How To Put Pain First: Looking Through A Different Lens

Who said pain was ever a bad thing? I look at it differently these days. This may sound controversial but I use it as motivation to do better, get stronger, and keep pushing my momentum into the great unknown. It has a bad rep but if you sit back and look at the bigger picture, […]
Dry January…What About A Dry Life? 3 Cheers For Breaking The Generational Habit Of Alcoholism Part 1

Alcohol is a drug. It’s a poison. It’s what we learned in D.A.R.E. to stay away from and not steal from our parents fridges or pantries. It’s the gateway to doing “real” drugs or to allow you to let loose enough to say yes to them at least. It’s also the party bringer, the ease […]
Personal Growth: The Ultimate Long Game

You think you know yourself and then life goes ahead and slaps you in the face again. WHY? Because well, it can. And it does, repeatedly. It’s times like these that make me step back and realize that even though you thought there was a road there one day, doesn’t mean there can’t be a […]