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As the leaves begin to change, I thought it would be a good time to reflect on some of my favorite posts regarding change in myself. Change can be messy, freeing, painful, or beautiful and sometimes all at once. I’ve written about growth, surrender, and finding peace in the in-between.
Have you ever felt stuck, even when you’re trying to grow? Sometimes we picture the lifestyle we want for our future, but it looks nothing like the lifestyle we’re living now. That gap can feel frustrating and quite frankly even embarrassing, because it forces us to admit that maybe we’re
Gratitude has a way of shifting everything—our perspective, our mood, even the pace of our day. Whenever I feel off-balance, I come back to practices that remind me to notice the small joys and simple gifts all around me. To celebrate that, I’ve rounded up some of my favorite Habitual
Heyyyyyyyy you. Yeah, you with the bag of *healthy* chips. 🤨 I see you, and I feel your pain. For literal decades, I’ve not known enough about nutrition. For years as an adult, I thought I was making healthy choices…only to find out that those choices were masked with pounds
Did you ever wonder why some people wear bright blue eyeshadow and then others come in with just lip gloss? Or why friends or coworkers get on your back about your jewelry one day if it’s feeling *a little extra*? Maybe our stuff has got a better grip on ourselves
As we take a quick break away from a travel post, I’d like to chat with you about something that’s been on my mind recently. The world has evolved into a place where mindfulness matters and feelings are important, and making sense of them all can be a trying process
You’ve seen it, heard it, and embraced it most likely several times a day as a dog owner, and if you aren’t currently one, I couldn’t encourage you more to go out and find a rescue that’s searching for their very own human. As we move into the summer months
I have a little sister, and she is the most awesome human being in the world. But as she grows, I see myself in her more than I can ever explain to her, or my mom. It is eerie how many things feel like I relive again through her, but
Do you ever just wish you could stop feeling behind in life? Like, as in behind in everything? You know what I mean…the gut-sinking feeling you get when you’re thinking, how could I have been more prepared? How could I have had more things planned out so that I never
One day in the past I believed that things would stay that way forever. I didn’t think about 33, because I was 23 with all the time in the world ahead of me. I’d travel, I’d have babies, I’d work and write and resell and have animals to care for
