5 Books that Have Changed My Life for the Better
If you know me personally, then you know I love to read as much as I love to write. There is just something so special about losing yourself in a good story, getting to know an author when reading...
View ArticleWhy I Don’t Want to Hustle
Everybody loves a good motivating quote or image, but some of the inspiration I see today seems misguided. At least for me personally, in my current season of life. I’m talking about what I’ve termed...
View ArticleFood Isn’t a Feeling
For a decent portion of my life, I’ve had a tumultuous relationship with food. From extremely picky eating and food dye allergies as a child to culinary adventures and fervent attempts at “intuitive...
View Article5 Food & Fitness Habits I No Longer Practice
Today’s post is inspired by Ashley and Erin who both shared similar posts recently. I’ve written about how my mindset and routine concerning fitness and food have changed in the last few...
View ArticleGive Yourself Permission
I know I’m late to the game, but right now I’m about half-way through Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic (affiliate link)—and I’m loving what she has to say about creativity, authentic living, and not...
View Article10 Things I’ve Learned in 10 Years of Marriage
Today is Mark’s and my TENTH anniversary! I honestly can’t believe we’ve been married this long. It seems like just a few years ago we’d met in college, and here were are with a 3 ½ year old child and...
View ArticleHow To Support Mental Health Awareness Month
May is recognized annually as Mental Health Awareness Month. Most long-time readers know that I’m passionate about promoting overall wellness, sharing my own experiences with anxiety and depression,...
View ArticleResponding to Your Inner Critic
Every single day for me is a practice in valuing and loving myself. As a chronic people pleaser who yearns for acceptance and respect from my loved ones and the authority figures in my life, it’s not...
View Article…None of Your Business
In a two-day span, I saw this quote in several different places, and it resonated strongly with me: Isn’t that great? Of course this quote got me thinking because, even as an adult and somebody who, in...
View Article10 Ways I Manage My Anxiety
Several months ago I received an email from a woman who’d read my post on antidepressants. She was so thoughtful and brave by reaching out to me and sharing a few details about her own anxiety and...
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