From Exhaustion to Insight: Lessons Learned from Life in Slow Motion The Beginning of it all…It’s been eight years since my life changed. I was twenty-three years old, I had graduated from college just a year prior and had taken a gap year to work as a teacher in Thailand. After seven amazing months ofContinue reading “Gifts from a Chronic Illness”
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Stagnancy or Stillness?
The Space Between Doing & Being– Reflections From an Unemployed Girl & a Summer with an Empty Calendar Time. We base so much of our lives around it, these numbers on the clock that tell us what we need to be doing and when. When we’re busy, there’s never “enough of it,” and then onceContinue reading “Stagnancy or Stillness?”
Roadblocks and Reminders
It seems that the moment we find ourselves in the place we think we want to be, something gets in our way. No matter how good things seem, no matter how straight the road seems to be going, there’s always more roadblocks and things coming along our path to “mess it up”. The truth isContinue reading “Roadblocks and Reminders”
It’s Okay to Let Ourselves Be Happy
Is anyone really happy? What does genuine happiness even look like? It gets hard to tell in a world full of standards and ideals, full of people constantly trying to one-up one another or get the next best thing. One of the most seemingly simple yet surprisingly challenging realizations that I’ve made recently is thatContinue reading “It’s Okay to Let Ourselves Be Happy”
Changing Negative Self-Talk
I wanted to write about this topic because it’s something I’ve been really struggling with lately. Honestly, it’s something I struggle with a lot. So much of the time, I find myself feeling negative or getting down on myself simply because of the way I am talking to myself. My inner voice is telling meContinue reading “Changing Negative Self-Talk”
The Power of Opening Your Heart
I don’t know about you, but for me, opening up has always been something of a challenge and something that takes some time. A lot of the time, I tend to be pretty closed off and keep a lot of things to myself. Sometimes it seems easier that way in this harsh world. Closing offContinue reading “The Power of Opening Your Heart”
Practicing Mindfulness in Daily Life
Sometimes we get so wrapped in our routines and lives that we forget to really be present and find joy in the simple moments. We’re always busy doing something, constantly on the move. In this day-and-age unfortunately it’s hard to escape that. Despite having busy lives, we’re still always able to find our presence amidstContinue reading “Practicing Mindfulness in Daily Life”
4 Simple Yet Powerful Ways of Overcoming Fear
One of the biggest mental challenges for so many of us is facing our fears. Whatever it is that scare us the most, most all our fears stem from two categories — the fear of uncertainty and the fear of inadequacy. We’re afraid of the unknown and we’re afraid of failure. Ultimately we realize thatContinue reading “4 Simple Yet Powerful Ways of Overcoming Fear”
Serenity
[08.15.18] Cazadero, CA I’m sitting on a mountain of evergreen and redwood forests overlooking these magnificent trees and the ocean beyond them. You can hear everything out here – the sounds of the wind blowing against the trees, every slight movement of animals amongst the dry meadow, and occasionally the slightest hint of humanity –Continue reading “Serenity”
Slow Down. Stop. Take a Break…
It sounds simple, but it’s so easy to forget. In this fast paced world we live in, people seem to forget to slow down. They forget to stop when they need to stop. We’re so used to moving, going, doing, constantly on the run to get something done. We need to remind ourselves it’s okayContinue reading “Slow Down. Stop. Take a Break…”
Making Mindful 