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?”

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”

Finding Strength in the Darkness

Life isn’t just the pictures we see on Facebook, and the happy faces we put on in our daily lives. All we see are the smiling faces and all of the fun things everyone’s doing and the cool places we’re going. That’s all we want to show the world. We only want to show eachContinue reading “Finding Strength in the Darkness”

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…”

5 Ways that Meditation Changed My Mindset

Learning to practice meditation has changed my life in immeasurable ways. Even when I am not meditating, I have learned to hold a different mindset: a mindset of awareness and openness in everything. I am always mindful (or reminding myself to be mindful). I am aware of my existence and the existence of every otherContinue reading “5 Ways that Meditation Changed My Mindset”