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When Shannon said she wanted us to do something nice for ourselves and tell her about it, I don’t think she had this in mind. Shannon or @liftinglawyer turned 31 yesterday. Her only request was to be selfish and do something just for you and then tell her about it. I know it's an odd… Continue reading It’s not just a cup of coffee
Sometimes when I feel overwhelmed I start to think what would happen if I ran away. What would happen if we packed our bags and just got on a plane and left everything behind? How happy could that be? How relieving could that be? How long could those feelings last? I buckled down on studying… Continue reading Great escape
There's no magic. It feels sad just writing that, but I think we need to have a conversation about what magic really is. I think many of us imagine magic to be a pill or a drink. It's the fairy dust that Fairy Godmother sprinkled on Cinderella that turned her rags into a ball gown.… Continue reading Magic can’t be dumped on you
For many, meal planning can be difficult. This is something that I see online and talk to clients about as well. The struggle can is figuring out how to make meals that… Taste good. Keep us full. Can be made in a timely manner. Aren’t too boring. I think the first thing I want to… Continue reading 7 kinds of meals that I make to start my day + a few cooking hacks
While cake and doughnuts/donuts are my over-the-top treat when I crave something sweet, cookies are one of my favorite things to bake. I find them to be simple, at least in comparison to a cake. I also like how they're easy to manipulate. Maybe one of my super powers is the ability to adjust recipes… Continue reading Recipe: Almond Flour Oatmeal Cookies (egg-free, oil-free, gluten-free)
Going to the grocery store used to freak me out a bit. Prior to overhauling my eating – and to be honest, that’s really what it was in the beginning, I had no issues going in and going up and down every aisle. I would grab what looked tasty or was cheap. Shifting my eating… Continue reading How I organize my grocery shopping + food staples
Good. Better. Best. Or something like that. I don’t know how I feel about ‘best self’. To me it feels finite. I started thinking about my ‘better self’ a few years ago. I thought I could be a bit better each day and therefore allow for growth. I thought if I said I was working… Continue reading Good. Better. Best.
Recently while I was talking to a client, I said to her that it sounds like you’re trying to take a new you and make it fit an old routine. Not those exact words, we all know I don’t talk that concisely – but that was the gist. The weather changes with the seasons and… Continue reading You can’t make a new you fit an old routine
Happiness seems like something we're always chasing. I've said I just want to be happy as though I'm not in a current state of happiness. I've never thought about it before. The other day I was listening back through a few podcast episodes from Ted Radio Hour and I came across one called Where Joy… Continue reading Finding Joy
Be you. Love you. Embrace you. ‘We’ - and I’m going to lump myself in there - we tell you that you should try to love yourself through the bullshit and through the noise. We even acknowledge that it can be difficult to do so. I know I'm not perfect, and it can be hard… Continue reading Why you can’t embrace yourself