Author: Abby Olsen
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Product Promo: Katalyst Kombucha
Katalyst Kombucha is truly healing my relationship with all kombucha and I have no doubt that these healing powers will extend to my overall health as well. Katalyst is a 100% worker owned, ethical and enthusiastic kombucha business that is brewed right here in Massachusetts…in other words, it is wholly worthy of your love and…
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An Analysis of Lizzo’s TedTalk about Twerking
This topic and format is a little bit different than the content I usually put out, but I wrote this analysis on a TedTalk of Lizzo in my public speaking class last semester and wanted to give it a place to live (beyond the confines of my google drive) because I actually found it very…
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Saving 2022 one Vision Board at a Time
It’s the end of January. For many, this marks the time where new year’s resolutions tend to get a little foggy (I don’t exclude myself from this group.) Since I know that there must be at least a few people out there ready and willing to resurrect whatever is left of their resolution from just…
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Romanticizing your Snow Day
I am currently typing this slumped down on my bed, bundled in all of my favorite comfy clothes all the way down to my fuzzy socks, alternating my gaze between the screen of my laptop and the portrait of a white landscape outside my window. So, it’s easy to see why my current state grants…
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Reasons Why You Should Have a Beef with Beef
With mouth watering steak, juicy burgers and beef tacos simply just existing, it’s easy to see why there is such a debate over red meat and whether it should be forgotten or remain favored. My stance though is that it should be kicked to the curb- and for more reasons than one. So, meat lovers,…
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Learning from Life Lessons
In 2019, my former neighbor who was sunshine embodied and whom I considered a second mother abruptly passed away from a heart aneurysm at age 48 while teaching a yoga retreat with her son in Vermont. The following year, my grandmother who, other than her old age and love for dessert, was fairly healthy died…
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Give the Gift of Giving (…Back to your Environment)
The holidays are a time of joy, love and giving. Alternately, on the other less glamorous side, they can be a time of overall harm and pollution to our environment. With online shopping, traveling and eating at a high around the holiday season we are contributing to a great amount of carbon dioxide emissions into…
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Self-Hate Occurs Subconsciously
I’ve spent my whole life unloving myself. There, I said it. It may have been a gradual thing, not necessarily occurring all at once. It was very likely a subconscious thing, my brain silently ripping myself apart. But for whatever reason, few or many, I’ve reached a point where I am not always content with…
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You are a Continual Work in Progress
I’ve been feeling a little less than myself lately and so I wanted to get my thoughts down with hopes of comforting myself and uplifting anyone else that may be in a similar situation. This time of year for me often brings a bit of darkness. Now, I suppose this is natural because it literally…
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The Key to Trusting Yourself
Got trust issues? Here’s a thought- maybe it’s coming from within. In trusting yourself, you are able to build confidence, self-love and even become a better decision maker. You’ll have an easier time being true to yourself and you’ll have the power to be the happiest, most supportive version of yourself. Interested? The key to…
Alive and Well(ness) 