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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 […]
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35 Things to do Instead of Social Media
Personally, I know that I have difficulty getting off my phone sometimes and it can be frustrating when my mind wants me to be productive but my body is stuck scrolling through tiktoks. I tend to go on my phone when I’m stressed and need to be away from work and life for a while, […]
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Move “One of Us is Lying” to the Top of Your Reading List…Now.
When I say One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus is a page-turner- I mean it is a page-turner. This novel is a read-it-in-four-days-and-feel-a-connection-to-the-characters type of page-turner. Now that I’ve made my obsession with this book known, I suppose it would be a good idea to describe it to you. One of us is Lying is a murder mystery […]
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Affirmations- Your Personal Wish Granting Genie
We’ve all seen the movies where a genie, crystal ball or some other magical medium has the power to make all of the main character’s dreams come true. Now, while I most certainly am not able to call upon a genie to turn my dreams into a reality, I think that we as individuals are […]
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Library Books: A Love Story
Even with the world constantly evolving and modernizing in front of my eyes, a library book will always win the fight against an e-book or store bought book in my mind. My relationship with books began at a very young age; my parents constantly read to me and I quickly grew fond of all kinds […]
Alive and Well(ness) 