Many people despise Monday. After the weekend, getting up early to only begrudgingly drag yourself out of bed, grasping for your coffee can turn Monday morning into something dreadful. But how we choose to look at Monday is a choice, isn’t it? Sure, your time is no longer your time and you have to go […]
In a society constantly stimulated by emails, texts, notifications, updates, and all other media hitting our senses constantly, when does it stop? When do we stop? More importantly, what does it mean to take a moment and just breath? Coffee shops are bombarded by people sitting on laptops with headphones, working in solitude while surrounded […]
Moving forward, each Wednesday I will be featuring a yoga flow or a series of short exercises targeting a specific body part. Most exercises won’t require a gym but rather a can-do approach. So for those of you who hate the gym, can’t make it, or are having a hard time starting—remember that a journey […]
As much as we talk about change, wish for it, want it, and lust for it–when it actually comes down to taking those pivotal steps to create that colossal change we seem to just fall short. Why does that happen? Work: While we say we are willing to hustle and make sacrifices, in actuality I […]
For my entire life, I have been trying desperately to change my body. Diet, exercise, pills, more diets, starving myself, and even throwing up my food were all part of my pursuits to lose the weight that told made me “thick” and “curvy” were ugly and undesirable. Nothing seemed to work. Even at my leanest […]
I came across this amazing video via Facebook and it hit me so deeply, I had to write about it. The video was of a chalkboard placed in New York City for one single day with the title “Write Your Biggest Regret.” What made this whole thing so interesting was not what people said about […]
Momentum is a remarkable thing. Sometimes, you don’t even know where it came from. It’s almost as if it creeps up on you then all of a sudden these incredible things start propelling you towards what you’ve been working so hard for and it’s just so surreal. Right now is really an exciting time for […]
Recently, I have been making some changes in my life and I decided that I wouldn’t share them with the world. As a matter of fact, when I came back from Bali and felt the burning call to start a meditation practice, I simply said to my husband, “I’m going to do something tomorrow morning […]
Five easy steps to getting out of your own way and unleashing your awesome on the world. Believe in Yourself Confidence is key. Stand by what your heart is telling you and what you want—don’t let other people’s lack of vision cloud your own. You are on a mission and nothing is going to deter […]
Sometimes we talk ourselves out of things before we’ve even begun because we are afraid to fail. Other times, we get so comfortable in our own world that we forget to live loudly, enriching our lives with new and unknown adventures. Well, it’s time to get comfortable being uncomfortable and learn that growth happens outside […]