It’s been almost a year since I published a blog post. With the events of the past year, I wanted to take a step back to think about what I want this blog to be. While thinking about how I want to allow myself a bit for freedom to explore other avenues (which I will…
10 Fitness Goals You Can Work on While Social Distancing
I hope you all are doing well. Things have been getting much harder this week for me personally, and I’m sure it’s the same for many of you. I’m trying to keep up an exercise routine because I know it will help me feel better amidst all the bad news in the world right now….
Positive Media We Need Now More Than Ever
I hope you are all doing well this week. It seems like in the midst of this pandemic, each week just brings more stress and anxiety. A lot of that can come from the news stories we’re constantly being surrounded with, whether we’re watching/reading the news ourselves, hearing it from friends and family, or getting…
How I’m Staying Sane During COVID-19
Well a lot has changed since my last post. What a time to be alive. I ended up taking off for a few weeks unexpectedly because I was sick (and no, not with coronavirus). Unfortunately because I’ve been dealing with this and other crises at work non-stop I haven’t been able to write up until…
5 Goals and Intentions for 2020
Happy New Year! I hope you all enjoyed the Holidays. I was thinking a lot this week about what my resolutions would be for 2020. For some reason no ideas were coming to me and then I eventually realized that I don’t really want to set any for the year. For the most part, despite…
Reflections on My 2019 (And an Update on My Goals)
As we come to the end of 2019, I wanted to take a look back to the beginning of the year to see what my goals were, the things I faced along the way, and where I ended up. I will get to my progress on my 2019 goals, but first I wanted to look…
Caring for Dry, Winter Skin
Hello everyone! Apologizes for being MIA the last couple weeks. I wasn’t planning to take that much time away from here but I got sick right before Thanksgiving and then I ended up unexpectedly being in another city most of the following week. The last two weeks have been such a blur with Thanksgiving being…
Get to Know Me in 20 Questions
Hi All! I thought I’d switch things up today and answer some questions to help you get to know me a bit better since I’ve now been blogging for a couple months. I tried to include a mix of both health and wellness questions in addition to more personal questions.So without further ado, on with…
How to Start A Gratitude Practice
I can’t believe Thanksgiving is right around the corner and the holiday season is about to kick off. Mentally I’m still at the beginning of October, not thinking about Christmas, despite the fact that everything is already decorated in red and green. I’m still watching Halloween movies! To get myself into the spirit of the…
Beat the Blues: Tips on Preventing Seasonal Affective Disorder
This past weekend we turned the clocks back an hour where I live in the Northeast. Ever since then, I noticed I’ve been feeling extremely unproductive and unmotivated throughout the past few days. While I am not someone who suffers from Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a type of depression that follows the seasons, typically beginning…