Women's bodies are always a topic of discussion. Sometimes it's because we're too skinny, other times because we're too fat. Or it's because we're just normal and should "learn to accept it" as if being normal is something that needs to be accepted in the first place. Sometimes our body is something we should take ownership of, as if it's not already ours, or … [Read more...]
8 Podcasts To Get Excited About
I've recently begun to get back into podcasts and I have to say - I've missed them! I used to listen to podcasts fairly regularly but the past year or so I've shifted my focus to audiobooks. This is a good thing but I missed the shorter segments that allowed me to listen to something from start to finish on the drive to work. When I decided to jump back into the podcast … [Read more...]
“Each patient carries his own doctor inside him.”
You know what strikes me as sort of sad? There is a whole program dedicated to eating wholesome food that comes from the earth. It’s a little pitiful that we’ve gotten so used to processed franken-foods that we think of it as difficult to eat vegetables, fruit, and meat. And yet, here I sit, proud of myself that I “survived” 30 full days of eating such horrible things. But I am … [Read more...]
How to Declutter, Tidy Up, and Get Happy
When it comes to cleaning, I think I hate it as much as the average person with an aversion to it. It pains me to vacuum and mopping is pretty much unheard of (luckily my husband doesn't feel the same way). But when it comes to organizing and tidying, I love it. I can spend hours reorganizing my bookshelves and my closet and was that child who actually wanted to … [Read more...]
Your Only Job? Eat. Good. Food.
Monday will be the halfway mark of the Whole30 so I thought I’d give a little update on the tricks I’ve been using to keep this manageable. If you missed my first post about the Whole30, you can catch up here. In the meantime, here's a little bit about the program from their website: Established by Dallas Hartwig and Melissa Hartwig (of Whole9) in April 2009, the Whole30® … [Read more...]
Could You Be Happier? Maybe You Need a Happiness Project
If you were to ask me if I was happy when I first started reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin, I would have said yes. I have a great husband, great friends, a job that I like, and a comfortable life. Still, there are days when I curse the day ahead simply because the sun had to rise and I have to get up and face the it. This is usually when the guilt kicks in … [Read more...]
“The resting place of the mind is the heart.”
At various points in my life I’ve kept a diary. When I was younger, I’d write my secrets down until I learned that my sister was reading them, then I stopped. Then in undergrad LiveJournal was popular. Remember that? Is it still around? Well, I think maybe I journaled for freshman year and then I was over it. In seeking recovery, I was encouraged to start journaling again and … [Read more...]
“You are what you eat. What would YOU like to be?”
OK, hold on to your hats because things are about to get weird for a minute. One of the many people I’ve met along my health journey is a spiritual healer and she is so interesting! She was telling me about the meaning of the spring equinox which I’m going to badly summarize here and then explain why I’m thinking about it.Spring is the time in the earth’s cycle in which the … [Read more...]