Posts Tagged ‘goals’
#runhappy
I’ve been learning a lot about myself and about life this year. Training for the half marathon (my New Year’s Resolution, in case you hadn’t heard) has been a big part of this journey. Training for a half = many miles of running. Which actually equals many hours of running. That’s right: hours. Honestly, I never thought I would say…
Read MoreEmotional Hunger: How to Nourish Your Soul
Our bodies crave nature. Sometimes feeding emotional hunger is as simple as sitting outside on your porch and taking five deep breaths. I bet I don’t even have to define it. I bet – intuitively – you know what I’m talking about when I mention Emotional Hunger and how it differs from Physical Hunger. The…
Read More5 Tips to Beat the Body Blues
Summertime is peeking around the corner. And you know what that means: swimsuit season. Yes, the season you’ve put off training for all winter long. The season of teeny-tiny, perfectly tanned bikini models. The season of commercials with guys who have 6-packs playing sand volleyball. It’s a rough season for everybody. Throw back to last…
Read MoreSoul Food
This Christmas I’m feeding my soul. Most of the time I make decisions about what to eat based on health (and time and convenience and preference – let’s be real). I make these decisions because I really believe depending on what you eat, food can either be medicine or poison. I think about this a lot…
Read MoreShedding and Keeping: An Alternative to Traditional New Year’s Resolutions
How to set a goal you’ll keep and avoid resolutions which usually fail You know one of the most frustrating things about changing habits? It takes time. Habits are like a well-worn trail in your brain. That’s why changing them is so hard: you not only have to break ground on a completely new path,…
Read MoreNew Year, New Decade
Sometime during this last decade I made up a game I call “The Where-Were-You-a-Year-Ago Game.” It’s exactly what the title suggests: a reflection on where I was last year at this time and how I was feeling. I like to play this game with myself to help me remember where I’ve been, realize what I’ve…
Read MoreShe’s All In.
Oh, hey there! Did you think I had forgotten about you? I haven’t. It’s just that you, like my dear sourdough starter Merv, had to be pushed to the back [of the refrigerator] while I tried to survive my life these last few months. Luckily after I fed Merv a couple of times last week…
Read MoreBig Rocks: Prioritizing what Matters Most
Friendsgiving 2018 in our new home! Use this analogy of big, medium, and small rocks to identify what matters most to you in life so you can live joyfully every day. With a new year around the corner, I’ve been thinking recently about happiness. How does one pursue it? And even more importantly, how does…
Read MoreRe-Balance
A year ago I wrote a post called Balance. In it I offered productive solutions to care for mind, body, and soul. During this last year, I’ve attempted to follow my own recommendations. I’ve been incorporating yoga into my exercise, practicing meditation, and trying to sort out which social engagements I should pursue. And during…
Read MoreDream Big & Shop Small
This year I’m participating for the first-time-ever as a seller next week on Small Business Saturday. If you haven’t heard of it, this is the holiday squeezed in between Black Friday and Cyber Monday. It’s a time for you, the Almighty Consumer, to support me, the tiny, hobby-like wannabe entrepreneur. See what the front of this…
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