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A Love Letter to Solo Dates

I traced the lines, studied the curves and caressed the edges of New York City, just as I would a new lover. I went to bakeries, coffee shops, restaurants, bookstores, parks, galleries and museums....

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Meditation, But Make It Chill

What does the word meditation bring to mind, for you? Did your eyes start to roll? Did you think that it’s something you really ‘should’ be doing? Did you think that you don’t have the time or just...

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What Are Quiet Joys? 

Life is complicated enough; we don’t need our wellbeing to be too. For me, Quiet Joys are something we can all access, we just need to be witnesses of life to experience and enjoy them. Noticing them...

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What is Slow Living?

I guess you could say that slow living is the glass and The Philosophy of Doing Less, Being Present, and Feeling More is the non-alcoholic wine poured into it. Well, insert any beverage of your choice...

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An Ode to Solo Dance Parties 

It all begins with a playlist. Usually called something obnoxiously obvious like 'dance party', 'move', or even worse, 'dance'. Over the ear headphones ready. Loose dress on. Bedroom door closed. Eyes...

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How To Manifest if You’re Over Manifesting

If like me you're sick and tired of hearing about manifesting, but interested in working with it in a realistic and inclusive way; there's another approach to take. If you've read your fair share of...

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Mental Health Resources & Support

There might be times when you need some extra support if stuff comes up. I have created a mini directory of mental health resources and support, where you can get more information, reach services and...

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A Free Guided Meditation Directory

As a certified trauma-sensitive meditation teacher with a daily practice of more than a decade, I can speak endlessly on the benefits of meditation but also how difficult it can be to get started. I’m...

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Life Lessons From Animals and Disney

I waited until the age of sixteen for a Disney princess to be called Giselle, only for princess Giselle in Disney’s Enchanted to not actually be an official princess. Which feels incredibly close to...

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A Guide to Exploration Dates

That’s what an exploration date is to me. It’s this ability to choose to see the familiar with fresh eyes or to find the unexplored parts of where you live. Be it village, town, city or country. This...

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Writing to Feel, Heal and Just Be

You can call it journaling or writing, it makes no difference, but the restorative powers of words to feel, heal and be with yourself still gives me goosebumps. Through my career in journalism to...

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Selected Writing

We forget that the only condition attached to us slowing down and resting, is our existence. Just as bees exist, they deserve to rest, they are a part of the whole. The whole crumbles without them. The...

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