I’ve been addicted to various things over the years, and have (very gratefully) recovered from each of them. These weren’t your traditional things (i.e. drugs, alcohol, gambling, etc.) but vices nonetheless – “helping” me escape the reality I felt stuck in. Habits and things that …
Lifestyle
Lifestyle covers everything from fashion to home décor to the way you manage your personal life. It’s multi-faceted!

This one goes out to all my friends in recovery
🙌 This one goes out to all my friends in recovery 🎉 I recently had the opportunity to serve at a ministry night for our church’s world-class recovery program, and I found myself incredibly blessed because of it! 💥 There’s something so potent about the …

A food journal – but for your thought life
New Concept = A food journal – but for your thought life. Deny it all you want, but it’s been proven time and time again that (when actually used, recorded, and shared) food journals are really effective at helping people shift eating habits, and therefore …

5 years ago today
🖐 5 years ago today, on March 31, 2017, my mom and I (and Cashmere) were off on an adventure down the coast – on our way to move me to San Diego, CA! Just a month prior, I had declared to a small group …

Power pose and then some
🙃 They say if you fake a smile, it’s actually cueing your body to shift into a state of happiness. Pretty cool, right? Well, you can do the same thing by striking a power pose – and, I’ve got a few other ways you can …

Starved for attention
I was at an event last night (hence this fun picture!) and kept noticing this one particular woman throughout the evening. I’d met her a couple of days earlier and had an instant heartache for her. There was just such a clear insecurity emanating from …

Tips to a Peaceful Home
I often get the comment “wow – your home is so peaceful” and I’d like to share a few of the reasons I believe that to be. 🙏 This home knows worship and prayer📺 I don’t have a TV🗙 There’s nothing out on my counters …

Be ginger with your skin
I had a random thought today, about my skin. So, now you get to join me for it! You know how it’s the largest organ we have, yes? Or if you didn’t, now you do. And I got to thinking, would I treat my internal …

36 years of living and I’m just getting started
36 years of living and I’m just getting started. I don’t recall much from the day I was born (read: absolutely nothing. I recall nothing.), but it’s said to have been a very joyous occasion. Seems fitting that my sweet Granny Annie was the first …

Forcing Gratitude
I’ve definitely felt the (self-imposed) pressure to come up with unique things every single day for my gratitude list. And let me tell you what – that has absolutely robbed me of the joy and purpose of this gratitude practice. It’s not to come up …