Why Meditation Might Not Work for You
It's no secret that meditation is touted to be a powerful way to reduce stress and provide a multitude of various wellness benefit from lowering blood pressure, increasing productivity, and even helping with weight loss. Science is discovering more and more...
Create Your Meditation Space
While having a dedicated meditation space is by no means necessary, it is something that I've found really nice to have. It's that daily reminder to meditate. It's inviting, safe, and inspiring. Having a dedicated space tells the universe and yourself that you are...
Letting Go of the Weight of the World: 6 Ways to Let Go of Perfection
Do you ever procrastinate on a project because you haven't figured out how to best do it? Are you hyper critical of everything you do? Do you set lofty goals and beat yourself up or even give up when you don't achieve them? I call this standing in your...
Self-Love: Your Secret Weapon Against Stress and Anxiety
Stress and anxiety often go hand in hand. When you feel stressed or anxious, your physical and mental well-being can suffer - You're definitely not living your best quality of life if you experience these things on a regular basis. Learning to love yourself can...
5 Ways to Add Balance to Your Life Today
Balance... does it even exist? It sure does! Thing is, when it comes to trying to find balance in our lives, most people overshoot the mark, focus solely on one area - creating a whole new imbalance, or have given up entirely. What even is...
Reclaiming Your Life No Matter What
A few years ago, my entire life was turned upside down by a series of events. The biggest thing was getting really sick and eventually discovering I had POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia), Dysautonomia, EDS (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome), and a host of other...
Enhancing Your Meditation Practice with Essential Oils
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Meditation Helps Everything – My Meditation Journey Both as an Addict and Sober
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My God Doesn’t Fit Into a Box
There is a huge shift happening right now and it's pretty damn exciting. Many people are becoming more open to the unknown and searching for ways to become more spiritual, even if they have reservations or blocks when it comes to organized religion. I'm writing...
7 Easy Ways to Reboot a Healthy Life
Some people think that a healthy weight, feeling good, looking good, and such is something that happens when you eat right and workout. To an extent that's true, but there is a bit more than that involved. Chances are if you are reading, you are already pretty aware...
When New Year Resolutions Wear Thin
It's almost a full month into the new year, so let's get real here... How are you doing on that resolution you made back on January 1st? I am going to be honest, I don't make resolutions anymore. Three weeks was about the half-life of my resolutions and they...
Embrace You & Always Remember to Shine
I remember the first event I went to where I knew there would be other health and wellness professionals present and I was terrified! In my mind, my authentic self just didn't measure up. I’ve worked in the field for over a decade, but as I have not mastered the art...
Stay Ahead of the Curve this Holiday Season
A lot of people tend to backslide on their wellness, fitness, and weight loss goals over the holiday season. It is a bit easier to justify when you are super busy and the New Year is right around the corner, along with New Year's resolutions. It's one of the meanest...
When Your Life No Longer Fits You
I am full of dreams, ideas, plans… and I usually put them into motion. However, life sometimes has different plans. I am not sure when exactly it happened, but somewhere in my early adult life (probably after making TONS of really bad life decisions) I realized and it...
8 Ways to Stay Healthy and Sane While in “Survival Mode”
Something that has been very apparent over the past decade is that while many of us know what we should be doing to properly support our mind, body, and spirit, sometimes we go through periods that make it almost impossible to actually meet all of the ideals....
Self-Care In Chaotic Times
When I first started traveling regularly in 2015, I quickly adapted a "preparation-mode". I'd book flights, arrange and rearrange my schedule, figure out where I would be laying my head at night, you know, the details that take just as much time as the trips...
Get Lost to Be Present
I am known to be guilty from time to time of getting completely wrapped up in my life. Sounds pretty normal right? It is somewhere I don't like to be. I love my life, I am grateful for my life, but I want to experience it, not focus on it. It's like when I am wrapped...
6 Tips to Stay Healthy and Sane While Traveling
After quickly going from someone who rarely travels to someone who is away more than they are home, I have learned some hard lessons while on the road. Ask for Help If you are like me and cling to self-reliance like it's the last drop of water and you are dying of...
Finding Strength in Surrender
Ever felt like you are continuously on the verge of drowning? I have. That feeling of frantically treading water just to stay where you are. Like everything in the world is going against you. Here's. Your. Sign. I find that when everything I do feels like a constant...
