How does it feel when you finally let yourself be free? I mean, really and truly free? Free of judgementFree of inhibitionFree of restraintFree of hesitationFree of any and everything that makes you “play it safe” Just for one moment, one point in my life; I want to feel that freedom. The unapologetic freedom. The…
Tag: health
PSA: Body-Shaming is Played Out: Stop it.
I was watching a video on Twitter today and it made me think of this little public service announcement about our bodies and our health. I say this specifically for women, because women’s bodies endure a lot (childbirth being a main example). BODY-SHAMING IS PLAYED OUT AND IF YOU DO IT YOU’RE HORRIBLE. And let…
Self-CareSunday Highlight: Show Up for Yourself
How often in a day do you find yourself showing up for other people? When someone calls you with a problem, need your advice, needs to vent or talk and you lend an ear for them? But do you do the same for yourself? Do you give yourself quiet time to just enjoy your own…
Quarantine and Fitness: My New Yoga Journey
One of the hardest things I’ve had to do during this quarantine is try to keep up a routine that involves continuing to workout consistently during the quarantine. Between gyms being open, partially opened or still closed, finding ways to stay active while not trying to lose my mind has been tough, lol. So, in…
Time for a Hard Reset on Life! The “Four R” Method.
….And the world continues to turn….. Essential workers are pushing forward going to work. Parents are continuing to work from home and watch their children. School has now begun for children, which has added a new and unfamiliar layer of stress and uncertainty on parents. While all this is happening, we continue to push and…
It’s Not about a Number, It’s about your Happiness
Two years ago, I was in a bad place. I didn’t like the way I looked, I was miserable and I felt like whenever I tried to eat better or stay in the gym I’d give up and get frustrated. I had always enjoyed going to the gym, but it had just felt useless and…
Throw the Word ‘Diet’ Away!
So, month 2 of 12 is officially in session, so I have a question: How many of us are still saying you’re going on a “diet”? Don’t you truly just hate that word?? I know I do. Every couple months or so, I would call myself going on a “diet”, and within about a week…
Self-Care Sunday: Therapy
Wait, what? I know, I know.. The “T” word is quite intimidating, isn’t it. Therapy has been something that even I have been hesitant about wanting to try, but I’m realizing how beneficial it would be to my life to have someone who is able to speak with me one-on-one about things that I may…
Self-Care Sunday: Give Your Goal a “Why”
As we near the end of the first month of 2018, a lot of us are checking in with ourselves and making sure that our goals and intentions for 2018 are still in tact; while most of us have already fallen by the wayside at Week 2. While we all had lofty goals and everything…
3 Ways to Improve my Emotional, Mental and Spiritual Health
Now that I have surpassed a big milestone in my life (turning 30 in November), I am consistently pulled into a position of how I feel that this next chapter in life is a part of a big transition for me in life. I feel like im at a point in my life where there…