French Press + Counter Culture = Perfection
I’ve pretty much loved coffee since I was a teenager, but I never would have put myself into the “coffee snob” category. That is until now. Over the past year or so, I’ve been reading about good coffee and the whole coffee making process and have ...
Monthly Edition: Paleo Recipe Roundup
One of my goals for this year is to cook more and try new recipes. To make myself actually do this, I’ve tried using a different cook book each week as I plan out my meals. It has been loads of fun and I’ve discovered some really great recipes that I must share. These are the ...
Au Naturale Face Care Routine + My Battle with Acne
If you’ve known me for any length of time, then you know that I have battled with acne off and on since I was a teenager. I would go through phases where I would get horrible cystic acne all over my face. My mom took me to a dermatologist as a teenager and this doctor ...
Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
In Palo Atlo, a man deals with the fact that his wife is paralyzed from the waist down due to a rare condition called Guillian-Barre syndrome. She listens to Nirvana day in and day out and he talks to his digital version of the recently assassinated president as they navigate the sorrow and grief that ...
Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver
As my alarmed sounded at 5:30am this morning, I drug myself out of bed to get the day started. I headed to the 6am class at my gym so that I can get back home before my daughter wakes. As I sit now and slowly begin to hear her stir, I couldn’t help but think ...
Goals for 2016
A few weeks back I posted about some resources I planned to use for the new year to help with goal setting and implementation for 2016. I am pretty much obsessed with said resources and am feeling super pumped about this year’s goals. Using my trusty Emily Ley Dapperdesk planner and Lara Casey’s Powersheets, I’ve been able ...
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
At the age of twenty-six, Cheryl Strayed pretty much believed that she had nothing else to lose. Her life seemed to be spiraling into a deeper and darker pit that began its downward slope with the death of her mother four years prior. Her marriage to a man she truly loved was ending and she had spent many ...
Top 5 Reads of 2015
2015 was a slow year for me as far as reading goes. It was my first year as a mom, which left my brain slightly frazzled. I did listen to a lot of audiobooks (and I totally count that as “reading” if you were wondering) and averaged about one or two per month. While I ...
Sweet Potato & Sausage Breakfast Hash
Confession… Breakfast is a challenge for me. I have both an egg and gluten sensitivity, which eliminates a lot of breakfast possibilites. My go-to recently has been Organic Valley’s new grassfed plain yogurt. I usually make this for both me and my daughter and add a little maple syrup, fruit, nuts, and chia seeds. While ...
New Year’s Resolutions + A Reading Challenge
I’m not sure what happens to me the day after Christmas, but my brain immediately goes into goal-setting mode. The goals that pop up in my head are usually small things (i.e. clean out the garage, paint that door that has needed to be painted for almost a year, organize the kitchen, etc.) and I’m ...
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