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From my own personal life experiences to educational resources on self-care and wellness, healthy recipes and more, these blog posts will guide you towards an intentional lifestyle full of joy. Grab your favorite cozy beverage, light your favorite candle and dive into these holistic self-care, wellness and stress management resources. Enjoy!
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Understanding and Balancing Your Stress
If you're anything like me, you've spent a lifetime being hard on yourself for feeling so stressed out by day-to-day life, asking yourself, why is this so hard for me? Why does everyone else seem to be handling this better? What am I doing wrong? If you’re ready to stop being at the mercy of your stress and empower yourself to bring your stress response down, this blog post is for you!
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Thoughts on experiencing deep joy
One of my favorite ways to bring myself this deep joy is through reading. I love how immersed I become in a really good story, how much I fully feel the character’s emotions and..
5 practices to re-establish your own rhythm
The last few weeks have reminded me of just how not amazing it feels when I try to sync my pace to the world around me instead of going with my own flow….
Are you not where you want to be in life?
The truth is, most of us aren’t where we want to be in some area of our lives, and I’m no exception. There are three factors that often keep us from getting where we want to go…
A 30 Second Exercise to Help Increase Focus
This morning, instead of being frustrated with my lack of sleep and vivid dreams about being on a pirate ship, I paused to consider why they might be happening “for me”. I recalled recently reading that, “Remembering dreams is a sign of your connection to your intuition”…
4 Techniques to Stimulate Your Vagus Nerve + Regulate Your Nervous System
During the Q+A at a corporate workshop I taught recently, we discussed how easy it can be to take on others' energy, especially feelings like stress and anxiety…
3 techniques to believe in yourself more
When it comes to the ways we define ourselves, or more specifically the ways we say we’re not, we are automatically limiting ourselves and our brain does whatever it can to prove those identity statements right…
6 Lessons I Learned from 12 Years in Chronic Pain
For the past 12+ years I’ve dealt with a lot of physical pain and symptoms that are all seemingly connected, yet somehow undiagnosable. There are several things I’ve learned about healing, growth and change…
One of my greatest weaknesses
Twice a year I take myself on a business planning retreat. Because of Omicron, the last one looked a little different than previous retreats…
Chasing a $20 Bill
I was at the beach on a very windy day. About the time my friend and I were getting ready to leave she grabbed something out of her bag and a $20 bill came flying out of it as well and landed on the sand slightly behind us…
Understanding and Balancing Your Stress
If you're anything like me, you've spent a lifetime being hard on yourself for feeling so stressed out by day-to-day life, asking yourself, why is this so hard for me? Why does everyone else seem to be handling this better? What am I doing wrong…
Smoothie Bowl Recipe
Smoothie bowls have been around for years, but I must admit I was super late to the party. Once you've got the smoothie base down, the fun part is playing with all the different possible topping combinations. It's almost like eating ice cream for breakfast…
One Yoga Pose Three Ways: Slowing Down with Child’s Pose
One of the things I love most about yoga is that it can always meet you where you’re at. It’s not just the different styles of yoga that can support different needs, a single pose, like Child’s Pose, can be modified and varied for a completely different experience. Here’s how...
Learning to Trust Myself More Than Ever Before
I was introduced to Qoya at a burlesque workshop I attended to heal my relationship with my sexuality and sensuality, and because I am an avid lover of anything that allows me to taunt and tease in life. I was shocked when I realized…
Chin Up, Buttercup
Whether it's because of the rain, you're about to start your period, didn't sleep enough, or whatever plethora of reasons you can come up with, sometimes we're just not feeling up to snuff. All you have is yourself and you have a choice…
The Yoga of Living Alone
Most of the time living alone can be pretty amazing. I can eat whenever and whatever I want, there's no one to disturb my sleep at night and any mess that's made is my own. But every once in a while…
The Definition of Productivity
Knowing my own body rhythms, the fact that I've been burning the candle at both ends, and that my back injury was acting up, I knew I was only setting myself up for further suffering. So I took a self-care day…
Fear of Falling
A few weeks ago I wiped out on the sidewalk. There was no ice. It wasn’t even snowing or raining. I hit an uneven spot of pavement and went flying. At the moment I started to trip…
Conscious Incompetence
You know those moments where you’re in a situation like the first day at a new job, a moment before a big presentation, or trying your prowess at a new sport and you suddenly realize "Holy F**k, I have no idea what I'm doing!" For me, that was after…
Little Truthful One
I’ve put a lot of importance on my name throughout my life. My name isn’t anything overly unique or exciting. I wasn’t named after anyone. I was an 80’s baby and Allison was a popular name at the time. But then I discovered the meaning behind my name…
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