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Quitting Sugar Is No Joke

I just watched this YouTube video that has a lot of inspiring things to say about quitting sugar. As a person with tricky autoimmune...

Personal Well-Being

Is Intuition a Psychic Ability?

Oh, man. This topic is loaded for me for so many reasons and on so many levels. I have been so hurt and abused by the concept of...

I Stand With All Innocent Victims of War

The Israel-Palestine conflict has me so heartbroken. I will admit that I am not well-educated on the nuances and issues below the...

Self-Compassion

Accepting That I Am Just Average - at Basically Everything

I grew up in a church that taught me that I was one of the "chosen" ones. A noble daughter of God that had important work to do. That I...

Mindful Living

Just Because You Are Worthy of Something, Doesn't Mean You Will Get It

There is a SUPER popular phrase that I see all the time, all over the internet and in books and it goes something like this: YOU ARE...

Cultivating Joy

Having Fun With Personal Style

Ever since I can remember, I have always been obsessed with the concept of personal style. I must have watched the...

Interior Design

I Got Rid of My Faux Peonies

A few blogposts back, I wrote about my complicated relationship with faux flowers. You can read that here, in case you missed it and feel...

Self-Compassion

Why I've Stopped Trying to Always "Do My Best"

I saw an Instagram post today that was written by a therapist who was encouraging her followers to stop trying to be perfect and just do...

Interior Design

Quick & Easy Balcony Refresh

It's the end of May and I've been waiting for the surprise frost and snowfalls to stop playing games with me so I can do a simple balcony...

Interior Design

Super Easy, Budget-Friendly Sideboard DIY

I've been looking for a sideboard for my main living area for a while, but the ones I've been looking at are somewhere between $1000 and...

Social Issues

The Law of Attraction Is a Victim-Blaming Belief System

Naomi Judd passed away yesterday and her daughter, Ashley Judd released the following statement - "Today we sisters experienced a...

Personal Well-Being

How To Get Anything You Want (In Three Simple Steps)

There are a lot of privileged influencers out there who are selling us the idea that you can get anything you want if you just follow a...

Interior Design

My Complicated Relationship with Faux Flowers

I love flowers. Pale pink peonies to be exact. I love the way they look in a super cool vase all bunched up together as if I picked them...

Mindful Living

Thrive, Survive, Abide

Thrive, survive, abide. Not one. Not the other. Not either. Not or. But all. The different seasons call and ask for different ways to be....

Interior Design

My Current Favorite Celebrity Home

I have a slight obsession with watching celebrity home tours on YouTube. There's just something about how well they seem to capture the...

Personal Well-Being

Standing Up and Speaking Out

We live in a complicated world. With so many voices and differing opinions, it can be paralyzing to know how, when, or even if we should...

Interior Design

Living Room Refresh for Spring

April is just around the corner and I've been craving a little more color and creativity around our place. It's interesting to me how I...

Social Issues

My Take on the Whole "Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock" Thing

Nobody needs my opinion. I get it. The world is full of way, way, WAY too much of everything right now and the last thing anyone needs is...

Social Issues

Using the Concept of God to Excuse Bad Behavior

I've seen it my whole life. A person believes in their version of God. This person believes that their version of God wants certain...