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30 Lessons I'm Grateful I Learned by Age 30

30 Lessons I’m Grateful I Learned by Age 30

OK, IMMEDIATE CONFESSION: I’M ACTUALLY 31. BUT THESE ARE THE LESSONS THAT MOST INFORMED MY FIRST 30 YEARS {AND CONTINUE TO GUIDE ME TODAY}. YOU MAY SEE A THEME SURROUNDING SELF LOVE. THAT’S BECAUSE IT’S THEMAGIC THAT MAKES EVERYTHING ELSE WORK. I’VE ALSO LEARNED ABOUT MY NATURE AS A SPIRITUAL BEING, TWO WORDS THAT DIDN’T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME LESS THAN SEVEN YEARS AGO. BUT I WAS ALSO A RAGING…

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11 Quotes that Celebrate Everyday Girl Power

I love International Women’s Day because for at least one day, women are celebrated for the earth altering, heart molding, immensely powerful, loving, creative beings that we are all the freakin’ time.

As for the rest of the year, we have some work to do. Yes, equal pay, paid maternity leave and reproductive rights, I’m talking ’bout you.

And that’s just here in America. Girls and women around…

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DIY Turmeric + Coconut Oil Toothpaste

A few years’ back, I began to get disciplined about ridding my home— and more and more, my personal care items— of any and all toxic chemicals. Things like DEA, sodium lauryl sulfate, parabens, and artificial colors + fragrances are no longer welcome in my life.

And when it comes to toothpaste, I’m all the more rigorous. I can’t stand fluoride in any capacity, but I also don’t want to see glyce…

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The Real Secret to Growing Up

If you’re lying and scheming and bending the truth to your liking, If you’re unable to sit alone with yourself, no numbing and no distracting, If you’re manipulative and passive agressive, If you can’t say “I’m hurt” or “I’m sorry,” If you think life is happening to you,If you believe your suffering is special, If you’re chronically skirting responsibilities, at home or in the workplace, If you…

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9 Signs You're Dealing with a Narcissist

9 Signs You’re Dealing with a Narcissist

The last couple years haven’t been easy on an emotional front. I’ve broken up with two close friends and massively distanced myself from an entire group of people.

What’s behind it all?

Well, assuming I haven’t lost my mind {and that’s debatable}, I can sum it up with one word:cleanse.

I’ve made healthy, honest relationships a priority and that means saying no to situations—and people— that…

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A Lesson in Pad Thai + Non-Attachment

I continue to learn the most when I least expect it. I think spirit enjoys effortlessness.

This past Saturday, my boyfriend and I accepted a last minute invitation from a friend to check out a local Songkran, or Thai New Year Festival. Unlike the Western calendar, the Thai/Buddhist calendar coincides with the astrological calendar, {which has always made infinitely more sense to me} and the new…

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The Beauty of Being Seen or Why You Should Smile at Strangers

About two months ago, my boyfriend and I got in a pretty big fight. In truth, I was fighting with myself {and he was the nearest punching bag}. After huffing and puffing down the road, I ended up at our local park— a place I often turn to for refuge in the middle of the week when my mind is busy and/or the condo noise becomes too much.

Only on this day, everyone else was at the park too. I…

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Facebook Stalking, the Comparison Trap + 8 Other Things Not to Do if You Value Inner Peace

Social media stalk. I happen to think Facebook is one massive social experiment gone wrong and a breeding ground for phoniness, self indulgence, and meme madness. But it’s also a necessary evil, an important business tool and a way to keep in touch with friends and family members we wouldn’t keep in touch with otherwise. But it should not be a place to investigate exes or that girl from the 8th…

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20 Quotes to Turn to When Your Ass is Falling Off

I was pleasantly surprised to hop on my twitter page this morning and see that it’s World Mental Health Day. Unlike National Lipstick Day, this is something I can get behind.

The point of the day, I’ve learned, is to help spread awareness and end the stigma around mental illness. The hope is, the more we talk about things like depression, anxiety, ptsd and the like, the less taboo and shame that…

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The Wisdom of Loss + Why the Lesson's Never What You Think

The Wisdom of Loss + Why the Lesson’s Never What You Think

Lack of power: this is our dilemma.

To be human is to be brought to our knees. Everyday, lives are ripped apart overnight. A divorce. That rift that never goes away. A life loss too soon. Always too soon.

And yet life goes on. People eat and sleep and bathe {albeit irregularly} and go to the super market.

How do they do it?

First. they accept that it fucking happened. They don’t wallow in sweet…

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30Lessons I'm Grateful I Learned by Age 30

30Lessons I’m Grateful I Learned by Age 30

Ok, immediate confession: I’m actually 31. But these are the lessons that most informed my first 30 years {and continue to guide me today}.

You may see a theme surrounding self love. That’s because it’s the magic that makes everything else work.

Believe me, I tried the other way and it only led to misery.

I’ve also learned a lot surrounding my spirituality, a word that didn’t mean anything to me…

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Necessary Surrender or What Losing a Year's Worth of Work Has Taught Me About Acceptance

Necessary Surrender or What Losing a Year’s Worth of Work Has Taught Me About Acceptance

Is if just me or is surrender often portrayed as a beautiful, almost poetic process? There’s images of still water and fluffy clouds and serene, smiling faces.

I call bullshit.

While surrender, and its counterpart, acceptance, is certainly necessary for this peaceful portrait, what you don’t see is everything that led up to it— the unshakeable pain that set the whole process into motion.

The…

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How to be Happy: The Lazy Girl's Guide

How to be Happy: The Lazy Girl’s Guide

I’ve inherited several wonderful traits from my father. One of them, list-making, has become a lifesaver, especially when my mind goes into overdrive. As it often does. Lists slow me down. They take the crazy out of out my head and plant it onto paper. They help me sleep at night and start my day in the morning. When in doubt, I make it list.

So, in honor of my love of lists and my desire to keep…

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#awareness #healthyliving #howtobehappy #joy #meditation #self-love #spirituality #wellness

7 Lessons Death Has Taught Me About Life

I’ve lost several loved ones in the last few years and each time it happens, it sends me spinning. I get angry and sad and struggle to make sense of a life with one less.

Eventually the searing pain dissipates and I’m left with the lessons, the ones death always leaves behind, if you’re looking. I carry them along with the memories and hope you will too.

The time is now.For chasing dreams and…

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8 Ways to Lead A More Blissful Life

Are you living each day with vitality and enthusiasm? Or are you just getting by: painfully stuck in the status quo? It’s normal to get bogged down with life’s details, but it’s also important to make happiness a priority. Consider the following simple tips if you’re looking for an emotional tune-up:

Make friends with your past and find the lesson in the pain.Offer love and forgiveness to…

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7 Lessons Death Has Taught Me About Life

I’ve lost several loved ones in the last few years and each time it happens, it sends me spinning. I get angry and sad and struggle to make sense of a life with one less.

Eventually the searing pain dissipates and I’m left with the lessons, the ones death always leaves behind, if you’re looking. I carry them along with the memories and hope you will too.

1. The time is now. For chasing dreams…

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Back to the grind. #monday #nationalpuppyday #chichi

#nationalpuppyday #chichi #monday

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