Balancing Life with Love, Laughter, and a Little Bit of Moxie!
Lately, I’ve been feeling the weight of the world pressing down on me. Maybe you have too. The constant stream of bad news, the injustice, the inequality, it’s just so overwhelming sometimes. But I’ve found an outlet that helps me process all of it: resistance poetry. And I’m not alone. Poets across platforms like BlueSky […]
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Have you ever felt the urge to express yourself through poetry? You don’t have to be a poet to write poetry, especially when the world feels heavy, and you have something to say. Poetry isn’t about fancy words or perfect rhymes; it’s about expression, truth, and using your voice to speak against injustice, pain, and […]
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If you’re a digital creator like me, you know Canva is an amazing tool for designing everything from social media posts to marketing materials, blog graphics, and even digital planners. I’ve been using Canva for nearly a decade, first for blog post covers and now for creating icons and covers for my Notion templates and […]
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So many times in the past I have felt like I have missed out on opportunities or had things “taken” from me. That feeling of failure and loss hurts like a bitch. I tend to dwell on it more than I should. Rumi once said: “It’s rigged — everything, in your favor. So there is […]
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To transform our dharma— the moral universal order and a code of living that personifies the fundamental principles of thoughts, ethics, and purpose—into action, we must first identify and discover our own personal dharma. Yoga journaling is a powerful tool to accomplish this, as it strengthens our awareness of ourselves and our yoga practice. Writing […]
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Writing is my passion. From as long as I can remember, I have wanted to write something. I use writing as a way to convey brand messages, write down my thoughts, even to create stories for my children. But recently I had really gotten into a writing slump. No matter how hard that I tried, […]
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I have only sporadically been updating this blog. You see, back in mid-July we moved from California back to Illinois for my husbands job. We had already placed a sizable down payment on a home here in Illinois and we were on our way via Interstate 80 (yes we drove with three kids in tow). […]
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It’s been 4 years (6/23) since my hiking accident. You can’t tell from this picture but I’m pretty beat up, scratched up, and bruised…and yet I still love the mountains and hiking. I even wrote THIS blog post about my experience. The thought of what could’ve happened if I would have failed to listened to […]
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Often, during periods of discomfort, we feel the Universe has cursed us. It may appear that there is no hope in sight, and no hope for ensuing assistance. But as we focus on our suffering that was endured confidently, we can see the benefit in how it grew, and later we understand the reason for […]
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I taught my first public full-length Vinyasa yoga class yesterday. After a 200-hour Yoga Teacher Training course, you would think I would feel ready for anything. But, I was super nervous. Our theme/intention for the yoga class was “courage.” Boy, did I ever need courage for teaching that first yoga class. I had taught privately […]
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