Less than a week before my daughter was due, I was camping in the middle of the desert at Burning Man. Spending the final weeks of pregnancy living in an RV, covered in dust, and sweating through 100+ degree days probably sounds crazy to most people, and with good reason. But one thing I’ve…
Bold Living
One Day At A Time: Living With Anxiety and Depression
I spent an entire day in bed last week. I didn’t even put on clothes. Clothes are for people who have lives. Places to be, people to talk to. I often feel I don’t have any of that. It’s just me, my thoughts, and my feelings. Sometimes I get a sense of an inner stillness. A joy that’s…
Find Yourself By Finding Fun
“Fun is the purest form of enjoyment and happiness. It’s for workaholics and dream chasers, it’s for curious kids and responsible adults. It’s for all of us.” When was the last time you did something for yourself? Like, just for yourself, to make you smile and feel happy? Mine was this morning. When I woke…
From Sadness To Awakening: How I Rewired My Brain With The #30DayFunChallenge
Our brains are superhighways, firing electricity down roads carved by memories. Superhighways that are continuously growing and changing per our life’s experiences. The more time we spend looking for fun, the more these superhighways grow and expand. The more time we spend focusing on the negativity, the more those dead ends build. Whenever we start to…
The Future Is Vegan
This past Super Bowl, our country consumed 1.3 billion chicken wings. That’s 670 million animals slaughtered so people could mindlessly eat their appendages while watching 300 hundred pound men give each other brain damage and early Alzheimer’s disease. Our voracious appetite for animal products has been steadily increasing over the last few decades. The consumption of meat is…
Why Getting Divorced Is the Best Decision I’ve Ever Made
They say every little girl dreams about her wedding day, but I never did. Until of course, I grew up and developed a low self-esteem and a string of unhealthy relationships. Even then, I wouldn’t really dream about my actual wedding, but more that there would be a person that would actually want to marry me….