Sweatpants & Self Care | Coffee & Meditation – Where is the Connection?
Meditation and coffee can both make your day a little better. In fact, you can use them together to start your day off right. [...]
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Of All Places, I’ve Found My Happy Place on YouTube
Playing adult is rough. A job that never quits demanding, kids who never stop needing attention, the car is acting funny, money never seems to last the way you plan. I [...]
That’s What She Said | The Losses and Gains of Cutting Toxic People
Relationships can be toxic. Regardless of what we want to believe about the people in our lives, simply being in physical or emotional proximity to them can be detrimental to [...]
Friday Five | Favorite Sleep Necessities
Good sleep is hard to find. As someone who regularly battles sleep with insomnia, anxiety, and being a light sleeper (in a house with 2 kids, 2 dogs, loud fish and other [...]
Sweatpants & Sanity | Key Steps On How to Help Fight The Anxiety Demon Inside
All of us have dealt with anxiety—that persistent feeling of dread or edgy sense of worry that makes it difficult to sleep, eat or focus on anything else. Anxiety is a [...]
Sweatpants & Sanity | That’s What She Said | Anxiety And How I Was Addicted To Everything
If you do it right, you can be addicted to everything By “it,” I mean taking online quizzes. I have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, anxiety, [...]
Personal Essays | There is Never Enough Time (Unless You Make it)
I never thought of myself as a workaholic in my twenties or early thirties; I was just ambitious, active, a go-getter. I enjoyed filling the blanks in my calendar and did not need down time. [...]
Creativity Break: Ripple in a River
By Jordan Rosenfeld and Rebecca Lawton “Once constructed, a thought radiates out like starlight, affecting everything in its path.” —Lynne McTaggart (author of The [...]
Gifts for Writers
You might think it easy to find gifts for your writer friends. Colored pens, new notebook, Post-Its. Don’t get me wrong, I love office supplies, but there are a few other [...]
Lovebomb | Laundry With Purpose
Practicing mindfulness can benefit everyone, but it’s especially helpful if you tend toward anxiety or depression. Often, when we are engaged in a mundane physical task [...]
