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Nov 6, 2016

Preparing For Hibernation

The air is getting crisper. The days are getting shorter. And the last of the leaves are falling. The winter season is soon upon us, and...

Oct 16, 2016

One Habit To Rule Them All

I’ve been pretty obsessed with habits and rituals lately. I’ve been reading books and experimenting with different habit-forming goals...

Oct 2, 2016

How To Recognize Your Own (Inner) Voice

I promise you’ve heard it before. And that you already listen to it to some extent. But for some reason, we tend to discard it, and can...

Sep 18, 2016

It’s All In Your Head: How To Retrain Your Social Media Brain

A few weeks ago I talked a bit about social media. About how it’s becoming more and more overwhelming. How it started to become less fun...

Sep 11, 2016

What Taking A Break Can Teach You About Self Care

Even when you are quite mindful with your self-care, you can still get in a self-care rut. You can still max out your systems. You can...

Aug 14, 2016

Some Thoughts on Social Media

I recently had breakfast with a wonderful woman in town who told me that she’s not on social media at all. No facebook page, no twitter...

Aug 8, 2016

How Mountain Pose Can Heal Your Pain

I have a pretty big soft spot for mountains. I lived in the Rocky’s for over eight years, and those mountains always brought me so much...

Jul 31, 2016

How to Use Your Guilt for Good

I was hitchhiking through the North and South islands of New Zealand one summer, many moons ago. A life coach and his girlfriend picked...

Jul 26, 2016

3 Stretches to Save Your Neck

Neck pain is a thing. And a very common thing, at that. In fact, you yourself probably have some kind of neck pain or discomfort. If not,...

Jul 17, 2016

The Why and How of Staying Hydrated

As a massage therapist, I feel like a broken record when I tell people to stay hydrated and drink more water after a session. People...

Jul 10, 2016

How to Meditate Anytime, Anywhere.

Ah, the allusive art of meditation. It seems so simple, yet complicated; easy, yet difficult. And where to start? What to do? Who to...

Jul 3, 2016

How To Savor The Summer

If it hasn’t felt like Summer yet, 4th of July weekend is usually what seals the deal for me. The sun is out, the lake water in these...

Jun 19, 2016

How to Be the Light in Dark Times

The media is always flooded with not-so-great things, but the past few weeks have been particularly heartbreaking. It’s easy to get...

May 1, 2016

Why Being Stuck in the Middle is a Good Thing

May Day is a celebration of Spring, a glorious, but often awkward season. While I’ve expressed my accolades of the season in a previous...

Apr 24, 2016

Why Earth Day is Good for Self Care

This past Friday was our beloved Earth Day. It was a lovely Spring day in Fargo, so I was able to spend some sweet time outside,...

Mar 13, 2016

What Springtime Can Teach Us About Change

We are starting to experience the first awakenings of Spring here in Fargo! We’re usually a little late to the game, but lately we’ve...

Mar 6, 2016

Why Commitment Is Good For Your Health

Perhaps you wouldn’t think a life-changing epiphany about commitment would come while watching Fuller House, a revival of the...

Feb 28, 2016

Self-Care Defined

As I move forward with the self-care revolution efforts, I’m finding that people get a bit confused by the term “self-care.” While it is...

Dec 23, 2015

Give The Present Of Presence

I realize that not everyone will be celebrating Christmas this week, but whatever your flavor this season, I feel like this advice...

Dec 13, 2015

To Eat Or Not To Eat? Dealing With Diet Overwhelm

Good day, dear reader. Today I want to touch on a subject that has been coming up a lot in my conversations lately, FOOD! As wonderful as...