Holiday Sweet Treat Recipe: White Chocolate Peanut Butter Krispies
There’s just something about receiving a baked good that adds a touch of nostalgia — kind of like a warm hug from a grandparent. Even…
How to Make Healthier Marshmallows
Even though I don’t love sweets like most people, I sure enjoy baking and making sweet treats for others. I blame 2020 for my growing…
5 Food Instagram Accounts to Follow
Call me weird, but there’s just something so relaxing about watching food being made. Whether they’re done using wit and humor, the ASMR trend, calming…
5 Faith-Based Books That Have Changed My Life
As someone who went from being a Buddhist to agnostic to a Christ follower, what an adventure it’s been these past two decades! Walking with…
10 Easy Healthy Lifestyle Changes I’ve Made
However, staying healthy is much harder, especially as one ages. Am I healthy? Yes, for the most part. Could I get better? Of course. As…
10 Things I’ve Learned By Going to the Gym
Yes, we get chances every day to stay healthy while others don’t have that luxury. As someone who is truly grateful for her health and…
Soul Care
I’ve found there is a huge difference between relief and restoration; much of what provided me relief in the past (like TV) does not help…
A Daring Life With God
We know what freedom means or at least have an idea of it, right? However, I don’t think we truly know what it feels like…
5 Ways to Reduce Stress In Your Life
Even having not watched television news in 20 years, I still feel the negative effects. The barrage of “news” coming at me on social media…
Best Wellness & Workout Recovery Tools
As with every health journey, there are ups and there are downs. The down days are especially hard for me since I have a hard…
Beautiful Luxury Workout Equipment Brands
And if you guys know me, you know I am all about aesthetics. Moreover, I’m also all about champagne taste on a beer budget. Several…
Melt-In-Your-Mouth Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
Like everyone else, I honed in on my baking and cooking skills in 2020. For someone who doesn’t like a lot of sweets, I baked…
How to Create an Easy Charcuterie Board
Sometimes, it’s easy to just put a charcuterie board together, grab some wine, put on some music, and call it a successful party! With the…
Redirection In the Midst of Suffering
While we’re on this topic, as magical as it sounds, this time of year may not be the most wonderful time of the year to…
How to Create Better Bedtime Habits
Having a schedule consisting of a full-time job, several online businesses, and taking care of elderly family members while trying to keep up with your…
Stylish Gym Equipment For Your Home Gym
And beautiful aesthetics is one thing that brings me major joy! It just adds a little pizzaz to life and makes me feel good. Another…
Embracing the Multifaceted You
Before I share what Bill said, I need to know something. Have you ever changed yourself for someone to accept you? Have you ever changed…
Now Is the Time
I have cried every single day since Poppy’s departure from this side of Heaven. Five days in and it still feels surreal. And if I’m…
Living Well: A Life of Faith
From navigating the hardest parts of friendships to having tough, late-night conversations to understanding the true meaning of loving ourselves, we’ve grown and evolved more…
How to Practice Mindfulness Every Day
Mindfulness is something I started practicing a few years ago. However, it’s the one thing I’ve learned a lot more about lately. It wasn’t until…
Affordable Home Gym Equipment for Effective Workouts
While in self-isolation, during a time such as this where public, private, and apartment gyms are closed, I’ve learned that having some home gym equipment…
Finding Joy: 50 Things That Make Me Happy
I hardly ever complain about life and the things it throws at me. However, that’s not to say I don’t get annoyed with bad things…
5 Investments You Should Make As You Age
And how I spend my hard-earned dollars has changed as I have aged too. Every purchase is so well-thought out that it takes months for…
Happy Two Year Gym Anniversary to Me!
I continue give praise and glory to God. On days where I feel like I couldn’t show up or do one more rep, I feel…
World Mental Health Day 2019
Because for the sake of those who are dealing with it at a deeper level, I don’t want to say I have a mental illness…
5 New Healthy Habits To Try This Fall
Note that you don’t have to do all of these habits. Just choose one you know you can stick with easily and begin with that…
How to Get Into the Habit of Self-Love
However, if you stop, it gets longer. And if you give yourself a moment, the guilt might set in. On top of that, time is…
10 Blunt Truths That May Make You Want to Work Out…Consistently
Then you realize what motivated you to work out no longer matters because you’re tired. Your body is tired. Your legs are shaking. You’re struggling to…
Self-Reflection: 10 Hard Questions You NEED to Ask Yourself at Some Point in Your Life
A self-audit is asking yourself the hard questions. And the important most thing Coach Swider emphasized? He said to ask ourselves some hard questions and…
LaScala’s Fire: What to Order If You’re a Foodie
Let me preface by saying that LaScala’s Fire is NOT a franchise. However, you’ll find that the LaScala brand has evolved and expanded over the…
The Hardest Race Of My Life & Lessons Learned
When I say hard, I mean athletic things I’ve never done in my entire life. From weighted HIIT classes to flipping tires, whipping battle ropes…
More Than A Number
“I’m sorry. You can’t give blood. You’re two pounds underweight.” I walked away from the blood drive during my senior year in high school so…
How to Navigate Addiction Within Friendships
This topic isn’t easy for me to talk about as I’ve had to experience this indirectly directly (if it makes sense) for over half a…
My Vegetarian Journey + Beautiful Cookbooks I’ll Be Reading
And if you’re wondering what that number is, it’s a whopping 25 pounds. On top of the accident, releasing weight has been difficult because I…
Running For Your Life
“However, I do love the results it gives me.” “Like what?” my friend asked. “The way I physically feel after I finish a run is…
You Using These Negative Words is Probably the Reason Why Your Life Sucks
In recent years, I’ve learned the major importance and impact words can have on my life and those around me. What you choose to say…
Why I Run
This week’s #WellnessWednesday post is about running, but more specifically, running for a purpose. I recently hit my one year gym anniversary, so I decided…
25 Things You Can Do to Feel Like You Have Your Life Together
With 2018 coming to a close in a few months, I don’t feel like I’ve accomplished much this year. Looking back, I feel like life…
I Just Hit My One Year Gym Anniversary. Here’s What Happened…
I could say that I have no idea how I got here. However, I actually know what it took to hit this milestone. All I…
10 Inspirational & Motivational Songs to Lift Your Mood
I also watched Paris By Night (could I be more Asian?!) on weekends with my family and played the violin in middle school. As if…
50 Inspirational Quotes I Live By
To me, if it makes me reflect on who I am or adds some form of value in my life, I’ll share it on my…
My Huge 2019 Health Goal I’m Working Towards
Why? Since returning from my vacation, I’ve been incredibly motivated to be the best version of myself. All the brainstorming and planning is the reason…
How to Stay Positive When You’re Feeling Down
Ruffle Top (sold out, love this ruffle sleeve top) | White High-Waist Cut-off Denim Shorts | APL Rose Gold Sneakers | Vegan Leather Bag (on…
Living Well: What It Means to Me
What Megan said stayed with me and what I said is true. Currently, I don’t feel peace. And honestly, I hadn’t thought of peace as…
Treat Yourself: Self-Care Routine and Essentials
Ever since, I have been improving my self-care routine. And for some reason, I’ve been thinking about how I’ve gotten to this point of my…
My Health Journey Update
Now, that’s not to say that I haven’t been doing anything behind the scenes. I’m just not the type who checks in on Facebook every…
How I Got Myself Out of a Slump & Motivated Again
About three weeks ago, during one of our virtual coffee dates I talked about how I was feeling unmotivated. I was feeling down and out a…
3 Health Apps I Use and Love
Personally, I feel that not a lot people talk about the mental/mindset side of health. So for today’s Wellness Wednesday article, let’s chat about health-related…
5 Inspirational Health Quotes I Live By
I’m a huge fan of quotes. When there’s a quote I come across and I know it’s a good one I need to remember, I…
How to Maintain Long-Distance Friendships
After hearing my response, people were actually surprised that we hadn’t lost touch and are still best friends. The fact that people told me that…
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