Monday Mantra
Monday Mantra
Week 23: Change your space, change your perspective
In law school I would find myself spending an obnoxious amount of time, right around finals, cleaning my apartment. At the time I thought it was a classic avoidance technique...I will clean so I don't need to focus on what really matters, my studies. Today I think what was really going on was much different.…
Week 22: Try a new hairdo or a fresh look

3 inches off the bottom should do it! New hairdo completed; now it's time to bring on summer! I'm a firm believer that problems get solved with some fresh perspective. This is true when you are working too hard (just take a walk or run your ideas by someone else) or when you are in…
Week 21: Get up and move!

Tutus on the Barre at Northern California School of Ballet, Oroville Getting up in the morning and moving a bit has been one of the best things I have done for myself in a long time. It gets my body moving, helps to stretch me out and gets the blood flowing to my brain. My…
Week 18 Year of Self Love: Pamper Yourself with a Mani/Pedi

Me and my partners in crime getting a pedicure Self-care and self-love are often confused with indulgence and it really shouldn't. To me self love is taking the time to check in with yourself and to engage in those activities to keep your tank full. My filling your own tank you are able to take…
Week 17: Year of Self Love-Writing Down Your Greatest Accomplishments

One of my Five: Taking classes at our Classical Ballet School This week for the Year of Self Love challenge the act is simple. Write down 5 of your greatest accomplishments. Simple in theory, but painstaking in practice. Since announcing it on Tuesday in the Hopelessly Devoted Group, I've already had 2 discussions with friend's…
Course Note: The Jourse (Week 3)

This week we tackled the the second of our four buckets: the physical. Really, this week was all about shifting your mindset from what your body isn't, to reveling in what it is. Katie pointed out that you weren't born hating your body. It's trained into you over time. At 13: 53% of girls are…
Week 16: Year of Self Love-A case for traveling alone

September 2018-somewhere over the mid-west as I traveled (SOLO) to New Orleans. I remember distinctly the moment I realized that traveling solo is really a gift. My work had taken me to Anaheim for the week and I had flown down the day prior to get myself situated and well, go to Disneyland obviously; Anaheim…