mental health

Now, let me just preface this by saying, no I do not think that I am the most awesome person on the internet. However, I make a serious habit of closely watching those people (internet-famous AND little known), and thinking generally about how to not suck on the internet. That would have been my favorite [...]

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Or: Even Experts Get the Blues Or: Just Because You’re an Internet Sensation, Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Crack Up a Bit Or: Cracking up a Bit and Asking for Help Doesn’t Mean Spewing all Over Your Social Media and Freaking Everyone Out Or: What To Do When You’re a Coach/Blogger/Brand and You Freak Out Publicly [...]

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This post is a part of the blogger series Self-Discovery Word by Word started by Ashley of Nourishing the Soul.  This month’s series is sponsored by Myrite of Tasty Life, and she has chosen the word Balance. To participate, please skip on over to to her site and get in on the fun. xo. Balance [...]

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This is a guest post written by Ann Becker-Schutte, one of my favorite new voices in the blogosphere. Enjoy! xo I have mentioned before that I regularly appreciate the wisdom of the people I get to share my days with. Well, here’s a wonderful example of that. The title of this post was something that [...]

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am i?

Once upon a time, I wrote a post about learning how to say no, but this week I was reminded in no uncertain terms about what it means to be the kind of person who says no. This kind of person is definitive. They are able to assess the situation, be mindful of their own [...]

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Sick Kevin

This spring I received an email asking me to write about this topic: Something I struggle a lot with is feeling good about myself when I’m not “healthy”- when I’m sick or have an injury. A lot of my own recovery has involved learning to be grateful for everything my body does for me and [...]

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Yum & Yuck

So, yesterday I was perusing the fabulous blog Yum & Yuck, a site with the epic tagline: “There are only two mantras, yum and yuck, mine is yum” (Tom Robbins). I recommend that you check it out ASAP. As I was scrolling through the site, I found this graphic in the sidebar: Wow. My initial [...]

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So the LOVELY Sui of Cynosure (what’s that? you’ve NEVER been to her site? run. don’t walk.) wrote a fantastic post this week asking people to create lists of what they like to do to cheer themselves up when they are in a funk. Now, I’m fairly certain I’ve written a number of this type [...]

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Alone

When I first left my home with C behind, to move up to Boston to start grad school, I wrote a post about what to do when you’re lonely. At the time, I was in a really hard place, and I needed to structure my time so that I didn’t feel like I was going [...]

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Good morning y’all! I am busily writing many, many papers, but today we are HONORED to have a guest post about exercise and self-love written by one of my favorite bloggers – Steff of Steff Says fame. xo In my journey towards loving and accepting my body fully I’ve discovered how essential it is to [...]

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