I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about meditation, mantras, and visualizing goals. I keep reading about mental blocks and holding yourself back from the things that you want and the things you deserve because of patterned thoughts and “stories”-- the things we tell ourselves to keep us from going for something. We tell …
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Shakshuka for One & Getting Past Bad Days
I'm having one of those weeks where I feel bogged down but can't find the source of the bogging. I am searching in every drawer but I can't find what it is bringing me down. The grind of 9-5 job doesn't help despite the love and support of coworkers and each day I find myself …
A New Borough & Drive Renewed
Moving absolutely depleted me. And for that I am grateful. It doesn’t need to be explained again, but I am a person that enjoys feeling busy. Actually “enjoy” is probably too positive a word. I am a person that needs to feel busy, I find value in busy, and that is a very dangerous way …
Food for Healing
A lot of old pain bubbled up this month, mostly stemming from my rent being raised and my scramble to find a new home. I’m still looking, but not as passionately as I should be. It is one of those rare moments that I am faced with decisions I’d rather avoid and hide from. It …
Don’t Take for Granted How Far You’ve Come
On Father's Day last week I was scrolling through my Facebook photos to find a favorite one of my father and I from my brother's wedding 5 years ago. I did find it: I love this picture because our relationship has always been about laughter. Challenging ourselves to tell the worst joke possible, or swapping …
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