An award-winning recipe for my Purple People Pleaser Salad! My healthy, yet outrageously delicious recipe was published in Paleo Living Magazine! It’s gluten free, vegan, paleo, and Specific Carb Diet friendly! Continue reading Purple People Pleaser Salad!
Why does it seem like we’re all morphing into the same, manufactured concept of beauty? A powerful post about true beauty, from the perspective of a survivor of anorexia. #faith #beautyContinue reading Beauty Clones
Control. In today’s culture, we’re all about it. We can control when we watch TV with DVR, we control how we come across on social media, we try to control our college or job trajectory by taking just the right classes or getting a particular degree. We try to control our diet and exercise —Continue reading Control
It appears that time has escaped me, yet again. Between work and social engagements, I’m left with mere hours to plan, prepare, and purchase gifts for my family and friends. Nothing like a little holiday scramble to really get you in the Christmas spirit. That and an overpriced plane ticket. I just booked my flight home forContinue reading Finally Home, At Home
Elf on the Shelf. I’m sorry, but when, exactly, did this become a thing? Elf on the Shelf, in case you haven’t heard of this new parenting phenomenon, is a little figurine of an elf that parents place in the house in the months leading up to Christmas. The story is that SantaContinue reading True Accountability
Hands down, my favorite Christmas tradition is putting up the tree. There’s just something about the smell of a beautiful evergreen mixed with the crisp winter air that really makes Christmas come alive for me. And even though this weekend it was 65 degrees, and my family has switched over to a fake tree… theContinue reading O Christmas Tree
I promised myself that I wasn’t going to make a Thanksgiving post. Because honestly, scanning the blogosphere, if I see another post about “Pumpkin Pie,” “What I’m Grateful For,” or my favorite…”How Not to Gain Weight During the Holidays”…I’m going to hurl. Dramatic much? 😛 But seriously, it’s undeniable. The interwebsContinue reading What I’ve Learned in Recovery
I recently took up guitar. And when I say recently, I mean, I bought a nice guitar about two years ago, learned how to play four Taylor Swift songs, and then it found its resting place at the back of my closet ever since. 😛 But just this past week, I took it outContinue reading Callouses
I love Sundays. Yes, brunch is great. Sleeping in – that’s good too. Going to church – always a highlight. But if I’m being 100% honest: the real reason why I love Sundays so much: One word: FOOTBALL I love watching the NFL. And one of my favorite parts of the game, is the touchdownContinue reading Touchdown Dance
Yes. A small word with a big impact. One syllable that can lead to incredible adventures, new relationships, and abundant life. Recovery has been a journey of rediscovering me, and becoming who I’d always been. You see, during my anorexia, I had forgotten who I was. I had become a hollow shell of myself: withoutContinue reading The Power of Yes
