As much as I love a good morning or evening routine, sometimes they feel exhausting and even limiting. Between checking off things like meditation, a green smoothie, dry brushing, time to read, etc. and everything else I generally fit into my a.m. routine, it almost feels like I’m never in […]
Wellness Challenge: Care/of
I’ve documented my love for supplements and vitamins as a means to cover things I’m not always getting in my diet or to increase my optimal health, but I’ve struggled with an efficient system for years. From forgetting to take them, to being unsure of exactly what I need, I […]
Wellness Challenge: Zen Driving
When I think back to any unhappiness I’ve had at jobs in the past, my commute always comes to mind. Though it was my time to catch up on Howard Stern, driving—scratch that, sitting in traffic, thank you LA!—to start and end my days…sucked. Dealing with rude drivers, the frustration […]
Wellness Challenge: Composting
As a kid, I can still remember when recycling became a thing, or at least a mainstream thing, but prior to the garbage man picking it up. We’d have to separate glass, plastic, etc., and then I’d carry a bag of each to the local recyclable center to make a […]
Wellness Challenge: Go Red
It’s clear by now that I’m pretty obsessed with my smoothies—and they’ve been mentioned on my site many times. And while I put new ingredients in here and there, I generally stick to mixing in greens no matter what. Until now. Greens aren’t going anywhere in my diet, but I […]
Wellness Challenge: Improve Focus
In college, I can remember going through a Mozart-while-studying phase, followed by working to purely acoustic-type playlists on my iPod. Since then, I’ve experimented with other calming, chill music along with pure silence. And what I’ve found is, I definitely like something on in the background, and that something can’t […]