I Will Not Stay Silent
I Will Not Stay Silent

A few thoughts in response to Charlottesville (and the whole last year, really), and a few book recommendations if you don't know where or how to start listening and engaging.

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Little Letters // August 2017
Little Letters // August 2017

Today, I'm writing little love letters to cheesy Netflix movies (and the best "cheesy" popcorn), phrases my hot yoga teachers taught me, the products I'm loving lately, and more!

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How to Truly Create Space
How to Truly Create Space

It was in a hot yoga class that I first heard the phrase. “Create space,” the instructor says after calling out our next pose. At first, I brushed it off. I was too busy trying to, you know, do the pose...

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18 Ways Hot Yoga Has Changed My Life
18 Ways Hot Yoga Has Changed My Life

I took 21 classes in a month after having never even tried yoga in a 105 degree studio before... and I'm hooked. Here's how this practice has won me over, mind, body, and soul.

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My July 2017 Reads
My July 2017 Reads

Every month this year, I've thought to myself: There's no way I can keep reading this much every month. And here we are, with a stack 21 books tall.

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The RAD Stuff // Vol. 9
The RAD Stuff // Vol. 9

Things that should exist for single people, a recipe you'll love, zero dollar days, traveling alone, and so much more!

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What Anxiety is Like

I had a panic attack this week. Again. This is my attempt to give the feelings words, to somehow win back control over the anxiety that tried to take me over.

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Show up. Stick around.

There are so many days I don't want to show up. But... I'm learning.

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Little Letters // July 2017
Little Letters // July 2017

To travels and water-drinking motivators, to sweaty workouts and giving things up, to celebrating the good and naming the gifts!

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The Meaning We Often Miss in Philippians 4:13

It’s often taken to be this anthem of “I CAN DO EVERYTHING” and “I AM INVINCIBLE” and so on… and I’m not really a fan of that.

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The RAD Stuff // Vol. 8
The RAD Stuff // Vol. 8

Zero-waste storage, a Broadway musical I'm finally seeing, a sermon on singleness, Christian authors of color to read... and more!

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Cultivate // A Special Book Review
Cultivate // A Special Book Review

The more I've heard about this book, the more I wanted to read it, and after just finishing it, the more I want to pass it along to friends.

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The Books I Read Every Single Day
The Books I Read Every Single Day

I have loved carving out time in the morning for reading and reflection. I've come to find there are several books and Bibles I read every single day, and I thought it would be fun to share them with you! 

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30 Things to Do Before I'm 30
30 Things to Do Before I'm 30

I'm a big fan of bucket lists and wanted to gather up all the things I want to do in the next 5 years before that big 3-0 milestone!

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