With my birthday falling so close to Valentine’s Day, I’ve never put too much effort into celebrating the holiday. To me, it’s overly commercialized, and while I do enjoy exchanging clever cards, chocolates, and small, thoughtful gifts with my loved ones, February 14th is really just an excuse to wear red or pink, sport some…
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A Holly Jolly Hygge Holiday With EarthKind
I’m incredibly late to this trend, but for the remainder of the days leading up to Christmas and for the wintry weeks ahead, I’m embracing the concept of hygge. Pronounced “hoo-ga,” this Danish cultural identity is best defined as a quality of coziness and calm that engenders a feeling of well-being and contentment. Sounds amazing,…
5 Tips for Enjoying the Holidays
Every year around this time I share a post centered on ways to enjoy the holiday season. I’m back again, and I hope my tips are a familiar and welcomed refrain instead of a redundancy. Because, like it or not, we all get caught up in the frenzy of the holidays. And we sometimes fall…
Handling Temptation During The Holidays
If you seriously struggle with disordered eating, are in active recovery from addiction, or are dealing with any other issues, this post may not be for you. But…if you’re sick of the pro-diet, restrictive culture that consumes us even at “the most wonderful time of the year,” then you’re probably in the right place. Every…
Local Is Better: Why I Support Small Business Saturday
Today’s Small Business Saturday. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, then you know how much I love my hometown and promoting local business. In a world where big box (and online) retailers have replaced far too many mom and pop stores, I think it’s important to buy local, especially during the holidays….
Maple Cinnamon Pecan Butter
This comforting maple cinnamon pecan butter is as easy as it is delicious. If you have a few minutes and a high-powered food processor, you can make this sweet and salty spread. One of the things I love most about blogging is how I’ve learned to pay attention to seemingly mundane things. I don’t mean…
Christmas 2015
The post-holiday blues are hitting me HARD today! Despite putting up our tree and decorations the weekend after Thanksgiving and trying to enjoy as many holiday activities as possible, it just hasn’t felt like Christmas. Nevertheless, even with the lack of relaxation and the warm, humid weather, we enjoyed a nice family Christmas. It was especially exciting…
Taking a break this Christmas…
Hey friends! I just wanted to let you know that I’m going to be away from the blog for the next week or two. I wasn’t sure if I wanted to take a break or not, but when my laptop refused to turn on this past Sunday as I was preparing to edit some drafts,…
How To Navigate (& Enjoy!) The Holidays
Every year, I come across dozens of tips and how-to guides on how to “eat clean” or “stay on track” during the holidays or “how to avoid the holiday blues,” which I shared a couple years back. Because, obviously, the holidays are supposed to be guilt-inducing and panic-stirring instead of a reminder to be grateful,…
Christmas "Bucket List"
No way. No way can it already be December! I feel like I was just counting down the weeks until Thanksgiving dinner, but here we are, 25 days from Christmas! Speaking of, how was your Thanksgiving? Ours was full of good food and was fairly quiet (we got our tree on Friday and Mark decorated Saturday!),…
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