It's the holiday season! Wow-zers, time has flown! I can't believe that we are less than one week away from Christmas. I always find that it's the countdown to Christmas that I like best, not ...
Lifestyle
5 Easy Ways to Stay Active
/I found 3 posts in particular that I realized I could just consolidate into one, and so here I am, consolidating the 3 posts and updating it to make it even better. Enjoy!/ Finding time to ...
How to Camp with Health and Style
Summer is for pitching tents, sunbathing, and roasting marshmallows beneath the starlight. Summer is for hiking, cliff jumping, and pulling on sweaters that have the musty scent of last night's ...
Guide to Understanding Sugars and Sweeteners
It has been much too quiet on the blog during these past few weeks, wouldn't you all agree? Don't worry, I'm back, and I'm excited to share this post that I've spent quite a bit of time on with all of ...
Distance Running for Beginners
In the past, never had I ever considered myself a runner, not really, anyways. The most running I'd ever done was during high school PE or at local 5Ks. Now, however, with proper training thanks to my ...
Time to Unite and Take a Stand
As an elementary school teacher, I'd chosen to keep my opinions about "The Donald" to myself and inner circle of family and friends, hopeful that our president-elect wasn't going to be as awful or ...
Fun Holiday Traditions With Loved Ones
With the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, it can be difficult to slow down and remember what the holidays are truly about: spending time with your loved ones. Every year the same season rolls ...
Gifts that Keep on Giving
As Christmas quickly encroaches upon us (it's 7 days away!), I know many of you might be bustling around crowded malls or scouring the web to find gifts for loved ones. Sometimes it's easy to forget ...
Top Plant Based Protein Sources
Being a vegetarian, I tend to receive a lot of questions from people asking me about where I get my protein, and if I even get enough. A lot of my family members, who are die hard carnivores, don't ...
How to Cope With Love and Loss
Some days I feel like a firecracker. It’s as if a single spark could ignite an explosion inside of me, scattering me into so many directions that I’m afraid I won’t ever be able to piece myself back ...