MOTIVATION + INSPIRATION
Stories, encouragement, and strength to help you dive in and dig deep
MOTIVATION + INSPIRATION
Stories, encouragement, and strength to help you dive in and dig deep
Squad Goals + Self Worth: 5 Tips For When You’re Triggered By Your Friends
YOU KNOW the saying "You are a combination of the 5 people you spend the most time with?" That also means that many times, when our closest friends and loved ones get under our skin, it's an indication of something...
Making Friends As An Adult, Part II: Vulnerability + The First-Best You
Friendship as an adult is complicated. No longer bonded by the confines of proximity ("You’re in my class? Let’s be friends!"), we’re now able to choose who and what we keep around. In theory, this should make for even...
The Year-Round Bikini Body (Or, I Survived Summer Vacation And All I Got Was This Healthy Perspective)
It’s that time of year again: bikini markdown season. Just weeks ago, I was rushing to Target hours before vacation time, rotating 8-item-max after 8-item-max in and out of my 8-item-max dressing room just hoping to...
Making Friends As An Adult, Part One: It’s Not About The Bestie
People talk all the time about how the media influences the way we view our bodies, but just as strongly and pointedly, it influences how we view friendship. As pop culture would have it, we're supposed to have a...
You Don’t Have To Be Broken For Me: On Falling In Love
You Don't Have To Be Broken For Me. It's my favorite line from Cheryl Strayed's book, Tiny Beautiful Things. Because it so sweetly, so succinctly encapsulates what I think we all want to hear, what we hope we'll hear...
Negative Self Talk And That Time Of The Month.
At the time of writing this, I've literally just spent three hours alternating between being curled up in excruciating pain in fetal position and being spread out in starfish position (to distribute the agony?) in...
#SelfieEmpowerment: The Case For The Selfie
I’m kind of possessive over my iPhone - namely, the “Photos” app. No way is anyone allowed to scroll through without my finger at the helm, no chance anyone’s going to catch a glimpse of my photo library without my...
Inside Out And Negative Talk.
(Warning: spoilers ahead.) There's a scene in Inside Out where the emotions are projecting one of the memory orbs onto the screen of Riley's mind. It's a happy memory that was created with Joy at the helm, meant to...
Woman Against Negative Talk: What We Can All Learn From Miley
My new M.O. is officially following my heart in every single decision I make, from what I write to how I act to where I go and what I do. Life is too short for choices that don't compel you on a soul level (especially...
Shift Of Power: Love And The Whole Spectrum.
I used to think my heart would toughen up, it would take the experiences accumulated and build some sort of resistance to the repetitive motions of life. The ups, the downs, the expectations, the disappointments. And...
Fhop ‘Till You Drop: On Shopping Smart, Saving Cash, And Letting That Guilt Go
I'm letting you in on a dirty little secret. I love to shop. I must preface this entire post with the fact that I grew up with little "indulgences" being a part of my life. You know, a treat here, a toy there. We...
#WANTwisdom: A Pragmatically Positive Guide For Writers + Creatives
Hey WANT peeps! A weekend post - kind of fun and unexpected, right? I hope you're sitting back and relaxing today, soaking in the last few hours before Monday rolls around. I know that for me, Sundays are a time of...
