“Today I will accept people, situations, circumstances, and events as they occur. I will know that this moment is as it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. I will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. My acceptance is total and ...
Spend 5 minutes on the internet and you’ll be graced with lovely things like Beyonce, puppies, and ASMR. But, on the flipside, you’ll also be met with Youtube videos of people ingesting disgusting amounts of food, abusive comments on Instagram, and politicians. According to the ...
My self care routines usually involve bubble baths, 12 face masks, a manicure, shopping for a new outfit, and a trip to the sauna. Frequently, when we think or talk about self care it’s with an emphasis on looks. Search for “self care routines” on Youtube and you’ll find ...
Naked, wailing with the volume of a thousand trumpets, red as a strawberry, cherubic cheeks as round as the Pillsbury dough boy, we emerge from our warm, cozy home of nine months, wide-eyed and innocent; life is now the first page in a fresh new notebook, an expensive one with a genuine leather ...
I often think back to summer days when I was younger when I would stand in front of the minuscule television in my pink bedroom, hip thrusting and gyrating around, performing all the moves the cheerleaders did in Bring It On. Thinking back on my adolescence, full of Backstreet Boys, and Britney ...
Unless you believe in fairytales and Instagram, life isn’t all sunshine and rainbows all of the time. True happiness, wealth, security, love, and inner peace are all extremely difficult to come by, and you need to work hard to achieve all of these goals one by one. And then, out of the blue, ...
Have you ever taken a trip where you planned every little thing? Hotels, restaurants, toilets, and even, God forbid, gone on a tour? Now, tell me this. How much time did you spend on your trip feeling anxiety over the schedule and what you were supposed to do next? Maybe you worried so much ...
My mom would call it the trip from hell while I like to think of it more as an adventure I will one day tell my grandchildren about. My parents are retirees (or crazies as I thought of them when they moved me from the U.S. at the tender age of 17) and had decided to move to Ecuador; more ...
I live in Netherlands, and have noticed the numerous differences between Europe and the United States. One of these is the fact that in many saunas/spas, you are required to go in your birthday suit. In the U.S. we have no problem putting half-naked people on huge billboards and all over ...
As human beings, 90% of our time is spent in one of two moods: 1. “Namaste. Nothing can break through this force field of peace surrounding me. I am one with the universe; the mountains, the lakes, the flamingos, the hyenas. Social media does not matter to me. I survive only on rabbit ...
