Tag: Health
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It Takes A Village: On Finding Support & Community
It takes a village. This is a common theme I believe in and swear by and state often. I would not be where I am today (feeling healthy and whole and happy) without my village. It’s a village made of home group members, family, baristas, climbers, coworkers, and bloggers. It’s a village of wonderful folks […]
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2020: A Year In Review
It was a weird and hard year to say the least. Honestly, that is a major understatement: it was a wild, wacky, devastating, life-changing, year. From start to finish, it was a long twelve months. This was the year of COVID-19 and heightened systemic racism, but it was also the year I started law school […]
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A Heart Full Of Thanks: My 10 Top Blessings Of 2020
Thanksgiving is here! My favorite food, my favorite people, my favorite holiday all wrapped up into one day and given to me in a pretty little bow! This Thanksgiving will look drastically different, smaller, and quieter than years’ past, but that doesn’t mean it will be a bad one–just different. This has been a hard […]
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5 Tips For Mental Wellness
Seeking mental wellness is crucial. It’s crucial to how I operate as a person, professional and peer. It’s crucial to how I think and feel and do and say. Often times, it’s easy for me to get caught up in physical health: how fast is my mile? How controlled is my climb? But mental health […]
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Self-Love: What It Is & What It’s Not
“Self-love.” It’s a term that’s growing to be more and more common each day — or so it seems. It’s a term that captures just how important it is for us to be accepting of not only others, but also of ourselves: of our mind, body and spirit. Many months ago, my friend & fellow […]
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To Stir Or To Steal: On Affection For God
“You have forgotten your first love.” That’s what Revelations 2 says regarding the church of Ephesus. While there is praise to be given to the members of the church, there’s criticism as well. Sometimes I forget my first love, too. I forget all The Lord has done for me: how He’s gone ahead and paved […]
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8 Lessons From 2 Years Of Being Bipolar
I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder two years ago. Plenty has changed, several things haven’t. I’ve said hello and goodbye to new and old friends. I’ve moved houses and churches and community groups. I’ve returned to my roots, learned to dwell in the present and chased new dreams. Two years of living with bipolar — […]
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When God’s Not There: On Anger & Grief
Lately, I’ve been mad at God. Even though it’s been two years since my bipolar diagnosis, I still struggle to accept it. I struggle to take advantage of the life I currently live, and look back to the past when I was free of the shackles of mental illness. Most days, I live freely and […]
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Dwell: On Present-Minded Living
I dwell in the past. A lot. I dwell on late night Czech Stop runs while I was at Baylor. I dwell on watching the sunset over the Arno River while I studied in Florence. I dwell on feeling empowered and confident while I lived in Nashville. I have this nasty habit of living in […]
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8 Steps For A Well 2018
Wellness is important to me. Heck, it’s important in general, it’s important for everyone. Wellness is important simply because it boils down to how we function: are we well or not? Are we thriving or surviving? Are we living or barely making it? This new year gives us a new opportunity to focus on wellness, […]
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