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Welcome! Join me as I share my story of anxiety, self-care and hope.
A blog focused on encouraging others to practice self-care in all forms.

Small Business Gift Guide
Shopping small helps you support someone’s dream, find unique gifts, and directly impacts a family. I love shopping small all year, but...

Balancing College and Self-Care
Balancing a college workload, your social life and self-care can be such a struggle. For this Q & A, I am interviewing a college student...

Balancing Self-Care and a Small Business
Owning a business and making time to practice self-care can be extremely difficult. Your home and business life are tied together. You...

3 Suggestions for how to Figure out your Hobbies as an Adult
Growing up, I had all kinds of hobbies. I took ice skating lessons, tried gymnastics, played soccer, and participated in musicals. When I...

Q & A Focused on Self-Care & Motherhood
Caring for children can be incredibly rewarding, yet it also comes with its own set of challenges. People in service careers are more...

3 Quick & Easy Meals for a Stressful Week
Personally, I love to cook…when I have time, but when it’s been a stressful day (or week), it’s one of the last things that I feel like...

Supporting a Loved One-Another Q & A
I am starting a Q & A section on my blog. These posts will cover interviews about mental health as well as how to practice self-care as a...

4 Ways to Make a Difference Right Where You Are
Have you ever felt like you wanted to make a lasting impact? Have you spent nights worrying about your purpose in life? Do you worry...

When Anxiety Becomes Unmanageable
I recently shared that I have been struggling with my anxiety. It actually hit a point where I called in to work because I couldn’t push...

3 Tips for Starting a Sustainable Morning Routine
Have you ever looked for self-care ideas to add into your morning routine and felt overwhelmed? Like I don’t have time in the morning to...

3 Steps to Make Self-Care Part of your Routine
Self-care is super important. It allows us to manage feelings in a healthy way. It has been clinically proven to reduce stress and...

3 Tips to Make your Small Business More Eco-Friendly
When I started my own small business, I realized how difficult it is to avoid the use of plastic, bubble wrap and other cheap/convenient pac

My 5 Step Daily Journaling Process
I’m a huge sucker for a new journal and (while my wallet may say otherwise), this is actually a good thing! Journaling has actually been...

2 Mindset Shifts to Better Deal with Anxiety
As I’ve mentioned in one of my earlier blog posts, I am a people pleaser. I love taking care of others and making their lives easier. I...

My Experience with Controversy over Anxiety Medication
It took me years to actually begin taking medicine for my anxiety. This was partly because I was against medicine myself. I was convinced...

7 Types of Self-Care
Self-care is often used as a buzzword when someone does a face mask or gets their nails done. However, self-care is about so much more...

Supporting a Partner with Anxiety: Q & A with Jesse
I saw down to ask my husband a few questions about being married to someone with anxiety.

4 QUICK AND EASY SELF-CARE IDEAS
Before starting on this new journey of self-care and wellness, I did not have an appreciation for self-care. It was just a buzzword that...

My Journey Through Anxiety
Welcome! It’s my first blog post and I’m diving right into a serious and neglected topic-mental health. It’s something we are often...
