THE BLOG
MY MOST CURRENT WRITING LIVES ON SUBSTACK - WHERE I WRITE “GAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE” AND “PROJECTORS ONLY SOCIAL CLUB”
Free Virtual Calming Breath + Movement Online Workshop
HAPPY NEW YEAR: TRANSITIONING FROM 2019 TO 2020
Some of my resources along the way
The dark side of manifesting
NEW IDEAS & NEW OFFERINGS COMING SOON
I wrote a blog for another blog!
some hot reads
I wish I could time travel and make my 25 year old self read this article
I'm married now and here are my thoughts
I got married, I cried a lot once it was over and now I am just filled with gratitude for how lucky I’ve been.
How one celebrity profile freed me from diet culture
More thoughts on the issues I’m having with celebrated celebrity lifestyle figures.
RE: GOOP
Since posting my love for the NYT article on Gwyneth Paltrow (BACK IN AUGUST, MY GOD THE HORROR OF HOW LONG I’VE BEEN ABSENT) I’ve been caught up in the race / size / class politics of the wellness world. I’ve been thinking about it so much that I’ve felt almost paralyzed by it. I realize that may seem ridiculous, but to me it’s such an enormous tangle of white privilege and patriarchal ideas of acceptable women’s bodies that it feels representative of the bigger cultural conversation that’s being discussed on the corners of the internet that I inhabit.
Not sure if it's because of the #bloodmoon2018 or the upcoming lunar eclipse or just wisdom from living, but I've been getting so many wild spiritual messages over the past few weeks. Leading up to last year and especially over the past year, I've been learning how I can't force myself to grow
the GOAT GP
(PIC VIA NYTIMES) My love for Gwyneth Paltrow knows no bounds. I've been reading GOOP for years and have always been a fan. How many articles have been written on her and Goop, hundreds? MILLIONS? WHO IS TO SAY, BUT I CAN SAY THIS WITH THE UTMOST AUTHORITY - THIS IS THE ACTUAL GREATEST ARTICLE OF ALL TIME ON GP.
Things I'm Thinking About: Toxic Friendship
(PIC VIA EMOJIPEDIA) Some thoughts on when you might need to energically or physically step back from a relationship that’s no longer serving you
Genius hack to a DIY gallery wall
Washi tape is god’s gift to those of us who are prone to quick crafty ideas and maybe do a lot of renting homes
BODIES, BEAUTY STANDARDS AND THE PRESSURE TO BE EVERYTHING
Now more than ever, I think the pressure to be thin and have glowing, clear skin can be perceived as a moral failing. Many alternative healers and lifestyles touted in Goop and the like make it seem that if we aren’t eating plant-based, sugar-free, gluten-free (or whatever is in rn) then we’re going to inflame our system to high heaven, die from depression and our vaginas will stop working. Now, let me also be frank and say, almost 100% I subscribe to these kinds of alternative healing ideas, but to what end? If I end up blaming my own lack of self-control and then shame spiral? THEN WHAT?
Life in Austin
In my experience, Austin's a come as you are party and authenticity rules. People ask how you are and expect an actual answer. At the coffee shops, the barista will ask what you've been up to or where you are going next. At first, I was actually disturbed by this invasion of privacy, Why tf are you trying to talk to me? Please leave me in peace to anonymously buy my coffee. But, all the earnestness in town has helped me break out of the performance of self that was my outer shell for New York, which if I'm being honest started in college.
The challenge of forging my own path
When I graduated from Virginia Tech I was accepted into an executive training program at Macy's Inc. in New York City. Despite the fact that it was exactly what I went to school for (I graduated with a degree in fashion merchandising), it was a path for which I was woefully ill-suited.
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