Transition to Autumn: 5 ways to Ground Yourself

I’ve decided to turn this into a whole little series of posts: read the others here and here. This transition is always particularly rough on me, maybe because I thrive

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Exercise. Ex. Er. Size. What is it about that word that just makes people cringe? I love to work out and move my body, but just hearing the word “exercise”

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Look at that beautiful haul. It’s from yesterday’s farmer’s market and I can’t wait to dig into all the goodies. (The La Croix is gone. It was delicious.)

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This morning I woke up with the most intense craving for tomato juice. Spicy, fresh, tangy-sweet tomato juice. A huge shift from my regular sweet-ish breakfast of oatmeal and fruit,

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Yes, that’s my belly. Yes, it’s sick of the bullshit. It’s sick of hearing about what it should look like from billboards and magazines and commercials and my own stupid

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Six am: you elusive muse. What could you accomplish if you woke up at 6am every day? A bit of time for yourself before heading to work. Extra time to

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You know you should ditch your scale, right? If you didn’t know, there are tons of articles on why your body weight is a crappy indicator of your overall health.

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I see a lot of pictures like the above on Facebook and Pinterest, and after watching food and farming documentaries,  they get me riled up. This spring, I put my

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 Caffeine buzzed, that is. The fine art of becoming caffeinated is a fickle, delicate undertaking. Too much? Jitters and a yucky stomach arise. Too little? I’ve never actually experienced too

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Today it’s 38 degrees outside in Chicago, and snow flurries are floating in the air. Awesome. Well, it’s Spring weather somewhere right? I can’t help but wonder how this interminable Midwestern winter

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