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How to Ease Election Day Stress
For many Americans, today is an incredibly stressful day- Election Day. No matter who you are voting for, you are likely feeling a stress unlike any you've had before in your lifetime. Yesterday I read stories about people who rushed to the stores to buy up products...
Heirloom Tomato Toast with Roasted Garlic Vegan Cream Cheese
Heirloom tomatoes at the height of their season in the late summer are delicious on their own, but this toast with a roasted garlic vegan cream cheese makes them taste even more divine. The season only lasts a little longer, so don't let it go by without trying this...
Life-Changing Books to Read During Quarantine
If you're looking to read truly life-changing books this quarantine instead of fluff (and no judgment if you want to just read fluff because seriously, I get it), here are some books that came out this year that are absolutely incredible, and I'm continuing to work...
How to Stay Sane as Quarantine Continues On
Now that most of us are at least a month in to quarantine, the newness of it has started to wear off. Some people were initially excited to be home, whereas others were stressed. Some already worked from home, but don't have full freedom to leave the house as they...
Fun Easter Recipes & Ideas
Ok, so Easter may look a little different this year as we all physically distance ourselves from one another...for some this may mean spending the holiday with way fewer people than normal, and for many, it means being alone at a time that is normally one of...
What to do when life gets tough: Part 2
As I wrote in my last post, I feel like having gone through a challenging season in my life has caused me to connect “to my humanness in a way that perhaps only suffering can bring.” The Oxford dictionary defines “suffer” as to “experience or be subjected to...
What to do when life gets tough: Part 1
Note: I wrote this before the coronavirus pandemic, and it feels like this is almost even more important to share now than it was a couple weeks ago when I wrote it. I hope it serves you. xo, Jen Here’s a secret: I’m not perfect. For over a year, I’ve...
Things I Have Learned After Leaving My Full-Time Job 5 Weeks Ago
Five weeks ago, I left a job where I'd worked for over 7 years. It was not an easy decision, nor one I took lightly, but I had some money saved up, and took the leap. It's so important for my soul to feel aligned, and things had been out of alignment for quite a...
BYO Festival Food
A week and a half ago, I had a dream of mine for many years realized when I went to The Lights Fest. I know I'm not the only one who saw that scene in Disney's Tangled and was bummed out that at that time, you'd generally have to travel to Thailand to see something...
Creating a New Routine This Fall
It's that time of the year again, where the summer comes to an end, and the kids go back to school. Even though I'm now in my 40's, and have kids of my own I'm sending off to school, I still get that feeling of excitement each fall. It's the promise of something...
Goodbye 2018, Hello 2019: Four Tips to Help You Get Rid of Negative Thoughts
I've been taking a break for the last couple weeks, not posting any blogs or recipes, and taking time to do things around the house. But to be honest, until late on January 1st, I'd also been avoiding doing any kind of deep reflection on the past year, or thinking...
Embracing The Winter Energy
This Friday, December 21st, is the winter solstice. In Chinese Medicine, this is considered to be the peak of the winter season (yes, peak...not the start), and the most yin time of the year. What are the properties of yin? Dark, feminine, mysterious, passive,...