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Continue reading →: 25 Mantras for my 25th Birthday
This week I left the carefree, happy-go-lucky early twenties behind and stepped into full-fledged adulthood. Turning 25 and entering my mid-twenties was equally traumatic and transformative, terrifying and exciting. It’s hard to believe a quarter century already slipped away, albeit filled with wonderful people, memories and places. Now, adulthood feels…
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Continue reading →: Wednesday Wisdom: Embracing Change
If nothing changes, then nothing changes. If you remain the same person, make the same choices, live in the same place, work the same job and surround yourself with the same people, things will remain – generally speaking – the same. While there’s safety and security in sameness, there’s…
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Continue reading →: Motivation Monday: Thick Girl Fitspo
Happy Monday everyone! Now that summer’s here, there’s a lot to enjoy – beaches, bikinis, bbqs and lazy days. It’s really awesome to start summer off proud of our bodies an comfortable in our own skin, regardless of where were “at” on our own respective fitness journey. Having confidence in ourselves…
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Continue reading →: Thoughtful Thursday: Body Confidence
A lifetime of soccer coupled with my genes has left me with a thick body. Thick arms, thick legs, big booty. I’ve worked hard to carve out a narrow waist and trim myself down to what I am now, but the thickness remains. It’s who I am, it’s what I…
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Continue reading →: Motivation Monday: Standing up at the Office
Armed with a computer monitor box, a few risers and some self-will, I’ve been standing at my desk for the better part of the past year. It’s tough when I’m tired, or stressed, or just over it, all of which occur frequently during a 40-hour work week. But I’ve done…
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Continue reading →: Motivation Monday: Marathonspiration
With my marathon training plan’s first week in full swing, I’m all about it. Gorging through articles & blogs, perusing Pinterest, obsessively searching through Instagram for some marathonspiration. These first few weeks are easy, but what lies ahead is pretty terrifying. Here’s some fun & funny marathon-inspirations to keep that…
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Continue reading →: My First Marathon: Twenty Weeks Out
As of this week (this week!) I’m 20 weeks out from my very first marathon. Fresh off a ‘soft tissue’ injury from my first half that I ran a couple weeks ago, the marathon looms in the distance. It’s in the back of my mind when I fall asleep, in…
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Continue reading →: Thoughtful Thursday: Failure is a Blessing
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking. About the future. About the present. About my upcoming birthday, when I’ll be turning 25 (eek!) and exiting the carefree years of my early twenties. Somehow, I feel like I should be more of an adult. Yet part of me still feels…
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Continue reading →: Motivation Monday: It’s a New Month!
Wake up, wake up, wake up, its the first of the month…. I can’t believe it’s already June! June has always been my favorite month – it’s my birthday month (go Cancer signs!) and always meant school was out, work was over, and life would be a lot simpler for…
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Continue reading →: Health & Happiness: A Beautiful Couple
Just like peas & carrots or love & loyalty, health and happiness make a solid couple. While you can have one without the other, the two are more powerful when served up together – they strengthen, support, and amplify one another. Better health boosts our chances at greater happiness; a…
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I’m Nicole
Navigating motherhood, nourishing cooking, backyard gardening and running a small business with my little ohana on Oahu, Hawaii. Follow me as we build a suburban homestead, (try to) bake bread and steadily work towards a grown-at-home hale – all while intentionally raising kiddos and keeping our business growing.
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