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Continue reading →: Travel Tuesday: Turkey Wanderlust
Let’s talk about Turkey – no, not the kind you likely overate last week. Today’s Travel Tuesday post is about the country of Turkey, a majestic republic bordered by the Black, Aegean, & Mediterranean Seas. Rich in beauty steeped in history, this colorful country has been a long-established keystone of…
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Continue reading →: Motivation Monday: Injured Marathon Training
This week has been a pretty tough one. I’m three weeks out from my first marathon and still can’t put any weight on my toe. While part of me is heartbroken, the other part – the stubborn part, I guess – has totally taken over. I’ve been going HAM on…
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Continue reading →: Travel Tuesday: St. Vitus Cathedral
St. Vitus Cathedral is about as medieval and gothic as it gets. Nestled within the Prague Castle Complex, its numerous spires & towers shoot so high above the walls that it’s often mistaken for the castle itself. Looming eerily above the city, surrounded by the enormous Vtlava river, and…
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Continue reading →: Half Marathon Heartbreak
Right now, I should be writing a happy, exhilarating post about how I kicked ass at my frist-ever half marathon. About how, even though I haven’t ran 13 miles yet, the energy of the crowd and volunteers and general atmosphere kicked up my adrenaline and I sailed through the finish line.…
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Continue reading →: My FIRST Half Marathon!
On this gloomy Wednesday, I’m stoked to share some news: I just signed up for my very first half marathon! In a scarily short two weeks, I’ll be crossing the finish line at 13.1 miles for the first time. I’m nervous, edgy & slightly terrified, but I figured this would…
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Continue reading →: Waimanalo Pumpkin Patch!
I am such a sucker for Halloween – scary movies, spooky costumes, and especially anything pumpkin. From pumpkin spice lattes (guilty) to pumpkin oatmeal to pumpkin beer, I’m all about it. Since fall is far less exciting in Hawaii, given the lack of seasons, I was stoked to go to…
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Continue reading →: Motivation Monday: Beat the office bulge!
Doughnuts. Bagels. Cookies. Chips. Oh my! Everyone knows about the freshman 15. What everyone doesn’t know, though, is the weight-loss hump that comes tucked in to the next phase of life: the post-grad office job. Much like the beginning of college, we find ourselves struggling to adapt to the adult…
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Continue reading →: Travel Tuesday: Milan, Italy.
Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life – Anna Akhmatova
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Continue reading →: Wednesday Wisdom: Resilience
As humans, we love to compare ourselves. We see such a breadth of differing cultures, personalities, perspectives, and combos of charachteristics that we seem desperate to label as “strong” or “weak.” What makes someone weak? Is it their actions and decisions, their personality, or how they look at the world…
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Continue reading →: Motivation Monday: Healthy Fats!
Few things in American society bear a badder rap than fat. We despise, discourage and abhor it; we’ve rolled out a slew of public programs & directives to fight it. We’ve concocted endless chemical-filled, toxin laden “alternatives” to actual food to nix it from the standard American diet. Yet as we…
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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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