A quick, simple recipe for soft and chewy dairy-free chocolate chip cookies that taste like heaven.

Here is a soft, intentional way to prep to step into your Father Christmas energy. For the deeper version of this chat, watch the coffee talk here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odb9bS4RMGA Or listen to the podcast episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LWFVi115ebFBccXBQzBCH?si=072347092367472f Christmas Planning Guide: 1. Start with your intention: What kind of Christmas do you/don't you want to have? Know the exact energy you're creating (cozy, comforting, magica

A welcome back letter to myself and to you.

I love to travel.  In fact, if I had it my way, I would throw all of my things into storage, buckle my dog into my jeep and hit the road with no end in sight. Only.... I'm too much of a home-body to do that not to mention it doesn't fit the luxury lifestyle of Bentley.  So instead, I settle for weeks away in foreign countries and weekends away in sparkling cities. Odds are if you're here, you're interested in my process of planning a mini-weekend getaway.   Here's why I love

While I try to promote being more mindful and making conscious choices on the daily, half of the time I find myself frantically out of...

To succeed in life, you need three things: a wishbone, a backbone and a funny bone.   - Reba McEntire The most important things in life...

“Every sunset is an opportunity to reset.” ― Richie Norton Begin again. It's something my counsellor said to me once.  "Just take a deep...

Whether you're heading on an impromptu weekend road trip or a week long vacation to the lands of fresh pineapple, packing can be stressful.  This list is going to be your surefire way to make sure you have everything covered, and ultimately keep from spending your days away picking through mis-matched outfits and cursing yourself for forgetting your razor and phone charger.  From planning out the perfect amount of outfits to save room in your suitcase to bring back that new m

In the weeks that winded down 2018, I noticed my anxiety had begun to peak again.  Not in the way that I felt like I was isolating myself...

Welcome back to the blog.  You may notice a few changes here and there, I decided to give this bad boy a little fine-tuning.  In fact,...

It took a while for me to finally fall into a rhythm where my fitness routine seemed to flow as more of a fun lifestyle than a dreadful...

the mountain crown // my insides turned out 'til you your heights and views amidst the dark shadows of the night time and the early morning mist the moon followed me through cities filling more as days go by in this pocket full of summer I burn alive with the midnight mountain air inside but the detours sharpen teeth and the road blocks linger round in one hand the world gives you what you want most with the other it tempts to bring you down pins and needles across the surfac

BEFORE // Prologue quiet—EXES  Dark midnight air painted the backdrop of that warm second state night. Every star seemed to shine visibly in the sky—like a blanket of string lights across a silky black curtain.  The final hours of my fourth birthday were just winding down. I sat on the squeaky, pleather seat of our air lift as it navigated up and down the same comforting streets of Vancity we’d driven through all my life: familiar corners and doorways . . . parks we played in

“Life is a dance. Mindfulness is witnessing that dance.”  ― Amit Ray Here I am, sitting at my Ikea desk, sipping cold water from my glass...

ARIZONA  Jun. 5th - Jun. 10th 2018 In a recent state of stress, I found my self scrolling through my phone in an aimless attempt to...

Hey, hey, hey and happy first of June! With today marking the start of a brand new month, in a way I think we've all been given yet...

Spring weather is officially here and I'm welcoming it with open arms and rolled up vintage jeans.   With the nicer weather slowly...

If you venture back to my 2018 resolutions, you'll note that one of my biggest aspirations for this year was to become a yogi of sorts....

I'm currently staring out at the mountains of Phuket as I type this, and it is from the emanating pulse of their energy and the freedom...

I've been doing a lot of thinking about what it means to be free.  I used to think freedom meant moving up to a later curfew, having a locker instead of an elementary school desk, getting my license so I could drive for as long and as far as I wanted while playing DJ to my naive teenage thoughts, moving out on my own and drinking coffee like an adult in the morning, being in a relationship, being single, being able to jump down any road at any time or say yes to adventures th