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Take Big Steps To Get Out Of A Rut!
(via) Lots of people will convince you to stay in a job, a relationship or a living situaltion where you just know you don't belong. From the well-meaning in your life you will hear about: How you have to be cautious. How there aren't many better things "out...
Fresh Decor & Refreshing Thoughts!
(avenue lifestyle) If your home is a mirror of your mind (& it is!) sometimes you need to pare down and know that less stuff and more freshness can be exactly what you need. If you are in a transition (*more here!) or in a rut, fresh space creates lots of clarity...
Take Amazing Care Of Yourself First!
Truly, you will drown trying to help people if you don;t take care of yourself first. It can either take you many years and much suffering to realize this, or you can stop over-helping other people before you, yourself, are well taken care of, truly. I see people...
Cheap, Chic & Clever Ways To Transform Your Decor!
(West Elm has Stickwood!) Taking what you have and making it much better with a little upgrade is a passion of mine. When you are like me- not handy with power tools and not big on complications, it makes transforming things a bit more challenging... yet...
Holistic Ways To Break Emotional Addiction & Feel-Bad Habits!
(Brain Walter, Chistopher Lane Photography) Happiness is what we all want. Misery is no fun. Yet, some people seem to hold on to misery as though it is a part of their DNA. You have seen it: The people who are so successful yet perpetually upset. The person who meets...
Urban Boho Decor Mixes!
(via) Urban Bohemian. I think that is my new style aptitude: one part hippie chic and one part traditional, even ultra modern, home. Rather than the plied on wildness of a rustic boho space, a little earthy free-spirit aesthetic mixes here with reatraint to create a...
Are You In A Perpetual Search For More Meaning In Life?
At college, my first roomate and I sat one day in the Quad at Stanford with a mini-recorder making what we called "spontaneous poetry." We were both super tall, skinny and sort of resembled each other, and our ability to get into the existential quest for more...
6 Feng Shui Ways To Warm Up A Cold-Feeling Bedroom!
(via) No matter what the season, rooms can feel cold. Cold rooms tend to be stark, lacking sensory richness, overly monotone or just plain cool-feeling. Where your bedroom in concerned, the chilly feeling can prevent you from getting proper rest. In a cold room you...
Street Art, Craft Style: Yarn Bombing The Gorgeous!
(via) Today is a day for a bit of fantasy and the impossibly brilliant artistry of yarn bombing. For any of you that still think street art is a lesser form of art, I have talked to many a well-heeled street artist who has climbed scaffolding or hung from a ledge...