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Do You Need A Mantra?

The details are fuzzy but on a particularly anxious day years ago, I just needed to get the courage to get out of bed. I needed to care for my kids and do my job. I said to myself, “Left…

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Wellness

Building A Toolkit

When I started in therapy, one of the first things I learned about was building a mental health toolkit. Simply put, it’s having a mental checklist of what you will do in tough situations. You probably have heard the phrase…

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Wellness

I’m Hobby Hunting

I can feel you rolling your eyes as you read this. If you’ve been around this page long enough, you’ve heard me threaten to find a hobby over and over (and over) again. I was a competitive dancer growing up…

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Wellness

Tips for Channeling Hyperfocus

Penn here! I’m guest blogging on Kim’s Mental Health Focus Month with a way to help you achieve more productivity with (you guessed it) my ADHD superpower! Enter hyperfocus. ADHD can be a hindrance for a lot of people, but…

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Wellness

A New Way To Journal

I remember I got my first diary from a friend on my 10th birthday. I still have it. It had pretty pink pointe shoes on the cover and a silver lock to keep all my 10-year-old secret’s secure. Since those…

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Wellness

Forcing Myself Out Of My Comfort Zone

It was exactly this time last year, when Penn and I set out to finish filming our season of The Amazing Race. The pandemic, very rudely, shut down production in 2020 and we were getting the chance to finish what…

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Wellness

Dang, This Is Hard

I’m writing this post on a good day. I slept well last night, I woke up before my alarm with time to workout and meditate like I promised myself I would. I took some time at lunch to scribble in…

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Wellness

The Meditation Situation

If there was a way to peer inside my brain, I’m pretty sure it would look like a scene from a cartoon with the mouse chasing the cat in endless circles. I know I’m not alone. When I see a…

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Wellness

Ditch Two Things A Day

I want to be the type of person who is super organized. I imagine opening the door to the pantry and seeing all the canned foods color coordinated and little plastic bins for snacks.  But in reality, I’m not that…

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Wellness

Building a Feel Good Playlist

I’m a strong believer that music heals. I mean, take one look at our YouTube channel and you can see that Penn and I are all about using music to bring even an ounce of joy to this world. And…

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