Miles Redd Today I am feeling incredibily inspired by beautiful architecure and interior design. Maybe it’s the craziness of moving homes that has my mind consumed with and excited about curtains, colors, fabrics, carpets, couches, chairs… you get the picture! Miles Redd is one of the many designers with whom I have fallen in love… Continue reading Miles Redd
Inspired Living & Celebrating Life
BeautyCounter in Santa Barbara Magazine
This month, I am incredibly honored to be included in Santa Barbara Magazine‘s Best of 2015 issue. Santa Barbara Magazine has always been one of my absolute favorite periodicals, so having the opportunity to be a part of it and share some of my favorite things to do in my favorite town is a major Silver Lining! This issue… Continue reading BeautyCounter in Santa Barbara Magazine
5 Reasons to Lift Weights
5 Reasons to Lift Weights Have you ever had one of those “I reaaaaaaaly need to go for a run” moments (or hours)? They typically occur after days like yesterday – SuperBowl Sunday – when I ate a bunch of things that I would never normally eat. A few months ago, my oncologist suggested that… Continue reading 5 Reasons to Lift Weights
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Review
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Review This year we are moving into a smaller house. We are “right-sizing” as we are calling it. We currently live in a home that is larger than we need. Now, this is a real blessing, I know. A first-world problem, if you will. Though it has been an… Continue reading The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Review
9 Promises That Can Bring Happiness
Have you seen these 9 promises that can bring happiness by John Wooden? I pretty much love anything that John Wooden said or did. Nicknamed the “Wizard of Westwood,” as head coach at UCLA he won TEN NCAA national championships in a 12-year period—seven in a row— which was (& I believe still is!) an unprecedented feat. Oh AND he… Continue reading 9 Promises That Can Bring Happiness
Finding Silver Linings in 2015
The beginning of 2015 has sucked. Sucked as in, I really need a do-over. Or a a restart. Or something. I ended 2014 with the worst flu of my entire life. I’m not being dramatic. In fact, describing it as the worst flu of my life is really an under-exaggeration. (I didn’t want to worry you.) Oh and the… Continue reading Finding Silver Linings in 2015
Happy New Year 2015
Happy New Year! As much as I wish that this had been me last night. It wasn’t. I wasn’t. Quite honestly, I am writing this from my hotel room cave (as I’m calling it) because I am sick as a dog on our family vacation. Literally I cannot peel myself off of the couch and… Continue reading Happy New Year 2015
How to Master the Fine Art of Small Talk
During this holiday season, as I am traveling from one party to the next, I am reminded of the need for mastering the fine art – and isn’t it indeed an art? – of small talk. Recently, I came across a super article by Laura Vanderkam. After, I read her book, What the Most Successful… Continue reading How to Master the Fine Art of Small Talk
Books to Read on Vacation
Happy Day After Christmas! Hope that you are luxuriating in your jammies around the Christmas Tree, enjoying family time and perhaps a few special gifts. This day finds me heading out on a vacation. Boy oh boy am I ever excited about it! My favorite thing about packing for a vacation is figuring out… Continue reading Books to Read on Vacation
Practicing Slowness During the Holidays
Merry Christmas Eve! Sorry I have been absent in the last week. The end of the year has me sick as a dog…not a cute dog, either. I look more like a hang-dog. I think that my body has said STOP. ENOUGH. DONE. Not a surprise, I have to say. In my rush to get… Continue reading Practicing Slowness During the Holidays