Are you down the ancestry, 23 & Me rabbit hole the way I am? As you may know, I have planned to slow travel in my retirement years. One of the focuses if this travel will be to visit the homeland of my ancestors. My mother’s side of the family were first generation immigrants from …
A Year of Self-Study
What are your thoughts on a year of self-study? Do you struggle with productivity? Have lots of lists with good intentions that never seem to come to fruition? Interests in spades, but no follow through? Perhaps you aren’t lacking motivation or curiosity, but scheduling. When we were in school, semester by semester, year over year, …
Lifeforce Diagnostics Membership
This post is not sponsored, and no affiliate relationship exists between the author and Lifeforce at the time of this post. UPDATE December 2024 results below! Biomarker testing is essential for knowing where you really stand with your health at any given time. There are several companies now that offer diagnostic testing independently of your …
Hotworx
No time like the present to begin new habits for the new year. I decided since 2025 begins mid-week, to jumpstart my new health protocol stack on New Year’s Eve. Enter Hotworx. HOTWORX is a virtually instructed exercise program created for users to experience the many benefits of infrared heat absorption, while completing a 30-minute …
2024 Wrap-Up
It’s been quite a year! In review before we dive head-first into 2025, I thought we would review the year in the rearview mirror. Wellness My wellness journey always takes center stage, and 2024 was no exception. I added some new protocol to the biohacking stack, in pursuit of health span and longevity. Hooga Infrared …
Escape the 4th of July Chaos with your Noise Sensitive Dog
Fireworks, picnics, family and friends – the 4th of July is a celebration of everything best about summer…unless you have a noise sensitive dog. For our canine companions, the 4th can be the most stressful day of the year by far. It breaks my heart each year to see my dog, Mordecai, cowering in the …
Seattle Christmas Market
Seattle’s Christmas Market celebrates its second anniversary in 2024, running for a month from November 24th to December 24th. Presented by the same organizers of the Vancouver Christmas Market, which is a nod to the European holiday markets so famous throughout the continent. I love a good holiday outing – and admittedly, I have never …
2025 Planning
Are you a planner? I absolutely love dreaming up future plans and putting them on the calendar for the coming year – seeing all I have to look forward to. I break down my ambitions quarterly and try to be realistic about what can actually be achieved in that timeframe. In looking ahead, I don’t …
A Few of My Favorite Things…
Every year at the holidays I reminisce about favorite things from years gone by – but some tried and true favs always make the list. You don’t have to be Oprah to have a top 10, or top 100 list – and it definitely doesn’t just have to be at the holidays. My heart – …
Gratitude as a Strategy
This time of year, it’s easy to focus on what you have to be grateful for. The holiday reminders are everywhere – greeting cards, plaques, cards, posts – Thankful is the theme. But what about the rest of the year? How do we make gratitude a strategy we can employ everyday of the year? It’s …