Wellness & Self Care

Taking care of yourself isn't selfish, it's essential. This is where you'll find everything I've learned about slowing down, tuning in, and showing up for yourself every single day.

  • Homemade Apple Galette

    My Recent Trip to Paris: What I Ate

    What I ate.  Yummmmm. My goodness, I have been spoiled, my lovely friends! My sweet cousins we’re so kind and really treated me to a true Parisian cuisine experience. Each meal was prepared and cooked morning, noon and night. Surprisingly…

  • Easy Chicken Instant Pot Soup

    Maybe I’m lazy. Maybe it’s exhaustion from a full day of work or because I’m hoping to get a jump start on cooking. Maybe it’s habit. I don’t really know. All I know is that every time I go to…

  • ~ Merry Christmas ~

    Merriest of Christmas, darling friends! I hope you have a magical day full of love, laughter and warmth. Today is a wonderful day for gratitude and reflection. Bisous! — Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one another above…

  • Seattle Holiday Events

    This has been one of the most festive Holiday seasons I’ve ever had. Maybe it’s because I started working on our holiday marketing for work in October. Maybe it’s because we had an endless summer. Maybe it’s because my heart…

  • Lessons Learned From My Annual Apple Picking Trips

    First Day of Autumn & Apple Picking

    Summer has officially sunset and Autumn is in full rotation! I plunged in, friends. Do you remember last year when I tried very hard to have an Adventure in Apple Picking? But the U-Pick was closed for the season. Well,…

  • 4 Best Remedies for a Cold

    source Being sick is the worst. Scratch that. Being sick, needing to work and living alone is the worst. The amount of times I promised myself that I got up to turn the tea on… well, let’s just say my…