World Mental Health Week

My experience this past month can best be summarized in a short phrase: When it rains, it pours. Recently there have been issues with our living situation, a stressful period at work, and, most importantly and unfortunately, an extremely close family member was involved in a horrific car accident. And after all of this, I…

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How I Care for my Ultra-Lightened Hair

I have a confession to make. This is not my natural hair color. Three years ago, I walked in to my salon with a pretty rough hair situation. My roots had grown out, and the rest had been bleached and dyed multiple times, ending up at a brassy and extremely unflattering orange. I told my…

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On Weight Loss and Taking a Gym Hiatus

Today’s blog post is going to be a bit more personal, but it’s one that I wanted to share. I don’t know exactly when I first started noticing that something was off, but I had been experiencing issues with my breathing for some time. I’m not sure if it was the extremely arid Arizona climate,…

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Boris and Horton

195 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009 Boris and Horton has stolen my heart. As someone constantly on the hunt for the best espresso and/or cold brew in the city, I tend to bounce around to different coffee shops without returning to many. But Boris and Horton has something special that will keep me coming…

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What I’ve learned about vegan nutrition

        As someone who has been through a veritable rollercoaster of health and fitness in the past few years, I’ve come to believe in one rule above all others: listen to your body. Through every manner of diet imaginable, from 60 lbs heavier than I am to 15 lbs lighter, from running sprints to lifting…

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