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Traveling to Seoul South Korea in November

Travel / December 5, 2022 May 3, 2023 / Leave a Comment

I took a month long trip exploring Korea, with a majority of my time spent in Seoul. If you’re considering taking a trip there, buckle-up because I’m going to share what I learned — hopefully it makes your trip a bit easier. So let’s break the trip down into categories. Here’s what I go over: …

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The Blueprint: A Detailed Guide on Dr. Gottman’s Teachings

Relationships / August 22, 2022 January 11, 2023 / Leave a Comment

If you recall from my last post, The Five Golden pieces For a Lasting Relationship, one of the elements is: The blueprint for your house. I like this analogy of a blueprint because a blueprint really gives you a good overview of what to do and what not to do. It’s a solid plan for …

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The Pendulum Swing

Relationships / July 21, 2022 November 5, 2022 / Leave a Comment

Before we dive into the five pieces of building that relationship house we discussed in the last post, there’s one other concept that’s really important to grasp. While I don’t know your specific starting point, there is a common experience that we all have when we begin to challenge our internal belief systems. I came …

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The 5 Golden Pieces for A Lasting Relationship

Relationships / June 28, 2022 August 24, 2022 / Leave a Comment

My ten year relationship, to a man I loved deeply and imagined a future with, ended. Truthfully, not because I wanted it to, but because I just couldn’t live in the internal state I was in any longer. Being alone had to be better than being with someone & still feeling unloved, lonely, anxious, and …

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Want To Improve Your Relationship? Here’s What No One Taught You.

Relationships / June 24, 2022 September 17, 2022 / Leave a Comment

Have you ever had the experience of an “ah-hah” moment when you discover a golden nugget or a “piece of the puzzle” you’ve been missing? Often times, we simply don’t know what we don’t know. But if we can start to bring awareness and understanding to the situations that we’re struggling with, then there’s a …

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Exploring Montana

Travel / October 30, 2021 June 1, 2022 / Leave a Comment

When you live somewhere as large as the USA there’s a lot of cool and interesting places to travel. One place I’ve been that was total eye-candy was Montana. And yes, while you’re there there’s plenty of popular places to go like Glacier National Park & Yellow Stone. But if you’re looking for some relatively …

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5 Easy Steps to Organize Your Messy Closet

Organization / June 19, 2021 July 31, 2021 / Leave a Comment

Do you find yourself struggling to get things in and out of your closet? Or maybe you have a hard time find things all together. Or maybe you end up wearing the same 3 outfits over and over, despite having a plethora of clothes. If you can relate to any of those things, then that …

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Make An Old Dresser Look Like New

DIY / March 1, 2018 June 19, 2021 / Leave a Comment

I know how the thought of painting over wood can be like nails on the chalkboard, because why would someone want to cover the beautiful natural grain? However, sometimes the wood just isn’t salvageable. Such was the case with this old dresser. The previous owners seemed to have neglected it, and I think it had …

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A Dental Office Reception Area Makeover

Decor / February 14, 2018 October 2, 2021 / Leave a Comment

As a business owner then I’m sure you’ve heard of branding. And in essence, implementing good branding is really about how you make your customers feel. The thing is: your brand also extends to your interior design. If you own a brick-and-mortar business then you might not notice many of the things that your customers …

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Affordable DIY Jewelry Stand

DIY / December 27, 2017 June 19, 2021 / Leave a Comment

I’ve found that as I’m getting older the type of jewelry I’m wearing is changing. Which means that it’s time for a new jewelry stand! I was obsessing over a gorgeous sleek jewelry stand I saw online, but I couldn’t justify spending $70 on a jewelry stand. You know what that means—time for DIY! I …

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