Life
Talks about body image, wellness tips and tricks, goal setting, self-care, my journey and other life bits
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Inspiring Podcasts I Am Loving
A few weeks ago I downloaded an app on my phone called Castbox and I have been devouring podcast episode after episode. I feel like I have tapped into such a vast source of information, inspiration, comedy, and advice. Check out some of the ones I’ve been listening to non stop! Fit & Fearless Ctrl Alt Delete Style Your Mind The Heart Of It Magic Lessons
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Happy Birthday!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEARNING TO BLOOM!!! Itβs hard to comprehend where the last year has gone. I remember clicking publish for my first post on Learning to Bloom and here we are a year later! While I didnβt post as consistently as I hoped I am very proud of the content I have created over the last year. It has been a dream come true sharing my thoughts and bits of my journey in this space. I have some really exciting content planned for the coming months and I hope to reach even more people in the coming year. If youβve been reading since the beginning, I want to say a…
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Little Things To Do For Yourself Everyday
One of my areas of focus this year is self care. Self care is something that I constantly put on the back burner in my own life but in my quest to feel good about myself and be comfortable in my body, developing a self care practice is key. Making small changes can be so beneficial to your mental health and how you view your place in this crazy world. Small changes can make a big difference in your everyday life. Being able to recognize the little things that make you feel fabulous and then trying to implement them in a daily routine can really help motivate you and change…
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Life Update
It’s been quite a while since I actually sat down and wrote a blog post. I thought since I haven’t posted since the beginning of January I would let you know where I’ve been. January didn’t get my year off to the best start. After an 18 year run my fur baby, my heart, my cat Gus died at home only 2 weeks after having the vet tell us that his kidneys were failing. I had Gus since I was twelve years old and losing him was something I never thought I would be able to handle and in all honesty it was something I wasn’t ready to face. I…
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My Bookshelf Tour
Seeing as part of one of my resolutions is to read for 30 minutes before bed, I thought it would be fitting to take a little tour of my bookshelf. My dad made this for my brother for Christmas a long time ago. As we got older my book collection kept growing so we swapped bookshelves. Over the years I have given many away and bought even more. This last year I discovered the delights of thrift store book shopping ($5 for a book that would have been $20?!?!?). Many of these have been read but there are some that I still have to work through. So…without further ado here…
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Reflections and Resolutions
Happy New Year!!! Reflections It never ceases to amaze me how quickly the years pass and 2017 has been no exception. As this year comes to a close, I can look back on it with fondness and positivity. I began the year with a very significant change when I started a new job at the end of January. Since then I have joined the company as a full time employee and could not be happier with my job and the company I work for. The happiness and fulfillment that I get from my job has inspired and motivated me to go after other long time goals outside of work. This…
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Finding Your Why
Have you ever thought about why you want to lose weight? Is it because you are bombarded by images on the covers or magazines telling you that if you’re not thin you can’t be happy or healthy? Is it because you want to look good in a bikini come summer? Maybe you have some health conditions and your doctor is requiring you to lose weight. When I was younger I think if I had been asked that question I probably wouldn’t have been able to answer it. If I did it would probably be something along the lines of wanting to be skinny. I never got that skinny body I…
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Sometimes it takes a little nudging to get you to think about your good qualities. It’s so easy for us to focus on our “flaws” and forget to cut ourselves some slack once in a while. I found this image on somewhere on Facebook and loved the idea so much. I have been using each day as a sort of journal entry and it has truly been helping with my feelings of self doubt. The great thing about these prompts is that they can be used over and over again! Maybe you’re having a particularly bad week, use some of these prompts to try and turn your mindset around. When…
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Getting Back On Track After Vacation
After a much needed break from real life it feels really great to be back and creating new content for my little corner of the internet! Our 3 1/2 week European vacation and the sweetest and most romantic marriage proposal π was just what I needed to recharge my batteries and get excited and motivated to make positive changes in my life. Before we left for vacation I was not eating as well as I would have liked and I had not worked out consistently for quite some time. I was not feeling good about myself which didn’t help in the motivation department. Of course while on vacation I didn’t…
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My Paris Bucket List
Since I was young Paris has always been a place I have wanted to visit. It could be the history or the beautiful sites and I have a hunch that it could be that I watched Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen’s movie Passport to Paris on repeat for about 3 weeks when I was 12. Since becoming an adult my tastes really haven’t evolved much. I love movies that take place in the city of lights, books whose setting takes place there, and I find joy in any music that has an accordion playing in it. I am beyond excited that I get to visit Paris at the end of September…
