• year-end reflection

    Year-End Reflection: 2021

    It was so therapeutic to write this year-end reflection. Acknowledge your trials, but don't forget to reflect on what you are grateful for.

  • Finding a Therapist Near Me: What I Look For

    From personal experience, recognizing that I needed a therapist was a great first step, but searching for a therapist near me was so challenging. I have experienced this first-hand trying to get connected to a mental health provider when I…

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    Medical School: Why I Decided to Leave

    “Having it all” is a myth. Time is finite, and you can’t do everything well. Some areas of your life will have to accommodate others. I think it is a great exercise to sit down and parse where your time…

  • how to stay well while staying at home

    How to Stay Well While Staying at Home

    Staying well while staying at home and processing all of the events going on in the world right now is proving difficult for many of us. I have found seven ways to help reduce the anxiety and overwhelm in our…

  • Quick Southwest Salad

    This Quick Southwest Salad isn’t your mom’s Cowboy Caviar. This is a zingy, fresh salad that can act as a taco topping, a chip dip or an entree salad, with or without protein on top.

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    5 Ways to Celebrate Self-Care Day

    Self-care day should be more than just having a spa day, although that can definitely be part of your routine. Self-care should be practiced everyday.

  • greek inspired chopped salad

    Greek-Inspired Chopped Salad

    One of my favorite salads is this delicious Greek-inspired chopped salad, chock full of herbs, nutritious chickpeas, juicy tomatoes, briny olives and creamy Feta.

  • Boho Locs Review

    Boho Locs Review

    Since we’re all stuck inside, I figured I would share a Boho Locs Review if you are interested in something like this for a protective style.

  • Avoiding burnout in graduate school

    Avoiding Burnout in Graduate School (And Work!)

    These time management and wellness tips can only get you so far. If you feel like graduate school itself doesn’t make you feel fulfilled, is not giving you a sense of purpose and isn’t necessary for you to do what…