Mental Health & Wellness. Poetry. Cooking Adventures.
How to not break the bank on self-care. I discussed in my recent wellness series that I have a conflicted relationship with self-care (What Self-Care Reveals About Our Wellness). While I do enjoy spending time caring for myself and think it is important to do so for our mental health and wellness in our burn-out … Continue reading Self-Care Without Spending Money
I am awake. It is dark outside my window. The hats hang on my wall empty,waiting to be worn,waiting to see the daylight,waiting for an adventure. We are all waiting. Waiting to step outside. Ready to free our mouths and spirits. Ready to let go of our worries. Ready to walk hand in hand with … Continue reading Waiting
A rich and creamy hearty soup for those chillier days. Quick enough to make after a busy work day, but tastes like you worked on it all day. A nice twist on a classic chicken soup, and nutritious too! Serves 4-6 people. What you'll need:1/2 Cup of Long Grain and Wild Rice (mixed together, or … Continue reading Creamy Mushroom Wild Rice Chicken Soup
I say this all the time in my cooking adventures, but this really is one of my favorite recipes! This is one of those easy slow cooker recipes that still feels fancy. Super flavorful with lots of nutrition it is an excellent one for a weeknight dinner but still fun enough to serve to guests … Continue reading Slow-Cooker Chicken Cacciatore
This is a journal of my thoughts and feelings during the pandemic of COVID-19. Written in the first two weeks of March 2021. I thought it would be fitting to write another Covid Chronicle as we hit the one year anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic. For where I live, we began our lockdown on March 15th, … Continue reading Covid Chronicles – Part 12
Just breathe.Plant your feet.Turn to face it. Know that you are strong. A wave of change is coming.Another one will come after that. It will feel endless,relentless. It's the ebb and flowand rhythm of the world,of life. Never starting,never ending. Some days it feels too fast.Some days it feels too slow. Some waves will be … Continue reading Waves
The long awaited creative project is finally revealed! I have been waiting for months to share this! This is the creative writing project that I have been working on and alluded to back in January (check-out my January updates here). I have been experimenting with writing poetry throughout the last year and I am so … Continue reading Introducing Poems by H.B.L
Part 7 of the What Does This Have To Do With Wellness? series. I have always been a creative person. For as long as I can remember I have been engaged in creating, although it has taken different forms throughout my life. Some of my earliest memories from childhood are of painting with my mother … Continue reading Caring Through Creating: Creativity and Wellness
Part 6 of the What Does This Have To Do With Wellness? series. Religion, spirituality and philosophy, have kind of gotten a bad reputation, and don't get me wrong that is for a lot of important reasons. All of these have been used in harmful and negative ways by powerful people and institutions to manipulate … Continue reading Searching: Spirituality and Wellness
Part 5 of the What Does This Have To Do With Wellness? series. Trigger Warning: this post contains discussion of slightly disordered eating as well as struggles with body image. You might have noticed that I haven't yet talked about fitness. And that's because I think fitness is a very difficult and often triggering subject … Continue reading Does Being In-Shape Make You Well?
