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We all hear the buzzwords self care more than ever these days. Every where you turn, a lifestyle blogger, health guru, or magazine article shares insight on ways to treat yo self to some basic T. While I love modern discussions as much as the next girl, I’m aware sometimes it just doesn’t fit and you have to reset what isn’t working. For example, some weeks I am just done by the tine Friday hits. Hell, a rough Wednesday or Thursday has crept in there, too, requiring a pause and reflection for how best to naturally beat a funk or a “feeling of less than stellar”. Here my top self care reset ideas for your consideration: Drink water: Warm it with some lemon, try some green tea for an antioxidant boost, or just plain old room temperature is a sure way to get the boost to feeling a bit better. Face it: Fewer things feel as good as a really great face mask. I love charcoal in particular lately and always feel refreshed and restored and ready to ‘face’ another day. See w...

One of my favorite things in the world is laying in bed on a weekend night watching Netflix movies while my Hunter and my Ro nap next to me and I scroll Instagram home design and wellness accounts as well. This is particularly enjoyable after an extra long week, I might add. I feel calm and giddy alike throughout this downtime. I am able to relax and unwind, often taking mindfulness breaks and enjoying a komboocha or lemon water simultaneously. It couldn’t be any more basic. This recharge makes me naturally happy creating reflection and gratefulness for everything in my life. I’m a hard worker with determination and I like to reach goals and make new ones so I feel like I’m on more than I’m not. I need to reset like this because it reiterates what it’s about most at the end of the day; health, happiness, and an attitude of gratitude. What is your approach to bring it all back to center?              ...

I love this quote. It’s presently my background image because I enjoy it that much. I found on Instagram somewhere (I forget which account-oops, bad blogger!), and I truly love positivity and this quote here, this one right here, embraces my sentiments exactly. Nowadays it’s a fast paced world, everything soars by at record speed. In the words of my favorite teenage delinquent and yours, “Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around every once in a while it’ll pass you by.” - Ferris Bueller Dear God, please tell me no one here is so young they don't know this without googling(!!). This message gives me a gusto for go getting while taking a few steps back to breathe and be. Gardening, while not my forte, is hugely therapeutic for everyone I know who does it so I’m channeling that good good zen zen when I think of this.  Feel inspired by today and get excited for tomorrow, love bugs. mkh

 *This is a post I wrote at the end of last month and am just getting around to posting :) I’m exhausted. Not to be all redundant on feeling crummy, but I am just readddyyyyy to not feel headachy and mucus-y and cough-y and be short fused and impatient. I’m struggling, y’all. I am a doer and have so much I like to accomplish in a given day and this is just the pits. Okay, okay. I’m whining again and I am blessed it’s just a winter bug and this too shall pass. It’s just weird how this time of year goes with the ickiness of being sick. Dark, gloomy, overall feeling of hibernation; it’s all a perfect storm for being “under the weather”. One of my creative writing professors would ding me for such an obvious metaphor/cliche association. Yet, still true. I have formed a rash. That’s a newly developed aspect of my ailments. I am allergic to the antibiotic I was prescribed and ugh. God bless those with ailments regularly resulting in hives. I am so uncomfortabl...

I am going stir crazy from being cooped up in the house sick. Like, okay, sometimes when you get a little run down and take a little TLC down time and it feels good and let’s you get back to new in no time. Well, I’m talking the hacking, coughing, sneezing, headachy, clogged ears, sore throat, oh perfect timing because I have a zillion things to do kind of down. Ick. I got up yesterday and started doing stuff in my kitchen and had to lay back down almost instantly because it just was, as pop culture says, “too soon”. Anyhow, I’m trying not to whine too much and appreciate having something that will pass and focus on resting now to get better ASAP. I took a small walk outside today and that was hard but good. Hard because I haven’t been keeping up with my usual routine; I typically walk 3 miles at minimum a day and have now missed a chunk of time off between having a little bug right after holidays, Florida having freakishly cold weather making it unbearable to be out in...

Cold weather came to us early here in Florida.  I'm very much enjoying windows open, chili recipes, and scarves on my daily walk.  I got a hankering for hearty and homey and this hit the spot.  Once I got my pic out of the way, I merged this baby and enjoyed all the deliciousness bestowed upon my taste buds. We're still adjusting to life without Pep and it's been difficult.  We're trying to equally remember and grieve but also trying to move forward gradually.  I washed her blankets yesterday and it's the things like that, her smell hitting me in full force, that knock me right off my horse.  So many people have said it doesn't get easier and at this time, I wholeheartedly agree.  Miss our girl real bad. Hoping you all are enjoying the start of a new month with so much possibility. mkh

It's starting.   My anxiety is at peak.   Maybe the new season, which leads us into the end of the year chaos which I love, yet initially I feel slight panic.   It passes but I've noticed the last few years this happens. Maybe because we're getting married in a week and while we're so excited and we're prepared, mentally and logistically, it's less than a week!   So much done!   So much to do!   We're getting married!   Eek! Maybe because Pepper is winding down.   She's still okay; she's eating and not in blatant discomfort.   But she's a 14 year old lab with muscular atrophy and a couple bumps we need to get checked out.   Her spirit is strong and present but she's also tired and more feeble.   We're seesawing a terribly difficult situation and trying to navigate as thoughtfully as we can.   I think our hope and prayer is to get through the wedding and hopefully the holidays before thinking further. Maybe becaus...

Image Via It's landed; a throbby kind of headache, slight aches and shivers, and a general feeling of bleh happens every year around the same time and it has hit the Munterhegan household.  It arrives right after the first couple weeks of school begin and just before actual joys of fall start. I first noticed it sneaking in at the grocery store.  People every aisle have been sneezing with heavy gusto and powerful spray free flowing from within them.  It's not like it's a rude sneeze, but rather the uncontrollably loud, exerting type.  It comes from the bottom of your being and is often snotty too.  Ick. Home computer heavy workday ahead, folks.  Attempting to kick it fast and get back to usual pace soon.  Also, totally venting here about a measly cold but thinking lovingly of Texas friends and what they are experiencing.  May recovery and rebuilding be plentiful and steadfast. Happy Monday, love bugs.  Be well. mkh

My ideal way to decompress at the end of any given day: -create healthy comfort food -give my hair a good wash -lather on a charcoal mask -do a nasal rinse -post up on the couch -catch up on the news and update my to-do list and grocery list Absolute heavenly recharge, folks.   Boomshakalaka.  How do you decompress and simultaneously amp up a day to come? Pepper feels me mkh

Let me tell you what... I love charcoal masks!  I've read about them often and was instantly intrigued.  I have super sensitive skin so I'm weary of trying new things and typically stick to what I know works and is effective.  The salesgirl at the store shared she has senstive skin as well and she couldn't speak high enough about this product.  In short, very pleased and will be adding it to my self care, beauty routine.  Only next time, I plan to go full on home spa with serene music, cucs on the ol'peepers, and will use the 15 minutes for a thorough bout of meditation.  Boomshakalaka. For reference, I used this face mask found at Ulta .  I learned of this particular one through Kallie over at But First, Coffee.  Love her reviews on products! Any products you were pleasantly surprised to try and love? mkh

Nutrients and self care. With Sunday being an all intended day of rest, I like to reserve at least a portion of time for just that.   I like to rejuvenate and replenish so an extra glass of kale tonic hits the mark these days. Writing. Setting up blog posts for me personally, writing for clients, scribbling out another chapter of a book, Sundays are most definitely for writing. Shaking and baking. Sundays bring an air about them that's just meant for prepping at least some parts of your world for the week.   Laundry catch-up, food preparations, outline intentions and commitments and goals to achieve for the week ahead. Faith and sweat. I personally like to get out for a nice walk.   A hearty blood pumping, sweaty walk.   Somehow the sweat always leads to the faith part.   My mind naturally clears and I always find clarity for faith and grace alike.   This might be my favorite combination. Loving on lovies. Spend time with those...

I'll just leave this right here for anyone in need of a reminder: Image Via   You can't go wrong with this advice.   When you come from a place of genuine, heart, mind, and body felt love, some kind of magic is projected.   Let's do more of that this year.   Find your love place and radiate those vibes. What's it going to hurt to give a go?

Image Via The other day I got myself worked up.   It was early in the morning and I got lost in thought and before I knew it I let anxiety creep in and had myself exhausted before 9am. That's never fun.   Anyone who suffers from anxiety (which to be honest everyone does in some form) struggles to understand why it happens when it does.   Just as quick as it came on and I worked myself up, I talked myself down.   Actually, I felt myself kick into a fight or flight feeling and forced a zen like mindset.   I needed it and I knew it.   I went mellow and after a little time I recognized that was just what I needed. Self care really is a crucial aspect to life.   We all need to take time to zen out, zone out, and just be.   It does wonders giving ourselves the best love.   As hard as we must work to make dreams happen and goals be met, it's equally as important to know how to listen to what we physically and mentally need in tho...

I'm giving this lesson a go this week:   Really hoping it wakes me up for a new yoga journey.   I've had spurts of yoga appreciation over the last 10 years-took a graded class in college, have attended gym sessions with a friend, followed a random DVD program--just always studying the art of it. I'm eager to see how a regular routine of it will enrich my days.   For me, the best case scenario of outcomes: -better breathing to help with overall respiratory irritants -clearer mind, renewed focus -getting back to flexibility -overall physical strength improvement I just hope I do better at not analyzing my grocery list or to do items while in child's pose.   Namaste!

So much this.  A best friend shared this with me and we both agreed its solid advice. It just makes sense.  Like one of my favorite people, Ellen, I'm always a proponent of being kind to one another and this goes right in line with that.  But like so many things in life that have a reverse, you can encounter things or people that make it difficult to want to put out kindness. For that, I say, let the assholes be assholes.  There is absolutely nothing wrong or weak about choosing kindness even if it is not deserved by a person.  Self care is equally important and it is okay to remember this sound advice so that you can hold your head high by day and lay it down at night. Sleep well, kittens. Let's meet again, M