Thoughts on Gratefulness – The Snowbae Edition
I waited until a healthy amount of time between now and Valentine’s Day passed because I didn’t want this to come across as one of those cheesy and highly irritating odes to my partner posts. You know, those paragraphs long devotionals on Instagram and Facebook that scream GIVE ME ATTENTION, ENVY ME, and/ or MY […]
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Thoughts on Representation re: Black History Month
February is Black History Month. For the next 28 days (29 this year, cuz #LeapYear) we’ll hear much chatter of the importance of Black and African American contributions here in America. We’ll celebrate Black culture, cuisine, music, style, touch on the legacy of slavery, and talk about the four or five canonized figures in Black […]
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Thoughts on Sephora’s New Rouge Rewards Program
Because of my love for skin care, I have spent an embarrassingly obscene amount of money at Sephora. This borderline obsessive habit has earned me a place in their Rouge Tier; the highest tier of earning reward. It’s basically like getting a holographic Pokemon card that’s reached it’s last stage of evolution. I am basically […]
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Thoughts on Boutique Fitness Etiquette
Thinking about trying that new boutique studio that popped up on the block? Great! Never been before and don’t know what to expect? Even better! After having been a client at many boutique fitness studios in the DC Metro area and teaching at a few myself, here are a few universal etiquette tips to make […]
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Thoughts on Self-Love: Jillian Michaels’ Comments on Lizzo
I typically try not to write on celebrities and what they’ve got going on as there are countless blogs out there that cover them. Also, I hate feeding into the “there’s no such thing as bad publicity” train by giving most of these people more attention than they deserve. But here I am – about […]
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Thoughts on Non-Scale Victories
I simultaneously love and hate the New Year. I love it because I love the holidays, celebrations, new beginnings, setting goals, and manifesting. I hate it because those new beginnings, setting goals, and manifesting for some means weight loss. And with weight loss comes diet talk. And before you know it, you find yourself knee […]
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