Tag: inspired living
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4 Inspired Reads for a Healthy and Vibrant January
How is your beautiful 2018 going so far? Have any ambitious and inspiring (or comforting and grounding) goals come to you yet? Or do you mostly still feel like cocooning and just hoping to make it through? Sometimes I think the emphasis in January is so much on fresh starts and upbeat energy that we…
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Cherish Yourself: 4 Tips to Cultivate Self-Love and Stop Negative Self-Talk
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about self-love and what it means to be your own best friend. How many of you would say you smile when you see your own face in the mirror because that’s what you do when you’re greeting a friend? Because you are pleased to be you? Not…
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An Introduction to Balcony Gardening – Part Two: 9 Easy Plants to Grow in Containers
In a previous post, I wrote about why growing plants in containers is such an easy and fantastic way to be part of the gardening community. I also talked about the advantages to growing in containers, which are numerous. So now that you are determined to start your container garden and make it the most beautiful,…
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An Introduction to Balcony Gardening – Part 1: Why Grow Crops in Pots?
Part of the “Adventures in Gardening” Series. I’m a little late in the planting game to be posting about balcony gardening, I know. Think of this post, though, as a tantalizing glimpse at the amazing fun you could be having next year. Really, I’m giving you the gift of many months of anticipation, awaiting next…
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15 recipes that fight food packaging waste
We just celebrated the end of June, and thus also the end of my month-long challenge to reduce my food packaging waste. While I will continue to buy some almond milk from the store, and purchase certain packaged items I cannot make for myself (like firm tofu), this challenge has really opened my eyes to the value in…
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6 inspired ways to get more movement in your life (not just exercise, but movement)
We should all be moving more. That’s the consensus most health-focused organizations and leaders have reached. Most of us spend our time at desk jobs, or sitting at home to read or watch TV, and while many of us might work out regularly, studies show that the best recipe for physical longevity is more movement. Working…
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15 Tips for Reducing Food Packaging Waste
Let’s talk about reducing food packaging and food packaging waste. But first, let’s talk about stress and energy. I had a stressful week. One of my beautiful, lovely, (and I thought: safe) indoor cats had a fluke accident, needed surgery, experienced some complications from the surgery, and had to stay at the vet’s for several…
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The June Challenge – Reducing Food Packaging Waste
I got to thinking about food waste after perusing a copy of Meghan Telpner’s UnDiet that I had borrowed from the library. In the book, Meghan talks about how, with respect to waste, “there is no away.” It’s quite a concept, really. When we are finished with something, we usually just throw it “away.” But…
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Crunchy Homemade Oat & Buckwheat Granola (vegan, gf)
As part of my quest to reduce food packaging, I’ve been experimenting with new breakfast recipes. Raw buckwheat porridge was one, and this fabulous buckwheat granola is the other. I feel like buckwheat has always been on the periphery of my food consciousness, but never had a starring role. Now, however, buckwheat groats have found…
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Life is Short, Why Not… 5 tips for inspired living
It’s time for another edition of Life is Short, in which Backyard Owl provides you with 5 easy tips and practices for more inspired, energetic, and vital living. Laugh until your stomach hurts at this lip sync battle – Jimmy Fallon, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Stephen Merchant. Need I say more? Just looking at Stephen Merchant’s face makes me…
Eat Well, Live Vibrantly 