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Vacations on hold Pt. 1: Te Amo, Tulum

While we all take some time to turn inward, social distance, and also take a good hard look at who is being most greatly impacted by the pandemic (and start thinking what we need to do to change it!), I thought it would be the perfect time to flashback on a few trips -- since there won't be any happening, anytime soon. Without further adieu, I give you Tulum. The bachelorette party dreams are made of, for one of my besties, Kacey. We celebrated in green (for St. Patrick's Day), did a green/sustainable swim photoshoot, and lived the green life in our 'eco-chic' accommodations.            

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A Second-Hand Weekend in Des Moines

Last weekend was so full of so many things (and so many ASOME babes + friends' celebrations) we decided to take a break from scary climate change stats - don't worry, they're coming soon - and recap FRI-SUN, in our favorite second-hand scores. 𝔽ℝ𝕀𝔻𝔸𝕐: 𝚃𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚊'𝚜 𝚂𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝙳𝚎𝚜 𝙼𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚠 (+ 𝚊 𝚖𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚠 𝙺𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚘𝚗𝚐) 📸🧘‍♀️   𝕊𝔸𝕋𝕌ℝ𝔻𝔸𝕐: 𝙲𝚑𝚞𝚛𝚌𝚑 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚎, 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚎, 𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚕𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙲𝚕𝚞𝚋-𝙱 𝙵𝙸𝚃 𝚂𝚑𝚘𝚠𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚎 💃 𝕊𝕌ℕ𝔻𝔸𝕐: 𝙼𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚌 𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘 𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚋𝚒𝚛𝚝𝚑𝚍𝚊𝚢 𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚢 🥳    

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You can find me in the club

So far this month, we’ve celebrated: National Women’s Health Week ✔ Mental Health Month ✔ And overall calm > chaos ✔✔ But we’ve got one more -- National Physical Fitness & Sports Month💪 I’ve been pretty active my whole life, sports from a young age and long-time YMCA member (+ board member!), so I’ve tried out a whole lot of exercise classes/fads/etc. But never had I ever been to a gym like Club B-FIT. They have aerial yoga, boot camp classes annnnnnnd pole fitness! So when a friend started going there and telling me about it (and in January I was feeling every ounce of all the post-midterms feelings) I knew I had to try it. I wasn’t totally sure...

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Mental Health Month (As Practiced by M.E.)

We’re keeping the calm > chaos theme going, and perfect timing because... May is Mental Health Month! We talked last week about yoga being a bad-ass workout, but also a workout with mental health benefits, and I know for me, that’s something I overlooked for way, way, way too long. So this week I’ve got a few other things to share that have helped me and my mental health! This is probably not new news to most of you, but here in the states, we think working non-stop, doing it all, go-go-go (ie the #hustleculture) is the only way to live + be successful. And I have absolutely played that game - partially because it’s the nature of working on...

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Namaste-ing into National Women's Health Week

Happy National Women's Health Week!!! “The week serves as a reminder for women to make their health a priority and build positive health habits for life. The 20th annual National Women's Health Week kicks off on Mother's Day, May 12, and is celebrated through May 18, 2019.”  As promised, we're re-focusing on lessening the chaos in our lives and re-upping all the healthy things we can do to help make that happen -- and one thing that's been a huge assist for me in that area has been YOGA! After being quite the yoga-hater for quite a while, I decided to give it go, and 7 years later, I’m still so down (dog). My initial hell-no to the flow was...

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