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February 19, 2021Mandi
OVERFLOWING 2021 Dream Board - Top

My word of the year for 2021 is OVERFLOWING.  I want to create a life so lovely that I overflow with all good things. A life that is so full and fulfilling and life-giving that I can’t help but spill… Continue Reading →

Books, Creativity, Mental Health, Music, Nature

Learning to Pay Attention to My “Basic Human Needs”

January 10, 2021Mandi 2 Comments
Collage art of Maslow's pyramid hierarchy of needs

The first time I wrote this blog post, it came out hot. And not in a good way.  It read like a diatribe against millennials (like me) who stubbornly refuse to get their lives together and who fail to prioritize… Continue Reading →

Mental Health, Self-Care

What Ginny Weasley in Chamber of Secrets Teaches Us About Abuse

September 23, 2017Mandi 1 Comment

Personally, I’ve found Ginny Weasley to be one of my least favorite characters in the Harry Potter series. To be fair, I can’t remember how I felt about her before the movies started coming out… but Bonnie Wright (and, more… Continue Reading →

Books, Mental Health

What To Tell My New Therapist (A Laundry List)

August 14, 2017Mandi 2 Comments

Meeting a new therapist is really hard. In seeking help for whatever mental health issue you’re dealing with, you’re already so vulnerable. The “calming” abstract art and lovely muted colors of a psych waiting room are just not strong enough… Continue Reading →

Mental Health, Self-Care

S-Town Reveals The Dangerous Way American Society Views Depression

April 6, 2017Mandi 3 Comments

*** Spoiler Alert: please do not read on if you plan to and have not yet listened to the S-Town podcast created by Serial and This American Life. *** If you read no other post on my entire blog ever… Continue Reading →

Mental Health

How To Make Life Easier When You’re Lacking Motivation

March 12, 2017Mandi

Hey folks! Welcome back. This post is a bit of a message to myself and an explanation to you for why I’ve been seriously slacking on the blogging front. The truth is, I missed one post back in February and… Continue Reading →

Creativity, Mental Health, Self-Care

Understanding Spiritual Failure– And Learning to Move Forward

February 6, 2017Mandi 2 Comments

This post is in response to Molly Roberts’ Soul FOMO video. While she and I don’t follow the same spiritual path, I really appreciate her outlook on this part of life. Her wisdom and encouragement are always inspiring to me.… Continue Reading →

Mental Health, Spirituality

Ain’t That Good News! (January 2017)

January 30, 2017Mandi

  This week has brought an onslaught of negative events ranging from dispicable to completely absurd and every unbelievable step in between. The twitter king himself censoring the EPA and National Parks on social media with a forced blackout put… Continue Reading →

Mental Health

How a Selfie Becomes a Measure of Happiness

January 19, 2017Mandi 2 Comments

  One thing I love about the turn of each year is reviewing my online “year in review” montages. I really enjoy remembering the delicious veggie lasagna that I cooked, the hilarious candid of my sister, and all the beautiful… Continue Reading →

Mental Health, Self-Care

Vegetarianism Update (Jan. 2017)

January 12, 2017Mandi

Reading back over my journals from the past year, I came across the phrase “Thinking about becoming vegetarian?” Who knew that this little tiny thought at the end of a journal entry would turn into such a life decision for… Continue Reading →

Kitchen Adventures, Mental Health, Self-Care

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