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New Years 2012

New Year, New Blog, New Resolutions

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Hello Darlings, It is 2013! I have decided that 2013 is the year that everything is going to come together. Quite frankly, I need a new outlook on life. I’ve been a bit of wandering soul since I graduated college in May of 2010, so essentially this blog is going to chronicle me figuring out what on earth I want…
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Hi! I'm Kait, your resident Modern Hippie! I'm a holistic wellness enthusiast, certified yoga instructor, and dog mom to two very silly fluffs, Tinkerbelle and Meeko. With a passion for balance and sustainability with roots in herbalism, I'd love to share my healthy little corner of the planet with you and help you to curate your own! Read More…

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This new year I’ve been focusing on getting back This new year I’ve been focusing on getting back to my roots, finding out what makes me, me. I’ve been looking back to what I know makes me happy, allows me to flourish, grow, and heal as a human. #Sponsored However, one thing that has been rather omnipresent in my life which I am *not* looking to get back to is my anxiety and inability to sleep! So I’ve teamed up with @NorthAmericanHerbandSpice to showcase one of my new favorite products of theirs, Essence of Neroli Orange.Known in the Mediterranean as ‘white coffee’ for its mood-balancing actions, this orange blossom, oxygen-rich hydrosol also supports a healthy whole body neurological response when I am looking for a bit of help calming down before bed! I pop a couple tablespoons of the essence into a cup of hot water with honey before bed to make a sweet, floral elixir that is both delicious and calming! It has been a fun new addition to my nighttime routine! Be sure to check it out in the link in my bio! #NorthAmericanHerbandSpice
It’s been two weeks since I’ve dyed my hair ba It’s been two weeks since I’ve dyed my hair back to it’s natural color, and the change in how I’m treated has blown my mind. 🧜‍♀️When I first dyed my hair blue, I noticed a change immediately- people took me less seriously, assumed that I was less capable, and, most infuriatingly for me, less intelligent. People seemed genuinely surprised that I was well educated and could add insight to projects and conversations. ✨At first it was amusing- I loved watching people’s facial expressions as they realized that they were wrong about first impressions, but after a while it became frustrating. I started casually dropping where I went to school, degrees I’ve earned, even sometimes in exasperation that my IQ is well over the number that qualifies me for Mensa. Because of my hair I had to work harder for respect, acceptance, and positive attention. 📚I eventually got used to the extra work and it fell to the back of my mind. However, when I dyed my hair back natural I noticed that those friction points faded away. Conversations start differently, I’m automatically included, and I don’t get the second glances in stores but rather help and up-selling (brunette me apparently looks more affluent.) 🌙If hair color can change the perception that extensively (especially of someone who has an abundance of privilege- white, pretty, socio-economic, cisgender and more) I can’t begin to imagine the hurdles that many of my fellow humans have to jump in order to get respect and common decency. I made the conscious choice to dye my hair, but being born a certain race or trans or differently-abled isn’t a choice and shouldn’t have to be a barrier to living the lives they imagined. 🌈I’ve always lived in a headspace that doesn’t care what you look like, where you came from, or who or how you love as long as you’re a good human. But even those of us who are active participants in equality for all have implicit bias, and we need to recognize that. I’m hopeful for our future as a society- the turbulence of the last year, if nothing else, proved that there are people willing to step up and fight for what is right. Let’s keep that progress moving! ☀️📷: @rebecca_durigan
We all know that I am a mess in the kitchen, and o We all know that I am a mess in the kitchen, and oftentimes I lose track of time and end up baking in the dark with my hands covered in dough and veggie scraps! #Sponsored I've been slowly transitioning this old house into a smart home, and my latest project is my kitchen and breakfast nook to make sure I can control my lighting without covering light switches with rogue butter streaks!Caséta by @LutronElectronics is the premium smart lighting control that makes regular bulbs smart and works with more leading smart home brands than any other smart home lighting control brand. I've added two of their products into my kitchen, a Smart Dimmer for this gorgeous pendant light (the dimmer even works with my filament bulbs!) and a Smart Switch for my on-off overhead lights! Now I can ask my Google devices to turn on or dim lights without the mess.With my front room and now kitchen outfitted with Caséta, what do you guys think I should do next? Porch lights or the bedrooms!? #TurnOnPeaceOfMind
Unexpected snow day! ❄️ Unexpected snow day! ❄️
They say she is too much to handle, but when the m They say she is too much to handle, but when the moon pulls the tide and the wolves howl her name, blessed are the ones who have been taken by her wild. - @nicolelyonspoetry📷: @rebecca_durigan
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This week has been *a lot.* My emotions have been This week has been *a lot.* My emotions have been all over the place, between victories and hope to insane ‘this can’t be happening, people can’t really think this is okay, right?’ they’ve run the gamut. Add to that attempting to figure out a new year and what needs to change and what should stay is enough to make anyone feel overwhelmed. 💜So today I needed a mental health day. To escape, to get my anxiety in check, to see zero people, have no conversations, not have to fix any problems, just recharge my very introverted self in the solitude of nature. Thank goodness for the mountains. 🌲The funny thing is, when I got to the trailhead I had intended on hiking there were a bunch of cars and I immediately went, ‘crap, there goes solitude,’ but I’d already driven an hour and a half and wasn’t about to head back without a hike. But the universe had my back, I accidentally took the wrong fork and ended up on a totally different trail and only saw one person on a nearly three hour, six mile hike (it was supposed to have been four!) The hike was beautiful and exactly what I needed! 🥾So I’m going to join the pups in taking a nap now that I’m home, and then when I wake back up tackle what needs to be done. But remember, you deserve to put your mental health and physical health first- taking a day isn’t unproductive or unnecessary, it’s important! Sending so much love to all of you, and even in this chaos I still see hope shining through. ✨
I swear, these fluffs are toddlers with fur! Did a I swear, these fluffs are toddlers with fur! Did a quick pantry refresh and sorted through my bulk and I had two helpers who wanted ALL the treats.I’m running low on sesame seeds for tahini, almonds for milk, walnuts, açaí berries, and garbanzo flour! What’s on your list for your next shop?
Roots. Back to my roots. Hello, 2021.Every year Roots. Back to my roots. Hello, 2021.Every year instead of set resolutions I choose a word to focus on instead. I know, for me, this works better because when I look at a list I tend to stress myself out because I NEED to check everything off as soon as possible. So instead of working my way through things, I get overwhelmed and instead I just don’t do anything at all.For 2021 I’m choosing ‘root’ for my word. I want to focus on what makes me, me. What makes me happy- the core of who I am. For so long I’ve been trying to do so many new things, try out everything, and take everything in, that I felt I was forgetting who *I* am and what I wanted. It’s time to re-discover what and who that is.So, when I made my last hair appointment about five weeks ago I told my hair witch that I wanted to go back to my natural color just before the New Year. It was weirdly terrifying, leaving behind the mermaid hair (for now), but my rainbow hair felt like an adornment that I don’t need for this journey back to self.So here I am, let’s see *who* I am.✂️: @paulsalashairpro
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2020 has been interesting to say the least. For me 2020 has been interesting to say the least. For me, it started out physically broken with my ankle in a boot and ended in a broken heart- and honestly I’d take the former over the latter. I’ve seen people near and dear to my heart lose loved ones and I’ve seen the world in upheaval over and over again. It’s easy to look back at this year and see only darkness. 🌩🌑But when you look for the light, you’ll find it. ✨ A pandemic forced us to reconnect with ourselves, our neighbors, and our friends in ways that we never have before. We had the ability to re-examine what means the most to us, what to prioritize, and why. Babies have been born and lovers wed, relationships started and flourished- even I fell in love with a man who changed my life for the better. A man who reminded me that playfulness and partnership are important, and that men who are smart, sweet, and listen so intensely that you feel incredibly heard are out there. We might have ended, but I’ll always be grateful and have love for the man who helped reawaken parts of myself. 🌙While I am SO ready for 2020 to be over, I’m looking forward to 2021 with hope. Hope that we will take the lessons we learned this year and use them to create a better future both for ourselves and the next generation that was brought into this world. Hope that the chasm between parties and races will be knit back together with compassion and empathy. Hope that we will live to the fullest with thoughts of those we’ve lost lift us up in remembering the joy they gave us. And finally, hope that this introspective year will have given us the insight to live our lives as we dream them to be. 🌎🌏🌍As I do each New Year’s Eve, I’ll be writing down what I’d like to leave behind and burning it in the fire. And I know next year I’ll be the phoenix that rises from its ashes. 🔥📷: @rebecca_durigan
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