I have been a soccer player for much of my life. When I was little I used to swarm the ball with the rest of the kiddos. Eventually I evolved into a competent player that played at the Metro level. I was content with that, and never attempted to push my soccer career past that level (unlike one of my good friends Britt who now has an Olympic medal in her trophy case – so […]

Recently my bf, Erik,  pointed me to this amazing family who are taking their own approach to living the “American Dream”. The Our Open Road family is an inspiring bunch of adventure seekers who traded in their standard life for one that comfortably fits inside their Westfalia. They’ve taken themselves on the slow-road and are journeying their way through South America. They’ve been gone over 2 years now, and their trip […]

I use to subscribe to the belief that I didn’t live to work, I worked to live. Meaning, I would tolerate my 9-5 gig because it put the dollars in my bank account that allowed me to do what I really loved in my spare time. Sound familiar?

But what happens when you meet a woman who completely changes how you perceive the idea of work. A woman who challenges you to look deeply at who […]

In writing this, I will be blatantly pointing out that I have not written anything new on the site since early 2014. I occasionally feel bad about this, but then I remind myself that my silence was an intentional choice, and one that was made to save my own mind. You see, nutrition school was intense! I had chosen a 1-year track, which meant that I was in school 2-3 nights a week for a […]