Lifestyle Wellness

Burn out? Let’s Avoid it.

Lately I have been finding myself a little burnt out and out of place. I work more hours than I realize and “reward” myself with breaks when I think I have done enough to deserve them. Sometimes those breaks include food and other times those breaks include just enough time to get up and stretch …

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Lifestyle Wellness

How I Became an Early Bird (again)

A few weeks ago I realized how close we were to the school year beginning. Part of me was (and still is) very nervous and stressed about going back to school after a year of leave and with the pandemic still in full swing here in the US. Uncertainty makes it much more nerve- racking. …

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Food Travel

Day Trip to D.C.

(To preface: This was pre-pandemic but that doesn’t mean you cant plan these trips for later!) I’ve visited Washington D.C. a few times but this was the first in my early adulthood that I chose to go myself. My mother always wanted to visit the historic sights when we were around 8 to 10 years …

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Wellness

Room Cleanse: Pt. 2

 Pt 2: Junk and Stuff We all have that one drawer in our bedroom or office that is just… junk. We leave papers, notes, accessories, random bits and bobs that we don’t really want lying out. They get thrown in there so as to avoid feeling messy. Well, on the outside at least. I’ve found …

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Beauty

Dyeing Gray Hair with Lush’s Henna

For as long as I can remember, my mom has taken the holistic route whenever possible. Herbs for health, oils for healing, tinctures for immunity– the whole nine yards. So when I heard about Lush’s all-natural henna hair dye, I knew she’d be interested.  My mom has been coloring her hair regularly since she started …

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Lifestyle Wellness

A Productive and Positive Start

Working from home can sometimes be difficult (if you’re able to work at all right now). There are more distractions that push us to the edge of insanity and pull us down until the day is over. Home is a place we want to associate with “winding down”, “relaxing”, and “personal time”. So, when we …

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Getting to Know Us

WELCOME!

ELPIDA: Welcome to our first blog post! IZA: We’re glad you stopped by. Very very excited to finally get this going after how long? ELPIDA: Like a year now? Over a year now? Right? In the talks for about a year. So this is good. We’re making steps and this will be our first post. …

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