Late 2019 Reflections

Late 2019 Reflections

2019 was a busy but exciting year. It was the year that I really took control of my mental and physical health. It was the year that I traveled outside of North America for the first time. I continued at my current job, where I've now been for almost a year and a half, and [...]

Ireland and U.K. Travels

Ireland and U.K. Travels

Part of me never thought I'd travel overseas, so the fact that I was going on a trip to Ireland and the United Kingdom seemed very surreal through the entire planning process, up until the moment we were in the airport and saw "Bank of Ireland" and began hearing all of the Irish accents. Dublin [...]

Q&A with Ana and Mircea of Health from Europe (formerly Health from Transylvania)

Q&A with Ana and Mircea of Health from Europe (formerly Health from Transylvania)

When I'm not drinking tea, I love to make a warm and cozy cup of caffeine-free tisane. When I came across Health from Transylvania, I was glad when they agreed to collaborate and send me some of their teas to try. I'm excited to share this exclusive Q&A so you guys can learn more about [...]

Q&A with Kimberly Bouk of Kimberly’s Kupboard

Q&A with Kimberly Bouk of Kimberly’s Kupboard

I first discovered Kimberly's Kupboard when visiting Pierogi Fest in Whiting, Ind. in 2016. Owner Kimberly Bouk, of Illinois, had some awesome tea blends for sale there, and I bought a couple bags to try but also noticed her amazing natural body care products. Recently, I reached out to her about collaborating and she sent [...]

Brin d’Aromes shaped tea bags make tea time extra fun (discount code in post)

Brin d’Aromes shaped tea bags make tea time extra fun (discount code in post)

If you follow my Instagram you've seen my posts featuring some pretty cute shaped tea bags over the past couple months. I stumbled onto Brin d'Aromes' account a while back, and admired the tea bags for a long time before reaching out to them. And owner Jacqueline sent me some of their tea bags all [...]

Long time, no post

Long time, no post

Hi everyone! Thank you for continuing to follow along on my Instagram to see what I've been up to, as I haven't been doing as many blog posts lately. I've been busy with work and freelance writing, and the winter weather and season change over the past few months has been taken a bit of a [...]