The Angel Era

Walt Whitman – O Me! O Life!

Walt Whitman – O Me! O Life!

Oh me! Oh life! of the questions of these recurring, Of the endless trains of the faithless, of cities fill’d with the foolish, Of myself forever reproaching myself, (for who more foolish than I, and who more faithless?) Of eyes that vainly crave the light, of the objects mean, of the struggle ever renew’d, Of the poor results of all, of the plodding and sordid crowds I see around me, Of the empty and useless years of the rest, with the rest me intertwined, The question, O me! so sad, recurring—What good amid these, O me, O life?   Answer.…

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Meditation for Times Like These

Meditation for Times Like These

In times like these, when the world is justifiably full of angst, anger, anxiety, and confusion over the Covid-19 pandemic, a bit of peace is needed. The truth is, the virus is either coming to where you live, or it’s there. All we can do is follow the CDC’s recommended guidelines for trying to mitigate this disaster, and keep it from effecting you, and those you love. The BEST away to avoid getting sick is — you guessed, to avoid being exposed to the virus in the first place, and come on guys, wash your hands. And while it’s a…

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How Traveling Healed Me

How Traveling Healed Me

When I just up and moved to Illinois, a lot of people had a lot of questions about my choices. While my base for quite some time was D.C. and Maryland, after my mom passed away in August 2015, it no longer felt like home. Everything reminded me of her and the experiences we’d had, and while that may seem comforting to some, if you’ve ever lost your mom you know that it’s necessary to escape those memories for awhile, because they hurt you in a place you can’t reach. Realizing her laugh, warmth, wisdom and comfort are no longer…

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Wellness Journalism, Marriage, Working, and 2020

Wellness Journalism, Marriage, Working, and 2020

It’s been a loooong time since I’ve written here, and in between, life has done a 360 for me. I got engaged, and married to the love of my life, I suffered through a bout of panic attacks, and Generalized Anxiety Disorder, I got through the former with wellness, I went back to school for wellness — and decided to craft a new journalism career based off of this. Whew! run-on sentence but you know, I wanted to visually express the mouthful that my life has been since I last posted here. I honestly contemplated whether writing and journalism was…

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My Top 5 Travel Wellness Hacks

My Top 5 Travel Wellness Hacks

Do you ever feel like crap when you hop off of a flight? All that energy you mustered to get your shit together that morning (or evening) went out the window like that? Ever feel like you’ve been licking cotton balls and have sand for spit once you land? What about feeling all stiff and cramped once you finally stretch to disembark? Yeah, that’s jetlag, muscle cramping, and the dehydration that flying inevitably causes. Thanks to my mama’s constitution and bodily composition, unless something all-natural is happening to me, my body is pretty much high maintenance. I can hike, and…

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