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3 Steps to Manifest Your Dreams
Mindset Hacks

3 Steps to Manifest Your Dreams

The concept of manifestation sounds extremely woohoo. If you mentioned this to me in 2010, I would’ve thought you were crazy. Now, I sincerely apologize!! Being a lover of science growing up, and always curious about how things worked, it took me a while to grasp all these concepts.  In

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Kate @ Alp d'Huez, 2018
Mindset Hacks

Happiness Tip: Live in a Constant State of Awe

MAKE THE WORLD YOUR OYSTER BY LIVING IN A STATE OF AWE. Make time to marvel at everythinggg. If you hang out with me, you have to know I’m literally like an over-excited child… but in a bandage dress, Valentino’s, Chanel, occasionally swears, and can drink a lot. A friend

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Level Up

If I didn’t quit my job…

There are some people who are okay with living a conventional life which is 100% okay. There are some people who were born with innate curiosity and the urge to ask questions. I grew up reading biographies of powerful women, fantasy novels with female heroines, historical fiction, and was influenced

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My Routines
Habits

Setting Your Intentions with a Morning Routine

I am all for spontaneity and was never the one to follow rules but I’ve always realized the importance of having a solid routine right from the moment you wake up, and implementing small daily healthy habits throughout the day. This creates the right mindset and tone for the rest

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Motivation

An Ode to my Best Friend and Life on Two-Wheelz

Back in April 2013, I climbed our local Cypress Mountain for the first time. Last April 2019 (this entry has been sitting in my drafts since), I went up there with my best friend on her first one! How dope is that?! I probably wrote this story once long ago

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endless enthusiasm
Motivation

Endless Enthusiasm

I came across this amazing blog post last night and it is just SO on point. Last year, every time I went on a bike ride, I proclaimed it was the best one ever… well because all my bike rides were simply the best. AND this year, all my rides

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16 Things to do in 2016
Level Up

16 Things to do in 2016

Happy new year! I never set resolutions as I am on a continuous journey of spiritual growth and personal development which does not have an ending. Why wait for January 1st to roll around? When you are free of a destination, each little step in your journey becomes an endless

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Look at everything as though you were seeing it for the first or the last time, then your time on earth will be filled with glory.
Level Up

28 Lessons I’ve Learned in Life

2015 has been a magical year as I paraded through a new chapter in my life and although I’m sad that it’s coming to an end, I am so excited about the future! When you welcome life with open arms, you become happier, less judgmental and your views of the world expands when

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all good things are wild and free
Motivation

Never Stop Dreaming

How would you feel if you: Took risks without promises of success? Pack up all your things and leave your life behind? Did what you wanted to do instead of what your parents wanted to do? Quit a good paying job without another one lined up? Start a new career from

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WILIER TRIESTINA
Fitness

When Riding in the Rain…

Vancouver has been having it’s typical wet fall. I’m definitely no stranger to it as I was blinded by torrential downpour, and tossed around in the wind the last few days during my commute. I even had to take a cab home halfway home when the winds got a little

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If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath. – Amit Ray
Motivation

Peace in Meditation

Just as Mark publishes a post on Alternatives to Sitting Meditation, I finally finished writing this entry that I started last month. I really need to watch my INTJ habits from taking over— I have a habit of starting a billion things and not finishing the majority of them. I tend to

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Practice Gratitude ...it will change your life.
Fitness

Little Moments on the Bike

Yesterday, I got on my bike for the first time in over a month. The first few cranks of the pedal was euphoria… an indescribable mash of feelings: happiness, comfort, familiarity, freedom and peace. I felt like a child who suddenly rode on two wheels for the first time by herself—

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