When I was in the haze of what I now know to be the end days of my marriage, I found myself in a dreamworld of sorts. I was dreaming up all the possibilities that my life could become rather than focusing on all the things my life was not. By dreaming for more however, …
Holiday Eats // How to Build a Cheese Board – Trader Joe’s Style
* Recipe by guest contributor Laney Schwartz, creator of Life is But a Dish Ask and you shall receive. The time has finally come, and just in time for the Holidays! I’m about to teach you how easy it is to build an epic holiday cheese board! Every single ingredient used here is from Trader …
#MotivationMonday // Confidence Begins with Action
These Monday Motivation posts are just as much for me as they are for you… if, in fact they are helpful at all, which I’m hoping they are… because they help me and if they help even just one of you, then I’m happy :). I’m juggling a ton of different things right now that …
#MondayMotivation // Turn Problem Thinking into Solution Thinking
As I desperately try to create balance in my life with all the different projects I have going on, there are many mornings I wake up and feel like it’s all for nothing or that I’m trying too hard or not trying hard enough and I’m so alone and can’t do it all… the list …
#MondayMotivation // Your Future Self Will Thank You For It
We all go through phases of feeling great and feeling horrible… it’s normal, it’s human nature. But what if we didn’t have to? What if every day was amazing – No . Matter. What? What if every day mattered and each day we wake up with a smile and go to sleep at the end …
Healthy-Ish Sweet Snack // Chocolate Dipped Rice Cakes
I purposely do NOT buy packaged sweets at the market because I have very little control around sugar. I know that if I buy it, I will eat it… all of it. the same night. My body doesn’t react well to sugar. It never has. I was in denial of it for many years, but …
New Free Guided Meditations + Mantras & How to Use Them
I’ve been meditating daily now for three years and it is, hands down, the best thing I’ve ever done. It changed everything in ways I could have never imagined. This is to say, meditation is a game-changer. I only wish I had started meditating sooner. It’s something I will teach my children, if I am …
Follow Thyme and Temp // A Stunningly Beautiful Food Blog
Jane Aldridge of Sea of Shoes was one of the first bloggers I found online who was doing anything close to what I wanted to be doing blogging-wise… and she was all of 16 or 17 years old then… I often imagine how amazingly awesome it would have been to have access to the all …
Fall Recipe // Apple Cider Maple Roasted Kabocha Squash
* Recipe by guest contributor Laney Schwartz, creator of Life is But a Dish Simple, delicious side dishes are my jam. I mean, how can they not be? I’m super obsessing over this new squash in my life, hello kabocha. I also just like saying it. Kabocha. It’s fun, right? There are so many …
Fall Dinner Recipe // Baked Sweet Date & Lemon Chicken
* Recipe by guest contributor Laney Schwartz, creator of Life is But a Dish I’m really excited about this Baked Sweet Date & Lemon Chicken dish! I feel like I say this every time but I’m ALWAYS looking for a great new chicken recipe. Aren’t you? This chicken is made with simple ingredients and couldn’t …
If You Struggle w/ Panic & Anxiety, This Will Change Your Life
ANXIETY AND PANIC ATTACKS can also feel like : total & random FEAR at any time of the day or night, a feeling like you want to just suddenly RUN AWAY as fast as you can from wherever you may be, a TRAPPED feeling – and another moment you feel like you need to just …
#MondayMotivation // Motivation is Garbage
Sometimes it just seems easier to complain about all the shit that’s going on in our lives than to actually step back, acknowledge that we are responsible for our current reality -based on the choices we’ve made in our past, accept our faults, learn from our mistakes, and work hard every day at becoming a …
Recipe // How To Make Acai Cherry Smoothie Bowls
* Recipe by guest contributor Laney Schwartz, creator of Life is But a Dish Have you met my latest obsession? Me and this Acai Cherry Smoothie Bowl have a secret love affair going on, except it’s not really that secret. It’s so not secret that I want to shout it from the rooftops and tell …
How-to Make Balsamic Grilled Hanger Steak
* Recipe by guest contributor Laney Schwartz, creator of Life is But a Dish I mean… I’m not even a big meat eater but daaaamn! How good does this look? Don’t mind if I do toot my own horn. This easy Balsamic Grilled Hanger Steak is quick to pull together and packed full of flavor. …
Food or Art // 3 Fresh Summer Rolls Recipes
Okay, Obviously FOOD… but so pretty you won’t want to destroy it with your mouth. I am not vegan or a vegetarian ( though I spent about 5 years in my early twenties when I was ) but I LOVE veggies and I LOVE eating healthy foods that make me feel like I’m doing something …