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Continue reading →: We Found Her!
My inner 12 year old (the healthy version) lives in Turku. And I found her hanging out at the Ars Nova, specifically the Lissa Beckmann’s exhibit. There is a lot to love about this exhibit about female sexual empowerment. But when I came across the Liszt, Chopin, and Marconi pillows,…
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Continue reading →: Listen
I brought an envelope of creative play prompts with me to Finland. For moments when the writing doesn’t come easily. And it hasn’t. But procrastination definitely has. So today after a short yoga session, and some journaling – instead of staring at my laptop for the next 3 hours, I…
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Continue reading →: Jetlag
I believe the jet lag has hit. It’s 4pm local time. I got up 7 hours ago, made some coffee, ate some breakfast, did 20 minutes of yoga, and went back to bed – and have been in and out of sleep ever since. With the exception of drawing a…
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Continue reading →: The Slowest Woman In Turku
That would be me. I am the slowest woman in Turku. I am not exactly a slow walker in Vancouver, in fact I am often frustrated that people don’t walk fast enough – we are generally a fairly easy going city by global standards. A temperate climate is just one…
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Continue reading →: I Have Arrived (almost)
I left Monday afternoon (I think the local time in Vancouver is midnight Tuesday/wednesday). It’s 10 am Wednesday and I am in Finland. I spent yesterday at the Paris and Stockholm airports. I saw a tiny bit of Stockholm yesterday. Only enough to know that I want to return and…
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Continue reading →: Recovery from a Bad Day
Yesterday was a bad day. After many attempts at trying to convince myself otherwise, I have come to terms with the fact that the company I work for does not align with my core values, and that its past time I do something about it. I spent the entire day…
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Continue reading →: Giving Up Is The Win
It is currently 4:08 AM and I have been awake for 2 hours and 8 minutes exactly. In that time, I have tossed and turned about 100 times, I have prayed that sleep would return. I have grabbed my phone and looked at instagram for about 30 minutes to make…
My name is Laura. This blog will serve as documentation on a 90 day (and perhaps longer) commitment to new self-care practices. If you find yourself here, you will join me in daily walks by the water, and occasional forest or tree lined street, new to me healthy recipes, some lessons discovered during therapy sessions, reading a few books, watching a few movies, and finding some fun. This journey into self-care will revolve around my core values of curiosity, creativity, inclusion, accountability, and harmony.
Welcome.
