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Year of Yes By Shonda Rhimes: 5 Kick-Ass Takeaways

Year of Yes: How to Dance it Out, Stand in the Sun and Be Your Own Person by Shonda Rhimes…

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Live Your Authentic Life By Answering This One Question

Over the recent Family Day long weekend, my family and I spent a night in Whatcom County. It was sunny…

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Behind My Rebrand – And Moving Forward

For 6 years I wrote under a beautiful butterfly and a bold demand: Let ME Out!! I started this blog…

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Rekindling My Spark

There’s a pull I cannot ignore. It’s strong and also familiar. And if I had to give it a voice…

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Making Space For Fun

I like the serious things. I like deep conversations. I watch a good TED talk with relish and feel inspired…

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Why I Never Want To ‘Make It’ In My Vocation

What does ‘making it’ mean in terms of my vocation? The Pulitzer Prize? The Nobel Peace Prize? Is there any…

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Answering Questions About Fear & Talking About Gabby Bernstein #TheUniverseHasYourBack

Does it feel like sometimes you’re just chasing life instead of actually living it? Like your fears are blocking you…

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Reflections On My 5 Year Blogiversary

Five years ago today, I published my first blog post on what used to be called Let ME Out!! Releasing…

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Why I Love My To-Do List

To-Do List. Sounds daunting to most of us, and that’s because it’s a never-ending list. If we include work +…

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The Hamster Wheel

Sometimes life can feel like a hamster wheel. Definitely, the laundry feels like that. Miss one day, or two and…

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Writing About What Matters To Me

Over the last few years, I’ve written about many different things and for various publications: spring cleaning ideas for a…

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When A Passion Led To A Path (And Details Of A Speaking Engagement)

Like every young child, I asked a lot of questions. My curiosity was particularly piqued by relationships among people and…

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“Radical Honesty” – Guest Post By Natalia Sanyal

I’m starting with this week off with a guest post from a woman who never ceases to amaze me. I…

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Why We Take All Those Online Quizzes!

People are curious…about other people! Some are so curious they end up getting a degree in Psychology (like yours truly)…

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The One Thing I Intend To Do In 2016

I know – it’s not December yet, and I’m already thinking about the one thing I intend to do in…

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My Thoughts Today On Leaving My Career For My Passion

If you’ve been following my blog long enough, you know that I didn’t start out my career life as a…

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That C- In Poetry Turned Out To Be A Gift After All

The C- I received in my Poems and Novels class in first year college made me feel ridiculous for ever…

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I’ve Got 99 Definitions Of Success…And This Ain’t One Of Them

When I was in high school, I journaled about what my life would be like as an adult…because I wanted…

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Overcoming Struggle Through Connections

Sometimes it seems like it’s just one thing after another. I started off September with a bang. I mean, laundry…

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Realizing I’ve Been Side-Stepping This Critical Part About Authenticity

Ok, so…kind of a breakthrough-y weekend. I went to the one-day business retreat for heart-centred women put on by Kate…

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Hi, I'm Taslim! Freelance writer, writing instructor and mom of 3. Also: Taurus, INFJ, bookworm, and chronic nostalgic. Give me slow Sundays, deep conversations, Spanish music and time to daydream. I'm a Pacific Northwest girl with the itch to explore my backyard and beyond.

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  • This really cool thing happened today. 
All week I have been repeating this mantra to myself: “I am organized.” I came up with this mantra when a good friend asked me how it is I want to FEEL. I want to feel like I’ve got my ish together, yo. And being organized is a big part of that. Every day this week I have said out loud and also in my mind, “I am organized.” I’ve even written it down in my journal. 
Today, I was teaching a class at the hospital and this youth, who was sitting close enough to see my class outline, kept peeking over at my page. Halfway through the class, she leaned over and smiled. “You are so organized,” she said.
“Thanks,” I replied, calmly. But inside I was like 💃🏽🎵🎶💓💕💃🏽😂🤗🙏🏽!
  • The world is a big and beautiful place - and I happen to live in a corner of it that is rich in natural beauty. From rugged mountains to pristine lakes, lush rainforest and raging ocean swells, the Pacific Northwest Has. It. All. 
I’d love to hear in the comments, what are some of your favourite PNW destinations - take me somewhere in B.C., WA or OR that I can get to by car or boat within a day. Compiling for my personal travel bucket list and an assignment. 🚗🛥📝
And GO! 👇🏽
#TravelTuesday #TravelTips
  • So, my next trip is *not* Africa but that dream is never far from my heart or thoughts. 
Also, how gorgeous is this globe from @chaptersindigo? I already have a scratch map from there that my kids got me for Christmas but this globe would be stunning in my home library.
What’s your next trip? 
#wanderlust #traveltheworld
  • My 4 year old asked me to take a picture of “the ladybug in the bushes.” So I did. Literally, I bent my arm down, and clicked the pic. “Oh my GOSH, Mommy? How did you DO that?” She examined the phone screen closely. “How did you make the ladybug smile? Did you just say, ‘Freeze, Ladybug, smile?!’”
Um, yeah. I did. 😉🐞
Anyone else know that one day it won’t be this easy to impress their kid? 🙋🏽‍♀️
  • Jerseys and love for the Humboldt Broncos’ community. Thinking of the 16 lives lost and the countless people whose lives will never be the same. You have our sticks and prayers forever. ❤️🇨🇦
#HumboldtStrong #jerseysforhumboldt
  • I love this photo, with their faces ablaze from the setting sun. Another solid memory from our recent trip to Vancouver Island. 
You can swipe right to see, I followed my dad on the trail to chase the sunset and I think that is only fitting...as it’s my dad who always led me to find my Creator in Nature. 
Though I was raised as a member of one particular religious group, I was also raised to respect and understand different faith backgrounds. And of course, above all else to respect and appreciate Mama Earth.
I credit him for the gift of finding Peace everywhere be it in a temple, a church, a mosque or perched on a cliff overlooking miles of ocean. 
I still follow his lead and I bring my kids along, too. So they may know Peace wherever they go. 🙏🏽

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