Quirk and Circumstance

Update on the one month online shopping detox.

I'm as guilty of hunching as the next lady and I'm totally aware that slouching is a communication with the world about who I am, how I feel about myself and how people should treat me. My friend Jennifer Robin, radio host extraordinaire (KVMR.org), joined me for a two week challenge in which we worked on our posture, tried "power posing" and dove deep into the personal reasons why we each hunch in the first place.

I noticed my clothes shopping was getting a bit weird and super out-of-proportion with what I actually needed… So I took the month to detox from clothing-shopping. Why? Because shoes (or any other clothing item) are not the boss of me. There are two weeks left in Oct….care to join me and refrain from shopping for the rest of the month?

And if you decide to try the two-week no-shopping challenge, write me an email, or send me a voice memo to my email at [email protected] and let me know how it’s going. What’s easy? What’s hard? What kinds of feelings are coming up for you?

If you ask the internet, improv can do everything for all people. It can turn a shy person into a gregarious one or eliminate writer's block. I have a brave friend Ophelia who was scared and curious about improv so naturally, she chose improv for her two-week challenge and we dove in. Feet first.

What we found was a safe playground with a deep pool for those who wanted to dive deep into character psychology. It was playful and meaningful and fun and scary. We both gave it thumbs up as far as weird and unusual activities go.

Episode 9 - My friend Juli and I embarked on a two-week letter writing challenge and she took it up a notch by going on a secret vacay that she revealed through letters, while she traveled.

In Part 2 of the Morning Pages challenge, we touched base on whether or not it's a worthwhile practice. And we both think it was. Is. You know... we want to keep it up.

I also gave info about the song that is giving me LIFE right now... Call Me Mother, by RuPaul. And the show that is giving me LIFE, which is what made me think about RuPaul adopting me, is Pose. If you haven't seen it... PLEASE watch this show. OMG so good.

My friend Nicky and I took on a daily freewriting challenge called "Morning Pages" which is designed (by writer Julia Cameron) to spark creativity and supercharge your inspiration.

I think this has been one of my faaaaaavorite challenges yet.

Many Mahalos to Nicky -- yoga teacher, blogger, parent, creator of WildMeditations.com -- for joining me on this challenge. The song giving her lyyyyyyyyyyfe this week is Pocket Full of Shells by Mat McHugh.

The intro and bumper music is by The Tartu Pop and Rock Institute

Featuring Keela Fowler (of eightyfivebeauty.com) and closing out the Living Like A Queen Challenge

Eightyfivebeauty Founder Keela Fowler and I discover that treating yourself like a royal isn't about having unlimited cash and jewels. It's about having unlimited tea and doing what you want with your time.

Episode 4 - This week's episode is all about Bright Line Eating, a challenge I thought I'd try for 14 days, and it turns out I LOVE IT AND I DON'T WANT TO STOP. So I'm not going to.

Listen to the podcast episode to find out all about it. And if you're interested in Bright Line Eating, go to BrightLineEating.com to find out more.

The song giving me life this week is Answerphone... just looked up the video and 11 million views proves that it's not just MY favorite right now, I'm late to this song obvi. ;)

Intro and outro music is by the Tartu Pop and Rock Institute.

Bright Line Eating Reviews