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My Thoughts on Wellness Trends, Celery Juice, and What 'Detoxification' Actually Is
My Thoughts on Wellness Trends, Celery Juice, and What 'Detoxification' Actually Is
My Hormonal Acne Journey: Healing + Managing Acne
My Hormonal Acne Journey: Healing + Managing Acne
Pumpkin Sage Risotto (GF + Vegan)
Pumpkin Sage Risotto (GF + Vegan)
The Best of Paris: My Guide to the City of Lights
The Best of Paris: My Guide to the City of Lights
How I Learned Photography, FAQ's, and Starting Film Photography
How I Learned Photography, FAQ's, and Starting Film Photography
Holiday Gift Guides for literally EVERYONE.
Holiday Gift Guides for literally EVERYONE.
A Guide to Clean Beauty: Makeup, Skincare, Haircare + Bodycare
A Guide to Clean Beauty: Makeup, Skincare, Haircare + Bodycare
Apple Cinnamon Tahini Oat Pancakes
Apple Cinnamon Tahini Oat Pancakes
A Berry Good Trip to Wisconsin
A Berry Good Trip to Wisconsin
How to Support Your Skin from the Inside Out
How to Support Your Skin from the Inside Out
Mixed Berry Oat Crisp (GF/Vegan) Recipe + Sustainable Organic Food Farming
Mixed Berry Oat Crisp (GF/Vegan) Recipe + Sustainable Organic Food Farming
#MarketMinnaly Wallpapers
#MarketMinnaly Wallpapers
Happy 10 years, NYC
Happy 10 years, NYC
Blueberry Lavender Tonic
Blueberry Lavender Tonic
5 Ways to Gain Genuine Self-Confidence
5 Ways to Gain Genuine Self-Confidence
Spring Vegan Thai Curry Pasta with Mushrooms + Chives (GF)
Spring Vegan Thai Curry Pasta with Mushrooms + Chives (GF)
Choco Chaga Tahini Cookies (GF, DF) Recipe and all about Chaga Mushrooms
Choco Chaga Tahini Cookies (GF, DF) Recipe and all about Chaga Mushrooms
How to Start Reducing Waste + Live a Greener Lifestyle
How to Start Reducing Waste + Live a Greener Lifestyle
How to Make the Perfect Pourover Coffee
How to Make the Perfect Pourover Coffee
All about Menstrual and Reproductive Hormonal Health
All about Menstrual and Reproductive Hormonal Health
Collagen Fat Balls Two Ways: Cinnamon Pecan Chia + Sesame Tahini Walnut
Collagen Fat Balls Two Ways: Cinnamon Pecan Chia + Sesame Tahini Walnut
Golden Fuel Tarts
Golden Fuel Tarts
Live 24k now at Free People!
Live 24k now at Free People!
Golden Fuel Crepes with Simple Mills
Golden Fuel Crepes with Simple Mills
New Year, Same Amazing You
New Year, Same Amazing You
Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookie Sandwiches with Cranberry Chia Jam: Cookie Swap
Gluten-Free Gingerbread Cookie Sandwiches with Cranberry Chia Jam: Cookie Swap
Settling my Mom into Brooklyn
Settling my Mom into Brooklyn
Thank-Full: The Skill of Gratitude
Thank-Full: The Skill of Gratitude
Holiday Spice 'Sweet n' Spicy' Blender Muffins
Holiday Spice 'Sweet n' Spicy' Blender Muffins
My Journey with Hashimoto's
My Journey with Hashimoto's
 
 

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  • My name is pronounced Mee-na.

  • I have more houseplants than shoes.

  • I want to adopt all the dogs.

  • You will always find me with a coffee or camera in hand (sometimes both).

  • I love talking about the difficult stuff that no one likes to talk about.

  • I created this space to encourage you to chase fullness over happiness, and to build resilience rather than resistance…. and to give you tools to help you with it all!

 

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Pumpkin Sage Risotto (GF + Vegan)
Pumpkin Sage Risotto (GF + Vegan)
Apple Cinnamon Tahini Oat Pancakes
Apple Cinnamon Tahini Oat Pancakes
Mixed Berry Oat Crisp (GF/Vegan) Recipe + Sustainable Organic Food Farming
Mixed Berry Oat Crisp (GF/Vegan) Recipe + Sustainable Organic Food Farming
 
 
 
 
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5 Important Things You Might Not Know About Stretching
5 Important Things You Might Not Know About Stretching
Should You Workout When You're Sick?
Should You Workout When You're Sick?
Gift Guide for the Fitness Fanatic
Gift Guide for the Fitness Fanatic
 
 

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@livingminnaly

✨be with those that illuminate the light that is already within you. and be sure to be generous with making others feel the warmth of your light around them✨ · 📸 @justintjamison giving me that glow-up. and not just on the outside ☺️💫 · #minnalyHQ #wordsbyMi #springishere #magichour
✨I hope✨ · ❁ that your coffee this morning tastes like magic. ❁ that somebody holds the coffeeshop door for you as you do the awkward juggle of putting change back in your wallet w/a cup in hand. ❁ that you be that somebody for another somebody. ❁ that one song comes into your Spotify that just make your body dance without thinking. ❁ that you catch a glimpse of your reflection on a window and feel love for that person looking back at you. ❁ that you feel that spark when you hold someone's hand. ❁ that you stop trying to fix and just be. ❁ that the stars are visible in the night sky + that you notice them. ❁ that your soul time travels deep into a book while in the comfort of your own bed. ❁ that you let the chips fall where they may because life's too short to stress playing chess with yourself. ❁ that you lean into the electricity sparking between you and another. ❁ that you feel that breeze caress your cheeks and you feel weightless for a moment. ❁ that you let your souls freckles come out dancing under the spring sunshine. · ✨I hope that in this season of life, you fall in love with this precious life of yours once again✨ · 🍃happy official (2nd day of) spring, my dears🌸🌷 #wordsbymi
😌i’m a huge believer in the importance of a nighttime routine to wind down properly for your physical and mental health. we are constantly connected with emails, DMs, texts, and overstimulated with screens for much of our days-- so it’s that much more important to make sure to get our minds chillllll for proper sleep and recovery! · 💤while I have a whole blog post on the topic, I wanted to share my 3 key parts of my nighttime routine that help me get in the zone for sleep: 1. Put my phone on ‘Do Not Disturb’ mode, set my alarms, and plug it in out of reach from my bed. 2. Do my entire hormonal acne skincare routine with @bioClarity’s Clear Routine, and then my latest favorite addition to this as my last step is their NEW ‘Eye Will Chill’ eye gel (officially launched today!) that helps refresh my overworked eyes and reduce puffiness (pro tip-- pop it in the fridge for extra relaxing cool + depuffing!). It has their signature Floralux, Fennel, Green Tea, and other nourishing vitamins to protect that delicate under-eye skin, and like all @bioclarity products, it’s made w/all plant-based, non-toxic, vegan, and cruelty-free ingredients. 3. Light some palo santo, turn on my diffuser, and sip on some herbal tea before I tuck in for the night! Use ‘MINNA’ for 40% off all regimens and extra 15% off your entire order for an extra perk😊 〰️ #ad #PowerofGreen #gardengivenbeauty #bioClarityad
💪I've partnered with @samsungmobileusa and @popsugarfitness and am committing to putting my health and wellness first. Here, I've highlighted some of my commitments-- and @popsugar is donating $1 to Step Up (a nonprofit ensuring the next generation of women is empowered to fulfill their full potential) for EVERY pledge tagged #PledgeAndBeWell ! So I want you guys to screenshot the second image and share on your own Instagram to make a pledge to empower yourself today-- and give other women out there a boost too💕 Promo period: 3/19 - 5/31 at 11:59pm PDT. Terms & Conditions apply: bit.ly/2Y4SGXc
🙋🏻‍♀️Are you one of those people that always blame themselves first + assume responsibility for things going wrong (in work, relationships, life paths)? Me too. While I always regarded myself as someone who is just extremely hard on themselves and examines her own actions first when there's an issue, I never really thought about WHY that is my first instinct. Sure, I know I simply never wanted to be one of those people who can't take ownership over their own behaviors + actions (possibly my biggest pet peeve), but I never thought about what in myself actually DRIVES that behavior. _______ CONTROL💥 it's seeking control. because if I am at fault, I have the power to fix it. if it's my fault, I control the ability to change the outcome. if it's my fault, I can "fix" the problem, situation, or hurt. but damn, that's such a dangerous way of thinking. Why? You can't control outcomes. You can't control other people's feelings. You can't control other people's reactions. Therefore those things remain out of your responsibility. The only things that ARE within your control, are your own behaviors, reactions, and direction of thoughts. So stop picking up other people's emotional weights and adding them to your own to carry-- it does nothing for either of you. · 📸 talented dude named @justintjamison ❤️ #wordsbyMi
🌷bringing a little springtime energy into my home with my favorite spring flowers✨ ________ a note on energy + vibes (as overused as that word is) for your monday, as you settle in for the week · anything that encumbers positive vibes [positive meaning healthy in this context, NOT to be confused with happy] around you that feels inauthentic or unhealthily heavy, ✌️bid it adieu. with limited time/resources to give, we can't afford to give negative people + situations those precious things of ours [☝️negative is not to be confused w/challenging]. you attract the energy you give out. · 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗱 + 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝘁𝗼. · ❁ not everyone or everything deserves your time, energy, and focus. ❁ stay in your light and cultivate it. ❁ foster relationships that inspire that light, and nurture them. because together, we are unstoppable ✨💡⚡️🌟💫 #minnalyHQ
✨when all is said and done, what moments will flood your chest with warmth when remembering them?✨ · the memories that make you smile. the nostalgia that dances behind your eyes. the melodies that hug you. the utterances that make you fly. · the moments that imprint themselves on our naked souls. are those the things you stress about in your day to day? if not, you're watering the wrong side of your mind💦🌷nourish what matters to YOU. ______ happy Sunday, fam❤️spending time recharging and doing things that matter to my heart this weekend-- and I hope you do the same☺️ · #wordsbyMi
✨☀️☕️it's officially that time of year-- transition into iced coffee season! determined to make it happen, even at 50 degrees 🤣 · looking forward to a beautiful Saturday roaming about my favorite city✨been a bit of an emotionally + mentally taxing week, so just focusing on recharging my 🔋with some quality people time, shooting film, and proper sleep. I hope you are all doing the same!
i'm not a person that regrets anything in her life really. even when I fall flat on my face, when people have looked at me like I have 4 heads, when I've been laughed at, when I've made huge mistakes. not to say all of that didn't suck to feel + go through. not to say that those things didn't scare me. but wondering "what if?" is not something that sits well with me. 𝗜 𝗮𝗺 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘆 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗜'𝗺 𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗹𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗺𝘆 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀. fear of failure or rejection is actually silly if you think about it. because you automatically fail by not trying-- you do eliminate the sting of loss though. but you also eliminate possibility. and to even have choices at all is a tremendous gift, in and of itself. to have the ability to choose is the opportunity that many in this world don't have. so the next time you're wondering if you should go for something or not, remember that-- and ask yourself, are you choosing fear or possibility? ❤️
⛸anytime in the past decade when I've mentioned I used to skate competitively, people asked if I still skate. skating is + was my first true love-- it was absolutely everything to me. and to this day, I honestly don't believe there is anything out there that can give me a bigger thrill or surge of unadulterated pride than landing a perfect throw triple or the last 10 seconds of finishing a whistle clean program. this is also why my personal skating career has always been hard to talk about. it was utterly consuming, maddening, rewarding, decimating, hell, and heaven. as an elite athlete dreaming of the Olympics, you sign up for this insanity. you know it's not normal and the extremes are not for the ordinary or faint-hearted. it's also why the vast majority of athletes greatly struggle in silence after stopping their sport-- you don't know what life is, without the thing that became your whole identity. so that's why I cut it all off. cut off all communication and contact with the thing I gave my entire heart to. I had to heal from a broken heart, my eating disorder, and learn who I was on my own. over the years, I've missed the ice dearly. the smell of Zamboni fumes. the way my body can express my thoughts better than my mouth when on blades. the wind grazing my cheek as I race down the rink. but I stopped myself from going back. I was scared I wasn't healthy enough to handle it- not feeling thin enough for the sport. I was scared of looking unrecognizable from the graceful skater I once was. "what is the point?" I thought to myself. I don't have a problem with letting fear of imperfection stop me everywhere else in my life, except skating. then I saw @jvn living his @michellewkwan dreams, learning as an adult. I saw @sammyjaneeason lace back up for lessons again as her time for herself, now as a mom to two. I finally realized, I'm ready to be friends with that ex. It took me 11 years to realize that I can appreciate that thing I loved for a decade of my life can be in my life once more-- just as something else. it doesn't have to be the way it used to be. I get to appreciate it from an entirely new perspective and love it for what it is to me NOW❤️
💁When you think back to some cringe-worthy moments in your career, what comes to mind?? I’ll go first! #MyFirst embarrassing moment that comes to mind was back in my days interning in college. I was a super driven hustler determined to break into the entertainment industry, and was shamelessly asking for meetings left and right. I finally got a chance to have coffee with someone pretty huge at a company I wanted to work for. I had assumed since I was pretty decent with conversational skills and can usually make comfortable conversation with most people that all would be fine and questions would flow naturally-- reality check, conversation was so awkward as I stammered trying to make small talk, I couldn’t remember the important questions I had wanted to ask this person, and I left the meeting realizing how important adequate preparation is for these conversations. I teamed up with @HelloProsper, a career coaching platform, to share my story with you guys because I could have really benefitted from having a coach by my side to help me navigate my career goals and my specific weaknesses / obstacles along the way. · 👇Now I want to hear yours!! Comment below and tell me about your first workplace flub or cringe-worthy moment ----- #andProsper #sponsored // 📸 @sophiesahara
✋ 𝗽𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲. 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆? ✨ · I got an influx of DM's after my post from NEDA week, asking how I recovered, do I feel happy with my body all the time, that you fear you'll never get 'there,' wishing your body looked like mine, asking how to heal broken relationships w/food. whew.💔that gut-punched me, because I understand those feelings so deeply, having lived through a lot of those same thoughts. through therapy, I began to realize + admit that my eating disorder was really a symptom of other issues in my life-- a small modicum of everything else I was struggling with inside. I was overly driven, unkind to myself, relentless with being the best at everything I did, terrified of letting other people in, and I never slowed the hell down. we are much like water. when we are overflowing with too much unresolved emotion AND we put a lid of expectant pressure on top? water WILL find a way out. and the tighter the lid we keep on those emotions, the more powerfully we will burst at the seams w/an outlet of self-soothing distraction. for some it's drinking, partying, gambling, burying yourself in work, unattached sex, destructive behavior, etc. for me? it was obsessing over my body and food. I kept trying to tackle my problem at the source-- fixing my relationship w/body dismorphia, food, and working out. but honestly? my REAL healing came from learning how to deal w/my emotions from a place of loving myself. being kind to myself. how to weekend w/out feeling guilty. how to let people in. how to truly, deeply, fall in love w/this life of mine. this turned into how to play w/movement + do a half-assed workout. how to feel beautiful in my skin. how to be compassionate w/my body + feel neutral towards it. then how to actually love + celebrate my body. 𝗶𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁. 𝘀𝗼, 𝗜 𝗮𝘀𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻-- ✨𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘆𝗲𝘁 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆?✨ ________ beautiful spring🌸set by @beyondyoga, a brand that makes my body feel good during all seasons of my life
 
 
 

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