by oksana | Feb 19, 2021
When I was 26 years old, I started a new chapter of my life and labeled it, “searching.” This is it, I thought. This is when I figure out all the answers to WHY I’m unhappy. I knew I wasn’t where I wanted to be in life and angry that my reality didn’t match the...
by oksana | Feb 14, 2021
Most people can achieve a state of mindfulness while being outdoors! In nature, all of your senses activate at once, so you become present and aware. Nature does not have judgments and opinions like the rest of the world. It’s quiet. It’s magical. It’s full of...
by oksana | Feb 5, 2021
I hit unimaginable rock-bottom. We had always had a deep connection and although I never got to tell him, it was his admirable strength, that fueled me to accomplish all that I had that far. And now… it was gone. Just like that. You see, the thing about experiencing...
by oksana | Jan 23, 2021
This whole “getting dark hours” thing has me a little thrown off! Anyone else? I wake up when it’s dark…I’m still working when the sun sets… it feels like I should be going to bed at 6:30 pm… As winter continues, and the cold weather starts to set in the brain,...
by oksana | Jan 15, 2021
Many years ago, I lived in a very different world. I was attending University in Moscow, living life in a big city where the main things that mattered were financial status and what you looked like. I felt like I was living a double life. Secretly, I was longing to go...
by oksana | Jan 9, 2021
Sometimes looking at the perfect lives of others on social media may make us feel “positively jealous.” Like you wish you could be in the sunny weather when it’s raining outside of your window. But do you fully take advantage of what you already have, or do you take...
