Rogue Habits

Illustrator Carissa Potter Creates a Whimsical Guide to Staying Calm

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Perhaps most important now is maintaining a sense of positivity, to see the light in the darkness, and find grounding in the chaos—to seek out beauty and enjoyment despite any other feelings that might arise. Artist and founder of Bay Area-based studio People I've Loved, Carissa Potter, has created just the thing with a playful yet entirely practical checkli[...]

How to Create the Perfect Meditation Space in Your Home

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This year, we’ve become hyper-conscious of how our environment affects our lives. From Marie Kondo’s minimalist cleanse, to saying no to plastic straws in our drinks for the sake of the planet, it seems like we’re all coming to agree on being mindful of our spaces. It goes without saying that the space around us—our planet, community, offices, and homes—have[...]

Finding Inner Peace Through Past Life Regression

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We've all heard stories of glimmers of past lives; some have even experienced inklings of times that once were be it in a connection with someone or a physical manifestation in the body. Could there be something there floating in the beyond that links us to each of the people that we once were? It seems tough to deny that we all have elements of ourselves ou[...]

The Power of Rituals—How One Small Habit Can Have an Immensely Positive Effect

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I have a confession to make: I'm the kind of person that can inhale a meal. You know when it's there in front of you one second and the next you look down and your plate is somehow empty? Happens. And coincidentally my boyfriend is the same (maybe not so coincidentally. You gotta to have some shared interests, right?) This is obviously not great for reaso[...]

Change and Renewal With the Winter Solstice and New Year

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We received a long, dark Winter Solstice last night. This occurs when the earth is tilted on an axis and the northern hemisphere leans farthest away from the sun. An ancient definition of solstice is "standing still sun," but it is also thought to be the rebirth of the sun, which coincides with Christmas, the birth of the Son. Ancient cultures believed that [...]

The Importance Of Me Time: How Having Time To Myself Changed Me

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Two major changes happened last week. One is that after much deliberation, frustration, confusion, planning, and tears, I decided I needed to either leave my job or have some kind of major shift; and after talking with my CEO, I transitioned my Creative Director position to part time. The second, was my fiancé left to take a week-long retreat with his bandma[...]

Physically Lost, Mentally Found: How My Trip Alone To the Pacific Northwest Changed Me

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As a musician, I've always gravitated towards nature as a means of inspiration. Getting out and exploring somewhere entirely new has a unique effect on the soul, and when I decided to leave for the Pacific Northwest, I had no idea what lay in store for me. I went alone, and as cliche as it sounds, it truly changed me. I was left alone, in the wilderness with[...]

That Oceanic Feeling...or how I came to sort of, kind of, maybe believe in God

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There is a community of the spirit. Join it, and feel the delight of walking in the noisy street and being the noise. — Rumi I first encountered the concept of the Oceanic Feeling in college. It was art school, I was 21, at the tail end of my degree — a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography. I was hopped up on communit[...]

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