39: New Year, Same You (and That’s Okay)

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The month of January is fraught with social comparison, sky-high expectations, and toxic rhetoric as we all race to become the best version of ourselves and forget all about our mistakes from the past. Everywhere we look is someone selling us on the idea of “new year, new you.” Though this might be motivating for […]

21 Things We Learned in 2021

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This last year has been a doozy. Weddings, engagements, reunions, job changes, businesses starting, businesses ending, births, losses, I mean, every year has its ups and downs yet for some reason this one seems somehow…bigger. Here at Krystal Jakosky we sat down to chat about what lessons we’re taking away from 2021 and bringing into […]

38: How to *Actually* Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions

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We’ve all set sky-high New Year’s Resolutions for ourselves on January 1st, only to fall short of our own expectations the very next week. The secret to actually achieving those goals? The answer lies in this week’s episode of Breathe In, Breathe Out. Think meditation is hard? Do me a favor: take a slow, deep […]

How to *Actually* Achieve Your New Year’s Resolutions

We’ve all set sky-high New Year’s Resolutions for ourselves on January 1st, only to fall short of our own expectations the very next week. The secret to actually achieving those goals? The answer lies in this week’s episode of Breathe In, Breathe Out.

Looking Back at 2021: The Year of Self-Care

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In the very first musing of this year, I wrote: “I propose 2021 be a year of shifting our mentality. Let’s learn how to love, honor, and give ourselves what we need. Let’s learn how to listen to our inner voice to know how to meet those needs. And let’s give compassion to ourselves and therefore […]

21 Things We Learned in 2021

2021 has been quite the year. Our team sat down to chat about what lessons we’re taking away from 2021 and bringing into 2022. In this week’s episode, Krystal shares a few of these thoughts and sentiments.

37: 21 Things We Learned in 2021

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2021 has been quite the year. Our team sat down to chat about what lessons we’re taking away from 2021 and bringing into 2022. In this week’s episode, Krystal shares a few of these thoughts and sentiments. Think meditation is hard? Do me a favor: take a slow, deep breath in and now breathe out. […]

Lao Tzu & You

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcSdYA_M5zA&feature=youtu.be A while ago we were curled up in our usual bedtime routine of letting the day go and Jay came across a video. It was a monk quoting Lao Tzu and buddhist philosophy. This is what he had to say: If you are depressed you are living in the past. If you are anxious […]

The Gardens Spotlight: The Grotto

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I was journeying and following the trunk of a tree into the ground. I was allowing what would be to be and suddenly I was pushed to the side and found myself in a cave. I felt cradled and calm within Mother Earth. The peace was all-encompassing and delightfully overwhelming and I cried. The safety […]

36: Diving Into the “Why” Behind Our Taglines

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Ever had something you said be taken out of context? We have. This week on Breathe In, Breathe Out, Krystal discusses the “why” behind a couple of our taglines and lets us know that life is just like chocolate chip cookies.