Miranda Kate

Tag: Self-care

  • Monday 5: This dress & other things I’m excited about

    Happy Monday! I hope you’re starting off the week well-rested and hopeful. I mean, if watching Michael Phelps swim another (and possibly final?) incredible race doesn’t inspire you, what can? This weekend was fun and had quite a lot going on, including a photo shoot! Some pics are already up but more on that coming…

  • Monday 5: Boundaries & other things I’m excited about

    Woohoo it’s Monday! I’m sure this is exactly what crossed your mind this morning when your alarm rudely interrupted your sleep. It’s true that Monday’s are not fun; but I think a good attitude can change the most dire of situations…even a serious case of the Monday’s. Monday’s are a #cleanslate. We start a new…

  • The most important commitment you’ll ever make

    Today we hear a lot about young adults and our fear of commitment. As a generation, millennials tend to switch jobs more often, wait longer to get married and to buy a home. Various sources list different reasons for this. Some say it’s because we value lifestyle over economic stability (i.e. we’d rather be able to…

  • Lizzie McGuire and what she got right about our thoughts

    What are you thinking about right now? I’m sure part of you is focused on this article and wondering where this is going. You may also be simultaneously asking yourself if you’re hungry enough to eat the rest of your breakfast, or if you should stop reading this and do something more productive (definitely not),…

  • Five lessons I’ve learned from (really) happy people

    If you think about why we do the things that we do, most often we do them because we believe they will make us happy. Somehow eating that brownie, getting that job, starting that relationship, making that friend, etc. will bring us happiness. We want to be content, joyful and at peace so we make…

  • Finding balance

    A few months ago, I wrote an article for Best Kept Self about what I had learned from my eating disorder. The therapist I saw to help me work through this told me that recovery for eating disorders is typically 5-7 years. Initially, I found this statistic discouraging and felt a little hopeless every time…

  • Lessons I’ve learned since graduating from college (with a little help from The Office).

    I always think of college as a little bubble. Your campus becomes your world and everything outside of it seems completely separate and foreign. Graduating from college reinforced this parallel for me when I was suddenly in this really big world with lots of people I didn’t know, a million decisions to make and an…

  • High Standards: why I have them and why you should too

    I’m going to go ahead and give you the key takeaway from this post: You should have high standards for yourself, your relationships, your career and your life because you deserve them. I just saved you five more minutes of reading; so, you’re welcome. Here’s the deal: high standards and being a perfectionist are NOT…

  • Why I’m taking a break from Netflix

    Netflix is the perfect example of double-edged sword. Of course it is a wonderful thing to have hilarious shows and great movies at your fingertips, available whenever you want to watch them; but its also a little dangerous. Not in a ‘safety hazard watch-your-step’ kind of way, but more in a ‘it is possible to…

  • The dangers of being a perfectionist

    I used to take pride in the fact that I was a perfectionist. I mean, surely wanting things to be perfect is a good thing, right? Perfect grades, perfect body, perfect behavior…perfect life. Who wouldn’t want that? I loved watching movies and TV shows and reading books that depict what I liked think was the…