My background and beliefs when it comes to health are a weird mix of holistic and traditional Western, a balanced hybrid of yoga, acupuncture, meditation and eating healthy with a well-stocked medicine cabinet.
Staying healthy is a...
This year's mantra, courtesy of Alice Walker: Look closely at the present you are constructing: it should look like the future you are dreaming.
Every year, I get more confident in my own skin and in my own decisions. I recognize my patterns...
One of my 2014 resolutions was to have a good things jar: a physical place where I could write down the good things that happened throughout the year and where I could watch those happy moments pile up.
On New Year's Eve, I woke up early: I...
"May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful, and don't forget to make some art--write or draw or build or sing or live as only you can. And I...
I feel like I am one of those rare people who really enjoys the end of the year and thinking about my new year's resolutions because I actually kept them--and I am looking forward to setting new goals for the new year! It's amazing how a) writing...
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Christine Amorose Merrill
C'est Christine is my little slice of the internet to talk travel, lifestyle and twenty- and thirty-something struggles. After stints living in France, Australia and NYC and lots of (often solo!) travel around the world, I currently live in San Diego with my husband, daughter and two pugs.