How to Check in on your Goals & Revisit your Resolutions
So…didja hit those 2020 goals yet?!? LOL – right? At this point, I think it’s pretty darn safe to say that not a single soul has actually achieved all of their 2020 New Years Resolutions…
View PostYour Mess is your Message
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about the state of the world. Namely, why so much bad sh*t has been happening. I mean really – 2020 has been a hot mess express. It’s like one…
View PostThe Secret Behind the Front Cover of my Book
When I asked on Instagram a few weeks ago if you’d be interested in some behind-the-scenes scoop of the making of Caffeinate Your Soul, it was an overwhelming HECK YES. So, here we are. 😉…
View Post26.
Today I’m 26. WOO! To celebrate past birthdays on the blog, I’ve shared fun facts about me (twice), I’ve answered Vogue’s 73 questions, I’ve noted goals and life lessons and everything in between. But this birthday…
View PostNEW YEAR + NEW DECADE Goals (Heyo 2020!)
HEYOOOO 2020! Happy New Year again, my friends – I hope you are READY to ROad into these roarin’ 20’s ahead. 🙂 We just dove into the past yesterday with a comprehensive look at 2019. Now…
View Post2019 Reflections + How to Do your Own Annual Review
Hello, 2020. 🙂 The roaring 20’s are here to stay (for at least another ten years), and I for one am here for it. 2019 was a rougher year in the books for us, so…
View PostMERRY CHRISTMAS from us to you! (Our 2019 Christmas Card)
MERRY CHRISTMAS! We’re only two sleeps away – can you feel the magic? I wanted to pop on quickly to send the merriest of wishes your way. Happy Holidays and best wishes from our family to…
View PostLet’s talk about Cancer.
*Sponsored by Genentech* This post is a bit *different* from the usual around here in that it’s about a much more serious, sobering topic: cancer. Specifically, breast cancer. Not that we ever shy away from…
View PostINTRODUCING, THRIVE. (I launched a podcast!!!)
WOW OH WOW. This is so unbelievably surreal to type out, I can barely contain myself. Actually, I have zero chill. No chill whatsoever. I’M FREAKING THE FREAK OUT OVER HERE, FRIENDS. After years of…
View PostThe Things We Choose
This life is full of choices – from no-brainers to paths less traveled and hard decisions. I was thinking about this in the shower the other day (because all good brain blasts happen in the…
View PostHappy Birthday, CUR – 6 Years of Coming Up Roses!
Happy birthday, Coming Up Roses – CUR is 6 years old TODAY. I literally can’t believe it… In trying to figure out what to share on this sixth blogging anniversary (blogiversary? ha!), I wanted to…
View PostHit the Goal, Get the Gucci (Goal Setting Tips for Big Goals + Big Rewards!)
Happy HUMP Tuesday! I’ve got myself all confused with dates/times this week – anyone else feel like the week is flying by, even though it’s just begun? No? Just me? HA. I think I’m just losing…
View Post14 Self-Love Solutions for However you’re Feeling Today
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY, friends! It’s the day of lovelovelove, so you KNOW I’m all about it. 😉 J + I are keeping things super relaxed this year since it’s our first V-day with the nugget (fun…
View PostFrom the CURowd: Bible Verses for Strength + Peace
Somewhere down the line, Mondays got a bad rap. We know it, we feel it – we’ve got Monday Mantras for it. 😉 But sometimes, we’ve just got bad days. Monday or not, sometimes, sh*t…
View Post7 Keepable Resolutions to Actually Make you Happier in Life
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! Can you actually believe that it’s 2019?! CRAY. Let’s chat for a hot sec about this whole “New Year’s Resolutions” thing. They’re great, in theory. Y’all know I’m as Type A as…
View Post10 ways to Become a Morning Person
When was the last time you woke up at 5 am? Not because you had to lest you be late to work, but because you wanted to, in the name of productivity? Or in the name of…
View PostWhat next? What now? And…what’s her name?! (Birth Story, Part 2)
AHHHH. Feeling so totally overwhelmed (again) by the responses + outreach + prayers + goodness from so many people in the past week+. ICYMI…we had our baby. Mama had a feeling that girlfriend would make…
View PostFrom almost dying to giving birth. (Literally).
OK…another unexpected post, but a long time coming after last week. ICYMI, things have been quiet on the CUR front because they’ve been a swirl of sheer ~chaos~ on the family front. First thing’s first:…
View PostBumpdate: 32 Weeks + a more serious update.
OK, this is unexpected. Coming Up Roses currently comin’ atcha from the Maternal Fetal Medicine ward of the hospital. *STRIKE THAT* – I’m now comin’ atcha a solid 12+ hours later, from the actual hospital,…
View PostBumpdate: 28 Weeks
So apparently I’m in my Third Trimester now, which just about blows. my. MIND. Like, what? I just found out I was pregnant yesterday, I swear… Time FLIES, yo. I find myself making these comments…
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