Happy Valentine's Day!!!

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Here are my eight pieces of advice for true, healthy love (the most important kind)! The ninth was a great video -- find it on my instagram (@yourfriend_em) or facebook (/emkfriend). Share your favorites to social media by right clicking or pressing-and-holding to save these images to your computer/phone. Xx.

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Friday Finds: A New Ritual ...

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I've written previously (here and here) about grief and sadness and being okay with not being okay, but I thought I'd share with you the one way right now I'm finding my little moments of happiness...

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I've started buying myself flowers once a week.

It started out as a kind sentiment from a stranger at Trader Joe's who thought I could use some cheering up as I burst into tears at the checkout line. Then it was a gift from my incredibly sweet friend who wanted me to have a spark of beauty in a day that was all too tough. Finally it was about myself taking control and demanding a life a peace and love and happiness. So for less than six dollars a week, I'm buying myself flowers to sit on my windowsill and bring a glimpse of happy to the mornings I don't want to get out of bed or breathe deeply.

I wrote on social media this week the following:

"Sometimes it's not the grand gestures or the big things that get you through but the little things, the simple things, the imperfectly perfect things. A life of happiness isn't for people who have it magically figured out. A life of happiness is taking the happy moments and stringing them together through the rough and through the tough and through the awful. It's okay to be sad. It's okay to not be okay. That darkness makes the light all the brighter and all the more welcome. Let the light in any way you can. It's worth it. You're worth it. And if it's just to smell the roses, that's enough. To all those struggling today, I see you, and you are enough."

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I am enough even when I don't feel worthy, and I deserve a life of happiness based on the terms of my choosing. Flowers are a beautiful reminder of blooming when you can and soaking up all the radiant sunshine and joy in the moments you are able. Sure, the blossoms fade, and eventually I must throw them out, but the peace they bring my heart is priceless, and the snapshots I'll have will last a lifetime.

String together the little things, babes, to make a life of Great Vibes. We are enough just as we are in this moment. Take it for all it's worth and make it great. Xx.

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"Book Club" Chats Videos this Week (i.e. The Skinny's First Episode, Relapse)!

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There were several of you wanting to participate in book club but not really into reading Big Magic -- totally rad, but I miss hearing/reading everyone's voice! SO this week we're talking about a new video series called The Skinny.

"The Skinny is an R29 original dark comedy series that follows feminist wannabe YouTube star Jessie (Jessie Kahnweiler) as she explores love, life, and friendship in L.A. — while struggling with bulimia." - Refinery29

So make yourself a bowl of popcorn, watch this 12 minute video that's going to make you want to yell FINALLY at the screen for actually providing a realistic capture of female life, and let's chat in the comments below. What made you feel something (angry, sad, happy, blessed, etc.) while you watched this?

If anything in this video is triggering, know there are resources to help. Let's chat if you're unsure what's happening in your body right now.

Cheers to Great Vibes! Xx.

+ Shall we keep watching this series? There are six in total!

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