Health & Wellness
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The Seeker: Nurturing My Introverted Personality
It was a damp, bleak Saturday morning — a disappointing introduction to the weekend in which I was looking forward to bringing myself and the dogs to meet friends at the U.S. National Whitewater Center (USNWC). I was mentally prepared to kick off spring festivities with the Green River Revival,…
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The Seeker: No One Can Care For Your Mental Health Like You Can
If you follow along with my monthly Charlotte adventures in this column, you know that I aspired to carry out my first Dry January. I regrettably fell off the wagon halfway through the month thanks to Snowmageddon and I highly doubt I was the only one. We were snowed in,…
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The Seeker: Goal Setting in the New Year
As humans, we feel it is important to set attainable goals for the new year. We use goals to better ourselves and as a tool for connection. Think about it: How many conversations did you have with friends, families and co-workers about plans for the new year? My team even…
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The Seeker: QC Yoga Offers Hot Yoga in a Way That’s Been Sorely Missed
The June 2020 closing of Yoga One after 14 years of operation in Charlotte sent me into a mental tailspin. It was a sacred space for me — where I experienced my first yoga class and where I learned how to be a better human. Its closing left a void…
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The Seeker: Building a Routine at an Infrared Sauna Studio in Charlotte
Sweating is a very normal, essential bodily function. Its primary purpose is to cool our human body down when threatened by the possibility of overheating. Each of us is equipped with an average of 3 million sweat glands, controlled by our autonomic nervous systems. This allows us to sweat without…
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How ‘Green Witch’ Kate McFadden Launched Solitary Magic Sex Oil
Last September, Kate McFadden announced a new product launch she’d been working on for months by inviting followers to answer a series of seemingly unrelated, cryptic questions on her Solitary Magic Instagram account. But, as with all things McFadden does, there was a connection between the questions, namely, How do…
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A First Float Through Time
I’d be lying if I said the idea of an hour-long solo session in a sensory-deprivation tank wasn’t daunting. But alas, if I’m going to take this role of The Seeker seriously, I can’t let mild trepidation stop me from what could be a good experience. So with float therapy…
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I Don’t Like Your Tone
“Girl, I just want a round, toned booty, without all this cellulite.” I hear similar phrases to this one all the time, and they always include that one particular word — typically some form of “tone” or “toned.” It’s become a major buzzword in the fitness and health industry. From…
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Anniversary of Bourdain’s Death Opens Door for Conversation
While 129 Americans take their own lives every day, it was the twin-thunderbolt suicides of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain last year that brought the mental health issues underlying these tragedies to a feverish, though regrettably unsustained level of national discussion. This week marks the anniversary of these deaths, and…
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Unfuck Your Relationships
In ancient Indian texts, yoga sutra 1.2 roughly translates to “the removing of the fluctuations of the mind.” At its core, this refers to our consciousness as human beings. That’s an easy enough concept to comprehend, right? In reality, you’ll begin to realize how painfully difficult it is to calm…
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Get Your HIIT Together
Your hearts beats so fast you can feel it pulsing in your temples. Your legs burn from extreme exhaustion and you gasp for every breath of air you can get. Sweat pours down your forehead into your eyes. Your shirt looks like you’ve just jumped out of a pool. The…
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Vegan and Keto and Kaleo, My!
As a certified fitness trainer and nutrition specialist, clients often can’t wait to fill me in on the latest and greatest diet trends that they’re dipping their toes into. The conversation typically begins by me asking my client to run me through an average day of eating, then slowly turns…
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