Tag: eastern Iowa

How to Take Care of Yourself After a Breakup

    I was married for nearly a decade before our split and during that time I constantly took care of others, but never really myself.  Once our relationship was over I began to have small pockets of time when my kids were with him and I was on...

Movement Is Medicine

Move to feel better and celebrate what your body can do I have seen, heard, and sometimes even felt that working out is a punishment, yet it’s a more of a beautiful appreciation of self. However, I have been known to find myself in a rut or two. When...

Five Reasons to do a boudoir photo shoot

Stripping down for photos shouldn’t be as taboo as it sounds. By: Frances CandelariaAll images by Laurel Tree Photography       If you don’t know what boudoir (pronounced: BOOD-WAH) photography is and my title photo left you still wondering, it’s an experience to strip down to your skivvies...

Take Me -not so far- Away

a travel series dedicated to the Hawkeye state I had a couple other places written up and ready to post about, but honestly, after having such a relaxing and pleasant time up in Decorah, IA this past week, I just had to make this the first post in this...