by breakawaybabes | Nov 29, 2019 | Celebrating30
For those who don’t spend time in nature…I highly recommend it. Nature has such a restorative and therapeutic power. The most at peace I have ever been in my life was when I was on vacation in Colombia, walking alone in nature. It is in these moments of...
by breakawaybabes | Nov 17, 2019 | Celebrating30
I used to take my mental health for granted, until it wasn’t in such great shape. I think often we take things for granted until they are gone. It wasn’t that my happiness just all of a sudden disappeared one day. I was generally quite a happy kid, but over...
by breakawaybabes | Jan 3, 2019 | Health + Wellness
“How could he serve 20 years for something he didn’t do?” We rightly get upset when we see injustices; we binge on crime dramas–Law and Order, docuseries about those wrongly convicted and we become invested in their stories. Prosecuting ourselves But the truth...
by breakawaybabes | Aug 23, 2018 | Education + Career, Inspiration
(read time: 4 min) In the age of social media and increasing globalization, millennials have grown up surrounded by others. They are not often alone, whether they were surrounded by family, school peers, or simply consistently engaged with others on social media. They...
by Jessica Phillips | Nov 22, 2017 | Budgeting + Finances, Travel + Explore
As I make plans to head internationally (with my medical student debt in tow), I thought it was appropriate this week to discuss the topic of finances and travel. I completed an interview with a delightful woman, who similar to me, did not feel fulfilled in her...