Gratitude Archives - Bailey Van Tassel

30 Jul 2019

Fried Pickle Kits: The Perfect Gift

This time of year we’re all looking to pawn off cucumbers, amirite?! And all good gardeners have a refrigerator pickle recipe out of sheer necessity, but you can only eat and gift so many pickles before people start avoiding eye-contact. We[...]

07 May 2019

Gardening, Gratitude

5 Tips for Loving Where You Live

I explained all my fears about raising kids in Orange County, CA to them. The materialist culture, the pressure, the money, and on and on. The two men in suits nodded in agreement. Most of my business meetings pre-kids started like this. In the[...]

25 Apr 2019

Gratitude

9 Ways To Be Grateful Right Now

I placed the uncooked spaghetti and marinara sauce into my cart and kept wheeling around the store. My eyes were sunken and glassy from allergies and lack of sleep. My hair? Rat’s have made actual nests that looked more appealing. I might have[...]

09 Apr 2019

Gratitude

Personal Quarterly Review

I sat down with a notebook and my hot sweetened coffee. I wanted to resist the new year b.s. and all the goals and new things but I had to succumb. There is something amazing about a new season and a new page. There is something healing and magi[...]

30 Jan 2019

Gratitude

The 7 Things I’m Doing To Work Through Grief, Fear, and Anxiety

I went into urgent care with a looming feeling. My chills and body aches were almost so uncontrollable that I was shaking. This isn’t normal I thought - this isn’t just a cold. I sat there for the inevitable 45 minutes and finally was seen b[...]

14 Nov 2018

Gratitude, Home

10 Winter Traditions To Try

I never quite realized the gravity of experiencing a tradition until I lost someone I loved. At first, having a baby made the traditions around the holidays much better and more exciting. I decided that we would be a decorate-for-Christmas-the-d[...]

23 Sep 2018

Gratitude

Contentment: My 3 Tips

For a long time, I felt as though something was broken in me. Why can’t I just be satisfied? I want to let that sink in for a minute. There is a pervasive, insatiable, and encouraged dodging of satisfaction in today’s world. Why am I a[...]

29 Jun 2018

business, Gratitude, People

Whole 30-Friendly Model Meals Founder, Danika Brysha, on How Intuitive Eating Changed Her Life

Originally posted and written for www.yellowco.co The first thing you’ll notice when you meet Danika Brysha are her sparkling, crystal clear blue eyes. She will give you an all-encompassing smile, and a full hug. Her confidence warms y[...]