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What are you doing right now? ↓ I want to know!

What are you doing right now? ↓ I want to know! Right now I’m taking a break from writing an article, listening to the rain fall slowly outside. The birds are chirping & Marshall is snoring 🐶.
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I haven’t been very “instant” with Instagram for quite a few years now. And lately I’ve been kind of missing that quality- which tbh is a lot more therapeutic than editing and arranging photos that I never end up posting in the end.
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I can’t tell you how many photos I’ve taken “for Instagram” that never got anywhere near Instagram lol. So I guess that’s what this little video is. A bit of “instant” & I hope you enjoy it.
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Let me know what you’re up to, and your thoughts on bringing the “instant” to Instagram... do you wish you were more in the moment on here, or do you enjoy curating a pretty feed?

I’m more grateful to be a Michigander this year

I’m more grateful to be a Michigander this year than any before. Are you grateful to be where you are... or are you yearning to get away?
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Lately I’ve been: Exploring lavender farms in bloom last week, for a 2021 magazine story. At home on the lake in our little cottage this weekend. And exploring Charlevoix with @visit_charlevoix this coming week.
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I’m still wrapping my head around “travel” right now, and my responsibility to not only find safe boundaries in defining that, but also how to responsibly share it with all of you.
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For now, it’s always keeping that mask handy (peep the front overall pocket 👀). And “traveling” to big beautiful outdoor spaces that are right here on my doorstep. Thankful Michigan has a lot of those!
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How are you all doing where you are?

Colours of Northern Michigan... 🌱🌊 . My stat

Colours of Northern Michigan... 🌱🌊
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My state is really special, but it’s been easy to forget that, cooped up at home (& scrolling through angry mask-related twitter threads from fellow Michiganders).
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My roadtrip last week reminded me of the beauty in this state. Our Great Lakes are like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Sand dunes, lavender, bees, dune grass, weathered boardwalks, the sun setting over Lake Michigan...
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To be transparent, I went on this roadtrip because it was for a work related reason. And I was uncomfortable and anxious every second I was around other people. A lot of people weren’t wearing masks in crowded outdoor spaces (but everyone indoors was). We saw some arguments break out.
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Was traveling a good idea? I’m not sure. I’ve returned feeling renewed, reinvigorated in my writing and photography and the spaces around me. But I’m also exhausted and drained from worrying about the virus every time I touched something or someone breathed near me or I breathed near someone else.
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What do you want to know about our COVID roadtrip? I’m not going to share advice because it’s not my place. But I’m happy to share my own experience.

#GLUTENFREETRAVEL IN INDIA!!! 🇮🇳 (save this

#GLUTENFREETRAVEL IN INDIA!!! 🇮🇳 (save this for your post-Rona travels).⠀
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@vaishnovireddy told me this for years but you honestly don’t know Indian food until you have it in India! Especially SOUTH INDIAN 🤤⠀
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I feel sooooooo lucky I got to fly to her wedding in Chennai before everything shut down 😅 Such good memories to look back on (& not just the food lol).⠀
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Today I published a HUGE gluten free guide to South Indian food - big thanks to Vaish for helping me navigate that + telling me the names of the dishes ❤️⠀
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South India is literally FULL of naturally gluten free food (swipe to see!) - coconut, lentil, and rice flour replace wheat in a lot of dishes meaning there are plenty of naturally GF breads to eat!!!⠀
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Still, there are definitely some things you need to be careful of with cross contact & communication so check the blog post for all the details ❤️🇮🇳 Okay when can I go back?!

Long distance in the time of corona 🤪 When do y

Long distance in the time of corona 🤪 When do you think borders will open? Having no timeline of when we can travel internationally to be reunited sucks. For us, it’s going to be a minimum of 6 months apart, ASSUMING we can travel internationally in August. Which, idk, seems unlikely? ⠀
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With that in mind, I published a blog post with tooonnnss of long distance date ideas that we’ve picked up over the last 6 years (and some suggestions from all of you!).⠀
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I know that now more than ever we aren’t alone in the LDR life even though often it feels like it. If you’d like some inspo for your own LDR, or long distance friends/family too, check out the latest blog post!!⠀
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📸 And thanks to @missmeghanyoung for the first photo!! Swipe to check out our selfies from over the years and let me know your fave 😂

Grocery store chic 🤗⠀ ⠀ Quite different fro

Grocery store chic 🤗⠀
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Quite different from the last time I wore a mask (swipe!) while working in the emergency department during a clinical placement in grad school.⠀
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For me, working in a hospital was a stressful experience. I had a 4 hour commute (2 hours each way), and was sick myself (pre endo diagnosis days). It was also the 2016 election and, living in the U.K., I felt like I was constantly being treated as the spokesperson for my entire country when patients heard my accent... and honestly I couldn’t explain what was happening 😥. It was a weird time.⠀
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I never wanted to work in an acute setting and that experience solidified it for me. I much preferred community mental health, residential, and therapeutic clinic settings. But if acute healthcare was stressful then... it’s hard to fathom how challenging it is right now.⠀
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Right now, I am so grateful for all my former colleagues, and all my friends and former classmates, who are still serving as occupational therapists, nurses, doctors, CNAs, physical therapists, SLPs, social workers, and more.⠀
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I hope to join your ranks again after this is all over. In the meantime, I’ll do my best to make your job easier by wearing a non-medical grade mask in public. 😷 Who’s going to join me? ⠀
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And if you’re a healthcare worker, and there’s anything else I (or we as a community) can do for you, let me know. ⬇️

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