This weekend was a dream come true! I honestly want to pinch myself when I think about The Feast. Since I started blogging in 2011 I have always wanted to have an event. I have gone through so many ups and downs with blogging, that actually see this event manifest was mind blowing.
Read MoreDon’t wait to live your life! I had a few very awesome revelations while I was in Guatemala and this was one of them. I played it safe my entire life and I was ready to truly embrace life and live it! I share some insight in this video. Make sure you subscribe, share and like. Xo - Khaleeqa
Read MoreMy pre-diet routine was always the same. I would stuff my face for the days leading up to the diet. I would purchase every book, membership, measuring cup or scale that I needed. I would watch countless youtube videos. By the time I started I was on 10 and ready to crush this new way of life, however, only 4 short weeks later my enthusiasm had waned and I was no longer motivated to stay the course.
Read MoreWe run to our phones the first thing in the morning filling our hearts with ideas of perfection and measure our lives against one another. Yet, there are no pictures of people falling apart on their bathroom floor after a breakup; no one shows pictures of the sonogram for the baby they miscarried; and no one snaps a shot of a letter from work stating they are now terminated. We subconsciously believe that life is a highlight reel of happy vacations, delicious coffee, perfect salads and well put together outfits. When the reality is so far from that.
Read MoreLiving life open to the voice of God keeps our lives adventurous. We become inner workings of a the simplistic beautiful plan of the kingdom of God; the same way nature does every day.
Read MoreMany years ago in despair after a gut wrenching breakup, I typed in google “how to heal a broken heart.” I was at my wits end! The mind numbing pain in my heart wouldn’t stop. I was sobbing and barely able to function without thinking about my ex. The advice for how to get through a breakup was all over the place.
Read MoreKhaleeqa Rouse of Paparoxi.com and host of The Bare life podcast sits down with Vaughn James to discuss a wide array of topics. He is one the founder of the travel blog Nubiandrifter.com. In this episode we discuss how you can travel on a budget. Vaughn's insight on life and being mindful are refreshing and inspiring.
Read MoreI had an epiphany! While I was so precarious about the quality of the food that I was putting into my body I needed to take the same concern with the products I was using ON my body. It wasn’t long before I was scouring the internet and my medicine cabinet for items that were possibly causing me harm.
Read MoreI believe intently looking back at the past in order to prepare us for the future will help us more than getting wrapped up in the emotions of New Year’s Eve. I want to share a few intangibles of 2015 that I couldn’t quite put on a vision board but were more valuable than anything I could have ever asked for.
Read MoreThey were the wrong reasons for juice fasting because they had nothing to do with jumpstarting my heath or spiritual vitality but they were purely vain and based on a negative body image I was battling.
Read MoreIf I could go back in time and teach my younger self anything it would be the value of knowing my worth. And not an overly inflated and superficial worth that is based in my appearance, possessions or status but a worth that is entrenched in God’s values. Understanding my worth has been vital in how I engage with other people and specifically how I operate in romantic relationships.
Read MoreIn my young wisdom I would often tell people “Life is a test” having no real understanding of what that meant I just thought it sounded deep. “Life is a test” I would tell friends and family members hoping they wouldn’t question this concept any further. The more I have grown themore this wisdom has become so real to me. It was as if in those earlier days I had prophesied my future understanding. The greater understanding I received; the more I sought to align my life with Jesus Christ; the more test were thrown my way; the greater I had to fight for my life through test and trials.
Read MoreIt has been WAY too long! I miss writing and talking about all thing healthy living food, faith and fitness. It has been a really long 7 months of training in preparation for Ironman Lake Placid. The race is July 27th and I am less than 2 weeks away. As training volume has tapered off and my life has a few more hours I thought I would share some updates and just check in.
Read MoreSo last July I had this crazy idea to actually pursue my dream of doing a full Ironman triathlon. That included a 2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike and a 26.2 mile run in one day under 17 hours.My thoughts: I am not getting any younger, I have stop putting my life of hold for things that “may” happen, I am having a milestone birthday this year. So at 12:03 PM the day after Lake Placid Ironman 2013 I decided to go online and register for the race. Little did I know me and thousands of other people tried doing the same thing, I refreshed my browser a million times and had some pretty stressful moments but at 12:17 PM I was officially registered for Ironman Lake Placid.
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