I decided to do this 4 day liver detox diet pretty much on a whim while reading Woman Code by Alisa Vitti. She is an expert on women’s hormonal health and I am interested in being the healthiest version of myself. I had also been feeling a little bloated and sluggish and wanted to do a brief diet reset. You can sign up for her email list here to get a PDF that explains the detox and the grocery list, but it also had prompt questions that I wanted to include here along with my “detox diary notes.”

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One New Thing #16: I experienced a breathwork class!

Fave thing: I was really into the debrief afterwards where everyone shared their own, personal experiences of how it affected them. It was different for everyone, but also really cool to know that everyone’s experiences were all NORMAL.

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One New Thing#15: I made cashew queso!

We’re getting desperate for new things to do over here,so back to the kitchen it is. My sister had recently made cashew queso dip, so I headed to her apartment (she’s on my Quaranteam) to whip up a tasty little dish.

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One New Thing #14: I Give a DIY Haircut

We had been talking about this DIY hair cut for a few weeks now and I was not very in to doing it - don’t get me wrong, I AM very into the cost savings of DIYing this, but I also know how complicated hair cutting can be! There’s a REASON people go to school for this.

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One New Thing #13: I Try Acro Yoga for the First Time

While I have a yoga background (200 hour YTT in Baron Baptiste style power yoga), I do NOT have a background in any sort of gymnastics (minus classes when I was 8) or circus things that one might want to have when doing acro yoga. Nevertheless, I found a beginners video on Yoga Journal that starts you out with some basic trust and testing the balance moves. It ends in a full on bow pose, so you can just watch the video to see how that goes.

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One New Thing #12: Making Bread from Scratch

Okay so real talk: we’re all (and by all, I literally mean all humans on Planet Earth) under some sort of quarantine - self-or otherwise which means we have a LOT of time at home. This One New Thing series is about to get interesting….

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One New Thing #11: Personal Retreat to Virginia Beach

I was supposed to be in Portugal the day after I returned from Puerto Rico. But, as the universe would have it, the Coronavirus (COVID #19) outbreak had just started to really take hold in the US. The day before, 3/11, Trump instituted a travel ban on Europeans coming into the US. The day before that, some things were getting cancelled, but not many. The week before, it was just a thing happening in Italy.

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One New Thing #10: Puerto Rico for #FeministPhotoVaycay with Here Now Magic

#feministphotovaycay is a retreat for feminist photographers. It’s been happening for a few years now and each year, the group goes to a really cool location for time to chat business, get away, chill, and photograph. Run by my friend and biz summit schemer Carly Romeo, it’s now a part of her new retreat business, Here Now Magic - using the internet to connect in real life: exploring the magic of being here, now.

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One New Thing#9: The World’s Largest Military Hospital - Museum Tour

This past Sunday I googled “weird museums in Richmond” to see what little known place would pop up. As it turns out, there are a lot of these things around, including a hospital museum tour in Chimborazo (Churchhill). Per usual, it was one of those, “I’ve totally seen that building but never knew what it was / been inside.”

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One New Thing #8: Cardio Dance Class

Fave thing: Honestly, the choreo to Ring the Alarm by Beyonce was aggressive and fun and I enjoyed all the punching, throwing and kicking even when I was 2 moves behind.

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One New Thing #7 Acupuncture Meditation

Needles aren’t necessarily my thing, but I’m not deathly afraid of them either. I’ve gotten acupuncture before to treat a tight calf / sprained ankle situation and it helped tremendously - I could feel the needle loosening up that stiff muscle.

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One New Thing #6: DIY Leather Earrings

On this week’s One New Thing, I died and went to fashion heaven. In Richmond (and dare I say way beyond!) Molly Virginia Made earrings are a work of art, easily recognizable in the best way, and seen on “the cool girls” everywhere, according to one workshop attendee.

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