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Hi, I’m Jaclyn.

And this is my blog. It’s my project hub, my little satellite call to you all to share my music, business pursuits, + what I find to be, well, worth sharing. Life is best when it is shared + that’s precisely how I intend to live it. Please join me.

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➕ Wellness, clean beauty, & lifestyle (Hashimoto’s healing)
➕ Host of @selfdiscoverypod
➕ Full time RV adventurer

THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL BLACK FRIDAY POST because I'

THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL BLACK FRIDAY POST because I'm going to introduce you to @parkerclayintl ...
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2020 has shone a light on many things for me. It made me question where I live, how I live, what is important, and also, my consumption - of food, of media, of time, of consumer goods.
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That said, I've teamed up with a couple of amazing companies that I truly believe in - one of them being @parkerclayintl. And I did this because I want to be a conscious consumer and Parker Clay's mission is to create premium leather bags that provide dignified employment & uplift women out of exploitation.
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It's currently estimated that 150,000 women are in prostitution in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. @parkerclayintl has hired 130+ employees in Ethiopia - 80% of which are women. So when you purchase one of their amazing goods, your hard earned money is going to empower and employ these women. (So far, this young company has provided 430,000+ hours of dignified and ethical employment for at risk women).
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In addition, Parker Clay is a Certified B Corp - B Corps are for-profit companies certified by the nonprofit B Lab to meet rigorous standards of social & environmental performance, accountability, & transparency.
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HELL YES. This is the kind of company I want my hard earned dollars to support AND it's where I'm purchasing a ton of Christmas gifts.
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Right now, they are having a huge 25% off site wide Black Friday sale on parkerclay.com
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I'm rocking the Merkato Signature tote in Sand. It's buttery soft and oh so versatile.
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Join me this season in conscious consumption & putting our money toward products & companies that are a making a positive impact in this 🌍. #ParkerClayAmbassador
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Have questions? Drop them 👇🏽. Let's talk about how we can make a difference with our dollars!

How was your Thanksgiving? Everything looked and

How was your Thanksgiving? Everything looked and felt a little different this year, eh? One thing is probably true across the board though, and that is, we are all feeling a little sluggish after some rich and delicious food.
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I've been using @ryzesuperfoods mushroom coffee every day for 2 months now. It's AMAZING for a non-jittery energy boost and its chock full of nutritious mushrooms that honestly, we all need in our lives right now.
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🍄 Shiitake for immunity
🍄 Cordyceps for stamina
🍄 Lion's Mane for focus
🍄 Reishi for stress
🍄 Turkey Tail for digestion
🍄 King Trumpet for inflammation
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This adaptogenic blend is free from additives, sugars, dairy, and soy and it SUPPORTS adrenal health unlike most other caffeinated beverages.
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I love it - my mom bought a subscription after I gave her some, and several of my friends have also purchased and raved about it. If you are looking for a healthy boost without a giant spike of caffeine and then a crash, this yummy coffee is amazing.
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☕️@ryzesuperfoods is having a Black Friday sale offering 50% off their monthly subscription with code: BF50 - this is a steal!
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☕️and if you aren't ready to commit to a subscription, try a bag and get 15% off with code: JACLYN
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Since my Hashimoto's diagnosis I've been diving into superfoods and adaptogenic blends and this is easily one of my favorites.
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Let me know if you have questions! I'm happy to answer!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING from us to you. Wherever you ar

HAPPY THANKSGIVING from us to you. Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, whomever you are with - we wish you a day filled with great joy.

Do you struggle with female friendship? Then you

Do you struggle with female friendship?

Then you are not alone. I've had several conversations recently about how hard it is to cultivate deep, meaningful relationships with other women. Yet, we crave that. We want that. It's built into our evolutionary DNA. We NEED each other.

Yummy, soul quenching, heart-seeing, unconditional female friendship can seem illusive. We’ve all been burned. We’ve all loved and lost and been left wondering what the fu$k just happened. But underneath it all, we women crave deep woman to woman connection. We were built for it.

How do we cultivate that kind of intimacy though? That’s what business owner, hair stylist, & my bestie, @lisakvik (➕ see vid in my stories), and I are discussing in Ep. 49 of Self Discovery.

We crowd sourced questions (thank you @terirosborg, @claudia_steele, @ariellejanvier, @aydwee, @ashleyyheatherr, @storafamilyinalabama) and answered each one.

Takeaways:

➕ when someone asks you to do something with them, believe them.
➕ know what you value in a friend and then BE that. Want empathy? Be empathetic. Want non-judgmental? Then be non-judgmental. Want unconditional love? Then demonstrate unconditional love.
➕ like attracts like - the more deep, soul work you do on yourself, the more deep and soulful relationships you will attract.
➕ we are responsible for our feelings. No one else can determine the way we feel except us. Stop giving your power away.
➕ some relationships will run their course.
➕ it takes a while to get to know someone, don’t feel the need to rush it.
➕ be aware of how you communicate - what are your boundaries?

🔑 What do YOU value in a friendship?

(Also, hair in 1st photo is colored by @lisakvik - SHE IS THE BEST & I added photos of her dog Gus because he joined our episode).

"The longer you stay in a place, the harder it is

"The longer you stay in a place, the harder it is to leave." - Sam Thurmond
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@samthurmond_rei and I went on a date last night. He got a beer, I sipped a glass of red, we split the most delicious mushroom pizza from @pizzeriabocce and we talked. Like reeeally talked.
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With full bellies and toasty feet from the fire pit, we reminisced over the last 6 months of our lives. Since mid 2014 we had been living in Georgia. It was a time of really deep struggle and growth as both of us started businesses and really tried to find our footing in adulthood. Then, in May, we decided to buy an RV and live more adventurously.
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To some, this was a spontaneous move, to us, it was rooted in expansion. What Sam said above is true ☝🏾 , yet sometimes we are called to expand beyond what feels comfortable.
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And leaving was incredibly uncomfortable. We sold our house, my car, most of our belongings, and said goodbye to friends & family that we deeply love...
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Yet there we were last night, lit up from within because we decided to bet on ourselves the last 6 months. To live expressively. To face the scary unknowns & to walk forward anyway.
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And as we toasted and talked about what we want for our shared future, I couldn't help but think of you guys reading this:
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➕our inklings matter
➕our curiosity matters
➕our desire for change matters
➕our sadness & hope for more matters
➕our satisfaction in our own lives matters
➕our dream matters
➕our ideas matter
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And...
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✨Our level of expansion is parallel to our willingness to be uncomfortable.✨
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It may not be easy, it may require facing big time fear, it may require the complete annihilation of our comfort zone, but our expansion is our natural progression. Anything less is selling our precious and wild lives short.

Yo, do you think it's important to dress to expres

Yo, do you think it's important to dress to express? (Major difference: not dress to impress, but dress to express).
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Friends, your girl is getting funky in the fashion department. And what I mean by funky is getting out of my yoga pants and into some styles that I actually feel like reflect my personality.
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I want talk about this and relate it to health and Hashimotos thyroiditis. What? Yes.
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Louise Hay, who wrote "You Can Heal Your Life" and many other amazing books on the connection between our thoughts and our health, said this about the thyroid:
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❗️Thyroid problems are all about creativity being blocked.❗️
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I read this on @_sarahwilson_ 's blog and I immediately felt that aha feeling. Why?
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Because I am HUGELY creative, but have historically blocked myself from expressing creativity in many areas due to:
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➕ perfectionism (this is a BIG one)
➕ fear of what other people would think
➕ issues with self worth/not feeling good enough
➕ body image issues
➕ blah, blah, blah
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... all reasons in my control and all things that I have the power to reverse.
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Yes, I'm tackling my Hashimoto's diagnosis with a prescription med (for now), hormone replacement therapy, and lifestyle changes. BUT, I'm also tackling it with mindset changes.
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Like: how am I blocking my own creativity and how can I fix this?
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For me, I've been:
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➕ wearing outfits I really like instead of yoga pants all the time
➕ wearing shoes that aren't my go-to slip ons
➕ wearing makeup because I love it
➕ journaling daily to get thoughts on paper
➕ podcasting my booty off
➕ saying what I need to say when I need to say it
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How are you blocking your own creativity? How can you fix it?👇🏽

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