The first time I thought about self-love was about six years ago after a particularly painful break up. I was broken, crying to a friend about my sad state of affairs, and she advised that the solution to my heartbreak would be learning how to love myself, so that in moments like this, I could […]
7 Ways to be Insufferable on Instagram
A few months ago I started a personal Instagram account, apart from @bemytravelmuse. My main objective was to follow my friends, pole dancers, and to watch cake videos, because I wanted a break from all the travel stuff and cake videos are so damn relaxing, I can’t even explain it. Everything was going pretty well […]
Why I Got a Life Coach (And How I Feel About it 2 Years Later)
A few years ago an email landed in my inbox asking if I’d ever considered a life coach. I had tried therapy previously but found that it didn’t really click for me. Yet I was at a time in my life when I was willing to try it again, because I had so much going […]
25 Promises for All the Single Ladies Who Travel
This is for all the single ladies who travel. For all the women out there who decided that, whatever the circumstances may have been, that they wouldn’t let anything hold them back from experiencing all of the riches that this world has to offer. I’m talking to you, fellow solo female traveler. At times you […]
How to Gently Tell Someone You’d Rather Travel Alone
So you’ve planned out an amazing trip and have every intention of doing it solo. You excitedly talk about it with someone else and the unexpected happens: they invite themselves along. Now you might love this person, or at least want to keep peace with them, but you know that you want to do this […]