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  • Food,  How to

    How to: Balance Healthy Eating while Living Alone

    April 13, 2021 /

    Healthy eating isn’t necessarily easy for anyone, but we’ve found that it is really hard to maintain good practices when you live alone. That is why we are sharing our top five tips to balance healthy eating while living alone.

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  • Thriving

    Top 5 Books that Changed my Perspective in 2020

    March 4, 2021 /

    We love to read and every year we read tens of books. However, in 2020 Claudia had the opportunity to branch out from her normal fiction genre and explore other types of books. These are her top 5 most impactful books of last year.

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    November 1, 2018

    How to: Balance Two Worlds

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    Creating Spanish Friendship by Staying True to Yourself

    July 18, 2019
  • Balance,  Confessions,  Thriving

    Confessions: Sometimes I Live in My Own Bubble

    March 2, 2021 /

    For those of you who know me personally, it shouldn’t surprise you that I am a self-proclaiming bubble liver. But what does that really mean? Check out this post to see how I feel about living in a bubble.

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  • Confessions,  Living Abroad,  Thriving

    Confessions: My Life is in English

    February 16, 2021 /

    Even though I’ve lived abroad in Spain for years, I find my life is still primarily lived in English. At first, I felt disappointed with myself but thanks to some reflection, I’ve got a different view now.

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    Help! I’m three months in and I’m feeling blue…

    November 8, 2018

    Our Personal Experiences with Bullfighting

    May 24, 2018

    Confessions: I am Feeling Vulnerable in these Uncertain Times

    November 26, 2020
  • Balance,  Confessions,  Living Abroad,  Thriving

    Confessions: We Still Get Sad Living Abroad

    February 9, 2021 /

    Living abroad isn't always sunshine and roses. Just like at home, you'll have your good days and bad days, but it's important to recognize this so that you're capable of getting yourself through it when this happens.

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    March 15, 2020

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    October 10, 2019

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    May 4, 2021
  • Thriving

    The Sanctuary Challenge: The Logistics

    February 4, 2021 /

    We have already discussed the mental and emotional things we have been going through with the Sanctuary Challenge but this post focuses on how we’ve done it. Check it out for our logistics to making this work!

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    Thriving is Just Striving!

    March 7, 2019

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    May 9, 2019

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    September 12, 2019
  • Thriving

    The Sanctuary Challenge: A Mental/Emotional Journey

    February 2, 2021 /

    Dani and Claudia have been experimenting with the Sanctuary Challenge—a 60 day challenge where we try to make ourselves and our homes a place of sanctuary. We are about halfway through and this is what we are thinking.

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    Why I’m Thankful for my Abroad Experience

    November 26, 2019

    International Love: An American’s Insights on Dating a Spaniard

    November 12, 2019

    The Artist’s Way Reflections

    December 7, 2021
  • Confessions,  Living Abroad

    How Dani Ended Up Living Abroad

    January 26, 2021 /

    Those of us who end up abroad do so at different times of our lives and for different reasons. If you are wondering how Dani ended up abroad, check out this post!

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  • Living Abroad

    How Claudia Ended Up Living Abroad

    January 7, 2021 /

    Those of us who end up abroad do so at different times of our lives and for different reasons. If you are wondering how Claudia ended up abroad, check out this post!

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    January 26, 2021
  • Confessions,  Thriving

    Letters to a New Year (Dani 2021)

    December 31, 2020 /

    Every year we write a letter to the future year with some thoughts about the previous one and some things we want to keep in mind moving forward. This article focuses on Dani’s letter to 2021.

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    January 26, 2021

    Confessions: Sometimes I Live in My Own Bubble

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  • Balance,  Living Abroad

    Letters to a New Year (Claudia 2021)

    December 29, 2020 /

    Every year we write a letter to the future year with some thoughts about the previous year and some things we want to think about for the following one. This article focuses on Claudia’s letter to 2021.

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    Letters to a New Year (Dani 2018)

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  • Confessions,  Living Abroad

    Holiday Experience 2020 (Claudia)

    December 24, 2020 /

    This year hasn’t been easy for any of us and holiday times can highlight the ups and downs. In this post Claudia dives into her 2020 holiday experience and what she is doing to keep it bright.

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    August 16, 2018
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