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Category Archives: Reflection

A Fall 2022 Vlog

December 30, 2022by rachelannc 1 Comment

“Fall returns what leaves back to its roots,” I read. Every day I’ve learned to be grateful — for my journey, the process, the unfolding. I’m glad I always trusted […]

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Reflection, Vlog, Writing

A Summer Slow-up

December 29, 2022by rachelannc 2 Comments

“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it,” as cult-favorite Ferris Bueller wisely once said. It’s time for a […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

What matters to me right now?

November 1, 2022by rachelannc Leave a comment

Hi. It’s been awhile since I’ve shared a proper update or recollection of where I am at this point in my life. To be honest, it can be hard to […]

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Reflection

I’m Not Okay, and How I’m Learning to be Okay With That

August 26, 2022by rachelannc 2 Comments

I’ve found that it’s okay to not be okay, and I’m fully living in and with it. The ways we have often gone on in this world have not been […]

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Reflection, Vlog, Writing

How I cope with social media as someone who is always on it, but has boundaries

August 25, 2022by rachelannc Leave a comment

A series in: I am no expert, but here’s what I know. As someone who constantly engages with social media, for personal or work, there’s been a great deal of distance […]

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Media, Reflection, Vlog, Writing

In Love, I Can Bloom

August 4, 2022by rachelannc Leave a comment

One of the biggest and most sacred things I’ve found for myself this year, is love. Not for myself, my family, friends, career, life, or purpose, but in and with […]

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Reflection, Writing

Starting Over is Never Easy

August 4, 2022by rachelannc 1 Comment

Starting over, in whatever season you’re in, isn’t always easy. But I’ve found joy in the moments I’ve shared with a friend, a lover, my mother, myself. “Breakdowns are the […]

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Reflection, Writing

Five Days in the Pacific Northwest

June 24, 2022by rachelannc Leave a comment

When Seattle is just a three hour drive from Portland and less rain away, you make a road trip out of it. Sometimes I don’t even know how I fell […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

“You’re Good For Me”

June 14, 2022by rachelannc 1 Comment

This past month has felt like a dream — a dream so grounded in reality, I’ve truly been floating. “I’ve learned that life’s a current and you just gotta catch […]

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Reflection, Writing

Spring Healing

May 6, 2022by rachelannc 2 Comments

For all my life I’ve searched for this feeling of being grounded and free at the same time. It’s a beautiful and delicate balance. And for the first time, I […]

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Reflection, Travel, Vlog, Writing

Spring Awakening

April 7, 2022by rachelannc 3 Comments

“Change is the only constant in this life.” I’ve been in a period of spring awakening — fitting, because as the seasons change so do I. With all the soul […]

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Reflection, Writing

Twentynine

Featuredby rachelannc 7 Comments

The fears, anxieties, worries and emotions that have come up for me in the past week have been heavy, but enlightening. Perhaps these were things that have bothered me for […]

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Reflection, Vlog, Writing

Kacey Musgraves brings her ‘Star-Crossed: Unveiled’ Tour to Los Angeles

February 28, 2022by rachelannc 3 Comments

The beautiful thing about concerts is that everyone goes into it with their own baggage — their hopes, dreams, excitements, anxieties, worries of the day, lost love, relationships. To bring […]

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Articles, Concerts, Music, Reflection, Response

I Took Magic Mushrooms for the First Time & This is How it Went

December 27, 2021by rachelannc 2 Comments

I took psilocybin mushrooms, otherwise known as “magic mushrooms,” for the first time and decided to write about it here, for you. First things first, I should preface by saying […]

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Food/Health, Reflection, Response, Vlog

Vlog with a Jog

December 16, 2021by rachelannc Leave a comment

I uncovered this vlog I made for myself about a year ago, during a midweek stroll around the reservoir — and it couldn’t ring any more true than it does […]

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Reflection, Vlog, Writing

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I am a Music lover, Guitar player, Retired Music Journalist, Dreamer, Lover of the outdoors and Old soul in a young body.

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