by Tara Mackey | Blogroll, Happiness, Health, Tara TV, YouTube
Everyone has down days. Everybody has days when feeling better seems impossible. Even people who you consider to be permanently cheery or totally untouchable have moments of despair and sadness. This is totally normal. It’s okay. It’s actually healthy. Feeling is dealing, however, prolonged sadness or letting terrible feelings take over days or weeks of your time is no fun, and it’s an emotion that gets more and more difficult to pull yourself out of the longer it victimizes you.
I’ve felt the desperate feelings. I’ve had the ugly cry. I’ve drowned in the insecurities. I’ve let myself feel all the emotions and have typical (and sometimes a-typical) breakdowns. But then, in just a few minutes, I can take inventory of my emotions when I have let it all out and take myself back to center. I can look up to the sky or at the love I have around me and feel absolute happiness.
How?
The tools I’ll touch on today have worked for me in the last handful of years I’ve been practicing them and for many others for thousands of years before. The beauty of accepting and allowing yourself to feel however you’re feeling in the moment will bless you with the clarity of clear perspective. This week I give you the tools you’ll need to pull yourself out of any icky feeling – from depression to minor annoyance – and feel instantly better!
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I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below! Thanks for tuning in!
With love,
Tara
by Tara Mackey | Blogroll, Tara TV, YouTube
When I started this journey just over four years ago, I admit the big one: I didn’t know diddly squat about health. I mean, it was crazy! I had studied it (majoring in Biology), I had learned it (with a concentration in Genetics and a job at Cornell by the age of 22), and I had glowing reviews in my classes and at work for it. I pridefully took home the best test scores and got every little scientific certificate I could find (Lab Tech? Nurses Aid? Medical Tech? Sure! Why not?!) But I never applied what I had learned about health to real life. I didn’t get it. I didn’t know how to BE healthy. I didn’t know how to truly care about my health, or anyone else’s.
I am only slightly embarrassed to admit that I know waaaayyyy more about the inner and outer workings of the human body now than I did just a few years ago, when I was a working scientist.
I honestly didn’t know anything back then other than what I had learned in school, at work or in a text book. And I knew something else even more deeply: I did not want to rely on prescription medication for any of my pain, depression, moodiness, anxiety or arthritis anymore. It had been too long (over a decade) with tons of pills and no results, and I was so sick and tired of being sick and tired. But I faced one huge roadblock: the one answer every doctor had ever given me was drugs. Period.
No one ever told me to do any of the other amazing, incredible things that have helped shape, change and propel my life so very much in the days and years since. Healthy practices I may not be alive without! The ability to share my answers and ideas on life with you means everything to me. Last week I asked for your beauty, health and wellness questions and you sure came through! I was so happy to answer them this week!
I hope you enjoy this video. It’s unscripted, unrehearsed and completely from the heart.
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With love,
Tara
by Tara Mackey | Blogroll, Videos, YouTube
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Hey everyone!
Have a health, beauty or wellness question you’ve been dying to ask?
Leave them in the comments below!
I’ll be answering them on The Organic Life Facebook in my new video series!
I am so looking forward to hearing from you!
With love,
Tara
by Tara Mackey | Beauty, Blogroll, Fitness, Green Beauty, Health, Meditation, Product Reviews, Videos, YouTube
Namaste, yogis!
This month I’ve partnered up with Buddhi Box + 4 other amazing, beautiful, goddess yogi’s to bring you the April Buddhi Box reveal.
Buddhi Box is a monthly Yoga box subscription created and curated by my good friend Maxine Chapman. Maxine is an empowered woman, a vibrant light, and a dedicated yoga teacher here in sunny San Diego. She’s determined to bring you the absolute best for your yoga practice, health and wellness journey. I shared some of my favorite parts of April’s box this month with Maxine and some of our other incredible friends at Pura Vida Yoga Studio in San Diego.
Buddhi Box was kind enough to use my song Wake Up, as the background music for the April reveal as well.
Check it out!
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by Tara Mackey | Beauty, Blogroll, Music, Music Videos, My Organic Life, Press, Product Reviews, Videos, YouTube
After months and months of hard work and an amazing collaboration with my friend Scott A Woodward from across the globe, ICONS is out, with my brand new song The End featured (almost the full song can be found on the BTS video!) Check out this incredible homage to your favorite photographers! This is a beautiful, amazing, creative project and I couldn’t be happier to be a part of it!!
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Read all about how Scott came to find and include The End in this awesome project here.
I am so excited to finally share this with you! Hope you’re all having a marvelous February so far!
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With love,
Tara
by Tara Mackey | Beauty, Blogroll, Fashion, Fitness, Give Back, Green Beauty, Happiness, Health, Mental Health, My Organic Life, Product Reviews, YouTube
Happy Holidays!
‘Tis the season for giving!
Even though this is my first Holiday Season without my Dad, I have been re-focusing my mindset on giving instead of being sad that he’s not around.
(Hop on over to insta-see how I gave back this year!)
Nothing looks as good as giving feels, so I’ve teamed up with some of my favorite brands, including Be Essence Sportswear, Avigna Yoga Jewelry, Fay With Love and Beth Kaya, to bring you a video reminder about just How Important You Are.
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It is my gift to you!
I give you all of my love.
Happy Holidays & A Beautiful New Year!
